Operations Manager

Salary: £30k - £33k (depending on experience)

Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week

Application Deadline: Tuesday 28th July 5pm

Interview: 5th and 6th August at Fountains Church, Glydegate Square, Bradford, BD5 0BQ

Start Date: September 2026

We are seeking a highly organised, proactive, and detail‑driven Operations Manager to ensure our worship, ministry, and commercial activities run smoothly, safely, and effectively. This vital role supports the clergy, Business & Operations Director, staff, and volunteers by overseeing finance, HR, facilities, systems, compliance, and day‑to‑day organisational administration.

You will play a central part in enabling our mission by ensuring the church is well‑resourced, compliant, and operationally effective across all ministries and activities. From managing payroll and bookkeeping, to coordinating volunteers, maintaining ChurchSuite, overseeing facilities, and ensuring safeguarding and GDPR compliance, you’ll help keep the church running with excellence and integrity.

We’re looking for someone who is confident, people‑focused, calm under pressure, and able to juggle multiple priorities in a busy, mission‑driven environment. If you thrive in operational leadership and enjoy supporting teams so they can flourish, we’d love to hear from you.

You will play a central part in enabling our mission by ensuring the church is well‑resourced, compliant, and operationally effective across all ministries and activities. From managing payroll and bookkeeping, to coordinating volunteers, maintaining ChurchSuite, overseeing facilities, and ensuring safeguarding and GDPR compliance, you’ll help keep the church running with excellence and integrity.

We’re looking for someone who is confident, people‑focused, calm under pressure, and able to juggle multiple priorities in a busy, mission‑driven environment. If you thrive in operational leadership and enjoy supporting teams so they can flourish, we’d love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage payroll for church staff and network churches.
• Weekly bookkeeping, invoicing and managing payments using accounting software, and alongside other finance administration tasks.
• Produce monthly and quarterly financial reports for leadership and trustees.
• Oversee HR administration including recruitment, onboarding, staff records, and policy updates.
• Line manage the Events Coordinator and the Facilities & Premises Supervisor.
• Coordinate volunteer rotas and ensure safeguarding compliance (DBS, training, monitoring).
• Oversee day‑to‑day facilities operations, budgets, contractors, and fire safety compliance.
• Manage ChurchSuite systems, calendars, rotas, events, and communications.
• Produce statutory and diocesan reports (e.g., Return of Parish Finance, Place Audit, Charity Commission submissions).
• Maintain organisational policies, risk assessments, GDPR compliance, and safeguarding governance.
• Support venue hire operations, church services, conferences, and community events.
• Act as a first point of contact for church and external enquiries.

Why Join Us?

• Play a key role in enabling ministry and community impact.
• Work with a passionate clergy and leadership team.
• Help shape systems, processes, and organisational effectiveness.
• Be part of a growing, vibrant church in the heart of Bradford.

To apply for this role

Please submit your CV and a covering letter explaining your interest and suitability for the role to: Sign in to view email

For an informal discussion please call Nyreen Johnson on 07594 554309