Role: Training Coordinator – Carpentry and Joinery
Location: Multi-Site – Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire Campuses
Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £33,048 and £41,085 per annum DOE and Qualifications, an additional Market Supplement is available to successful candidates depending on experience and qualifications, 35 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, Teacher’s Pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.
Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week – 52 weeks per year
Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time
This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.
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 carpentry sector, from initial assessment and induction to training delivery, progress tracking, and successful completion of apprenticeship standards.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Industry & Programme Experience – Brings recent commercial or industrial experience, with a strong background in training, assessing, and coordinating competence-based programmes, including employer liaison.
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Learner Engagement & Support – Skilled in motivating learners, managing caseloads, setting SMART targets, and ensuring timely qualification completion through effective communication and support
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Administrative & Organisational Skills – Demonstrates strong coordination and record-keeping abilities, ensuring compliance with audit requirements and successful apprenticeship delivery.
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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.
For a more detailed breakdown of the job role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.
Interviews to be held: TBC
Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:
- Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.
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Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
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Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.
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Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
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Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.
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Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.
About The Bedford College Group
The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.
Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and Tresham College in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough; Shuttleworth College, a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport alongside Silverstone race circuit. To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.
Safeguarding our Students
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 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. The Bedford College Group's policy on Employment of Ex-Offenders is attached to this vacancy.
Candidates who are barred from working with children are reminded it is a criminal offence to apply for this post.
