Gateways is seeking to fill a new role within our executive leadership team.
This is a brand-new, strategic leadership role created at a time of rapid expansion for Gateways.
As a key member of the executive leadership team, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) will drive operational excellence, ensuring the seamless delivery of our programmes and services in alignment with our mission and strategic vision.
The COO will oversee all core operational and financial functions, providing leadership across finance, human resources, IT, facilities, programme operations, and governance. This role is central to shaping the organisation’s future, fostering a high-performance culture, and driving continuous improvement to support sustainable growth.
This is a great opportunity for a dynamic and visionary leader to make a lasting impact, ensuring that Gateways remains at the forefront of innovation, efficiency, and excellence. The COO will also act as a deputy for the CEO during periods of leave of absence from the office.
Gateways is an alternative education provider that exists to support the countless young people today, between the ages of 14-25, who are or have struggled to remain in mainstream education.
Gateways students are referred to us as school refusers, struggle with anxiety, debilitating depression, eating disorders, traumas of all kinds and often as a result of serious medical issues.
We believe that every young person should have the same opportunity to progress and thrive, regardless of the challenges they face. Gateways delivers a broad curriculum, academic and vocational, that caters for the interests, abilities and specific needs of each young person that attends. We aim to prepare them for a life beyond education.
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