Overview
Role: Training Coordinator – Carpentry and Joinery. Location: Multi-Site – Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire Campuses. Salary/Benefits: Salary between £29,870 and £39,696 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, People’s pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.
Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week – 52 weeks per year
Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time
About the Role
We are currently seeking a Training Coordinator in Carpentry and Joinery to join our Apprenticeships department at The Bedford College Group. As a Training Coordinator, you play an important role in the success of our students through:
* End-to-End Apprenticeship Coordination – Manages the full learner journey in the plumbing sector, from initial assessment and induction to training delivery, progress tracking, and successful completion of apprenticeship standards.
* Learner Support & Assessment – Provides coaching, mentoring, and regular workplace assessments to develop learners’ knowledge, skills, and behaviours (KSBs), ensuring high-quality feedback and SMART target setting.
* Programme Development & Quality Assurance – Designs and coordinates training programmes, ensures compliance with awarding body standards, and actively participates in internal verification, standardisation, and curriculum improvement.
* Employer & Stakeholder Engagement – Liaises with employers to arrange assessments, provide progress updates, and promote apprenticeship opportunities, while collaborating with internal teams to ensure learner support and programme alignment.
* Compliance & Professional Standards – Maintains accurate learner records, adheres to funding rules, and upholds safeguarding, EDI, health & safety, and college values, while engaging in CPD and contributing to team development.
About You
* Essential Qualifications & Sector Expertise – Holds GCSEs (Grade A–C) in English and Maths, A1 Assessor or TAQA Award, and Level 2 & 3 qualifications in the relevant sector, with up-to-date knowledge of training, assessing, and verifying practices.
* Industry & Programme Experience – Brings recent commercial or industrial experience, with a strong background in training, assessing, and coordinating competence-based programmes, including employer liaison.
* Learner Engagement & Support – Skilled in motivating learners, managing caseloads, setting SMART targets, and ensuring timely qualification completion through effective communication and support.
* Administrative & Organisational Skills – Demonstrates strong coordination and record-keeping abilities, ensuring compliance with audit requirements and successful apprenticeship delivery.
* Professional Attributes & Flexibility – Customer-focused, proactive, and adaptable, with time management skills and the ability to travel across sites while identifying new business opportunities and promoting college values.
Interviews to be held: TBC. Successful candidates must demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:
* Valuing Teamwork
* Improving Continuously
* Student Centred
* Inclusive
* Open and Caring
* Nurturing Education Excellence
The Bedford College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a thorough vetting process which includes an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975 provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.
#J-18808-Ljbffr