Salary: £25,100.00 - £26,384.00 per annum, plus excellent benefits
Contract Type: Full time, permanent. 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Location: Paignton, Devon
Join South Devon College as an Apprenticeship Employer Advisor and play a pivotal role in shaping the future workforce across our region. This dynamic and collaborative position sits at the heart of our apprenticeship provision, supporting both employers and aspiring apprentices at the very start of their journey. Working closely with employers, applicants and a range of internal teams, you will help deliver a seamless and positive recruitment and pre-enrolment experience, ensuring businesses are fully prepared, informed and confident in welcoming new apprentices into their organisations, while matching talented candidates with meaningful opportunities. You will champion the value of apprenticeships as a powerful workforce development solution, build strong and lasting employer relationships, and provide clear, accurate guidance on programmes, funding and incentives to support effective planning and long-term success. With a strong focus on service excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement, you will contribute to the College’s growth ambitions while ensuring apprenticeships remain accessible, sustainable and impactful for both learners and businesses.
To be successful in this role, you will hold GCSEs (Grade C or above) in English and Maths and have experience in a similar role or a strong customer-facing background. You will be a team player with excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills, alongside strong organisational and administrative abilities with attention to detail. You will be able to prioritise tasks, meet deadlines and adapt to changing demands, while confidently using systems. A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of young people is essential. You will also be flexible, willing to travel across the South West, and able to represent the College professionally with external partners.
Our staff are integral to maintaining our passion and high-performance levels, and we reward our staff for this. Our benefits are designed to encourage a healthy work-life balance, and include:
- 25 days annual leave (pro-rata of fractional) including the option to purchase additional holiday days;
- 1 additional day’s holiday for your birthday (does not have to be used on your birthday);
- 1 additional day’s holiday for every 5 years served;
- Christmas Closure of up to 2 weeks in addition to annual leave entitlement;
- Access to a wealth of training, apprenticeships and funded higher education opportunities as well as dedicated training days;
- Local Government Pension Scheme Employer pension contributions of 18%;
- Subsidised fitness suite facility, onsite hair and beauty salon, access to a wide range of catering facilities, outdoor gym and free eyesight tests;
- Major supermarket and high street employee discount schemes;
- Life Assurance (if member of pension scheme);
- On Site Nursery (Mama Bears);
- Employee Assistance Programmes;
- Access to Blue Light Card membership;
- Discounted travel schemes.
Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 06 September 2026
Interview Date: Thursday 13 August 2026
Having read the job description, should you have any questions relating to the role prior to applying, please contact Ben Pountney via email at [email protected]
To apply and for a full job description please visit the Jobs page of the South Devon College website. Please do NOT send CVs, we only accept applications via the relevant form on our dedicated recruitment website.
Please note that you will be required to be in possession of an Enhanced DBS Certificate or be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check as a condition of employment at the College.
This College is committed to Safeguarding/Prevent and promoting the welfare of students, including children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The College is committed to applying its Single Equality Scheme at all stages of recruitment and selection. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, transgender status, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, colour, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion/belief, age, pregnancy or maternity leave, or union membership.
Reasonable attempts will be made to accommodate the particular needs of any candidate who has notified us of a disability. This may include changing the timing or location of any interview to enable the candidate to attend, providing information in different formats or larger type, etc.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
Working at South Devon College, you can expect access to an exciting range of training, apprenticeship and opportunities for degree level study alongside your work to keep you at the top of your game, as well as generous holiday allowance of 25 days pro rata and a strong emphasis on work-life balance.
The staff at South Devon College are truly inspirational and this is a reflection on the whole College culture of continuous improvement and support for all of our students and communities.
We aim to provide our learners with excellent teaching and learning. Our staff are highly adept at working with and developing skills and knowledge in learners from different backgrounds. Our staff have consistently high expectations of all students and generate high levels of enthusiasm for participation in, and commitment to learning.
