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We’re looking for a Tech Operations Manager to own and improve the systems that run our organisation.

This is not an IT support role or a software developer position. It’s a systems ownership role for someone who can design, protect, and evolve operational workflows using tools like Airtable, automations, and integrated platforms.

You will be responsible for ensuring our systems are reliable, scalable, safe, and usable, particularly in a safeguarding- and compliance-heavy environment.

In this role we would like you to take real ownership of and take decisions that shape systems.

Responsibilities

System ownership & architecture

• Owning the structure and long-term health of our Airtable bases
• Designing and maintaining relational data models (tables, links, permissions)
• Proactively making decisions about how data is structured, stored, and accessed
• Proactively preventing duplication, drift, and “workaround creep”

Process design & improvement

• Translating large and complex company-wide operational processes into clear, reliable systems
• Improving existing workflows to reduce risk, admin, and errors
• Designing systems that support scale without breaking safeguarding or compliance
• Turning informal processes into documented, auditable workflows

Automation & tooling

• Identifying where automation adds value — and where it creates risk
• Working with tools such as Make/Zapier (or equivalent) to automate safely
• Testing, documenting, and rolling out system changes responsibly
• Ensuring systems remain understandable for non-technical users

Data quality, risk & safeguarding support

• Maintaining high data accuracy under pressure and volume
• Designing systems with data minimisation and audit-readiness in mind
• Supporting safeguarding and compliance processes through system design
• Ensuring sensitive data is handled appropriately and securely

Collaboration & ownership

• Acting as the bridge between operations, leadership, and technology
• Confidently challenging changes that would harm system integrity
• Documenting systems so knowledge doesn’t live in one person’s head
• Taking accountability for system decisions and their long-term impact

What we offer:

• £50,000
• 32 days of annual leave FTE and an additional day off on your birthday
• Discretionary shutdown between Christmas and New Year
• Private Healthcare and Dental Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme offering legal, work and mental health advice and counselling when required on a self-referral basis
• The flexibility of a remote role with the option to use our office based in St James's Park London
• Extensive CPD and upskilling opportunities, including unlimited access to the full Tes CPD suite
• Termly company events with the wider Targeted Provision Team
• Working within an early-stage company focussed on the development and wellbeing of its team
• A place within an ambitious and fast-growing company of child-centred individuals committed to transforming the world of support for vulnerable young people for the better
• The opportunity to be heard, make real change within the team, and be part of the growth of an ambitious organisation
• We are excited to offer this extensive benefits package to ensure we can work with the most impact-led individuals the UK has to offer!

More about us:

At Targeted Provision our mission is to raise the standard of educational support offered to vulnerable young people in the UK.

We work with schools and local authorities to provide specialist tutors and mentors for children and young people with complex educational needs.

We also support mentoring and engagement / re-engagement for young people in need of Alternative Provision. We believe that with the right support and role model in their lives, every child can grow in confidence and succeed in learning.

Our culture of team growth and development is person-centred and ethos-led, ensuring that every member of the company is aligned with our mission and can deliver the best outcomes for the children and young people we support.

We pride ourselves on providing the best possible social-emotional and educational outcomes for our children and young people.

You

We don’t require a software engineer for this role, or someone with formal computer science qualifications. This role is a good fit if you enjoy owning systems end to end and like making messy processes clean and reliable.

Required

• Strong experience using Airtable or similar database-driven tools
• Proven ability to own and improve operational systems, not just use them
• Experience designing or significantly improving workflows and processes
• High attention to data quality, structure, and risk
• Confidence making decisions and explaining trade-offs
• Comfortable working in complex, regulated environments

Desirable

• Experience with automation tools (Make, Zapier, APIs)
• Experience with CRM or multi-system environments
• Understanding of relational data concepts (one-to-many, many-to-many)
• Experience supporting safeguarding, compliance, or audit-heavy processes
• Ability to document systems clearly for non-technical team

Applying

We look forward to receiving your CV and cover letter, outlining your relevant skills and experience that can help make a difference.

It is a strict requirement that you have the ability to work in a way that promotes the health, safety and wellbeing of children and young people and follow safeguarding policies and procedures at all times. We take Safer Recruitment seriously and only those candidates who are able to demonstrate their ability to safeguard the safety and wellbeing of children and young people will be considered for this role. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

We are keen to hear from candidates from all backgrounds. The over 2 million vulnerable children in the UK are disproportionately constituted of minority and LGBTQIA+ communities, as well as people with disabilities, refugees and migrants, and people living with mental health conditions. It is integral to our mission of raising the standard of support for the UK's vulnerable learners that we engage individuals from all backgrounds so that our team can better share/relate to the experiences of our students.

Applications are being considered on a rolling basis.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Flexitime
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Work Location: Remote