Work Experience Co-ordinator

Role: Work Experience Coordinator

Location: Kettering Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £25,585 and £30,915 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 27 days annual leave plus Bank holidays,People’s Pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

22 Hours per week | 44 Weeks per year:

Contract Type:

This is a UK based contract, and you are required to have theRight 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 Work Experience Coordinator to join our Student Services department at The Bedford College Group.

As a Work Experience Coordinator, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Work Placement Coordination - Source and secure high-quality work experience, industry placements, and T-Level opportunities that support students' learning and career development.
• Student & Employer Engagement - Build strong relationships with students, employers, curriculum teams, and stakeholders, providing guidance, handling enquiries, and ensuring positive placement experiences.
• Compliance, Safeguarding & Health & Safety - Ensure all placements meet safeguarding, health and safety, funding, and awarding body requirements, taking prompt action to address any concerns.
• Monitoring & Record Management - Track student progress on placement, maintain accurate records and databases, provide feedback to curriculum teams, and prepare documentation for audits and inspections.
• Collaboration & Continuous Improvement - Work closely with colleagues across the College to develop placement opportunities, promote consistency in communication, support quality standards, and contribute to training and development activities.

About you:

• Qualifications & Technical Knowledge- GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent), Level 2 qualification, health and safety, safeguarding and equality training, with strong IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and database systems.
• Work Placement & Employer Engagement Experience - Experience working with employers, handling enquiries, securing work placements, managing high-volume workloads, and delivering excellent customer service within education, training, or work-based learning environments.
• Compliance, Safeguarding & Health and Safety - Sound knowledge of safeguarding, equality and diversity, health and safety legislation, and the ability to conduct placement checks, manage compliance requirements, and promote student welfare.
• Communication & Organisational Skills - Excellent communication, problem-solving and relationship-building skills, with the ability to manage caseloads, prioritise workloads, maintain accurate records, produce reports, and present information to a range of audiences.
• Professionalism & Flexibility - Demonstrates a proactive, customer-focused approach, works in line with organisational values, contributes positively to teams, commits to continuous development, and holds a full clean driving licence with access to a vehicle for business travel.

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:

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisationalVISION 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.
• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.
• 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.
• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.
• 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.
• 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.

Terms and Conditions - BCPS

• 37 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
• 27 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays
• Peoples Pension
• Retail and leisure discounts