Training Coordinator - Plumbing

Role: Training Coordinator – Plumbing

Location: Tresham College – Corby Campus / Bedford College – Kempston Plumbing Centre

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £33,048 and £41,085 per annum DOE 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 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 Plumbing Training Coordinator 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:

• Apprenticeship Delivery & Learner Progress - Coordinate and manage the full Plumbing and Gas apprenticeship journey from initial assessment to completion, ensuring learners receive effective induction, training, coaching, mentoring and support to successfully achieve their apprenticeship standards and qualifications.
• Training, Assessment & Competence Development - Deliver and assess industry-relevant training across Plumbing Level 2 and 3, Gas Level 3, ACS and Gas Safe programmes, supporting apprentices to develop the required knowledge, skills and behaviours while building robust portfolios of evidence.
• Quality Assurance, Compliance & Record Management - Maintain accurate learner records, ensure compliance with apprenticeship funding and awarding body requirements, verify the validity and sufficiency of learner evidence, and contribute to internal quality assurance, standardisation and external verification processes.
• Employer Engagement & Workplace Support - Build and maintain effective relationships with employers, coordinate workplace reviews and assessment visits, monitor workplace health and safety, provide progress updates, and develop tailored training plans that meet employer and learner needs.
• Curriculum Development & Professional Standards - Support curriculum enhancement and programme development, contribute to team best practice and continuous professional development, promote apprenticeship opportunities, and uphold safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, health and safety, and College values and procedures.

About you:

• Qualifications & Industry Credentials - Holds Level 2 English and Maths qualifications, an A1 Assessor or TAQA qualification, and relevant technical qualifications including Plumbing Level 2 and 3, Gas Level 3, ACS and Gas Safe certification, supported by a strong understanding of current apprenticeship, assessment and industry standards.
• Industry Experience & Apprenticeship Delivery - Brings recent commercial or industrial experience within the plumbing and gas sector, with proven experience training, assessing and coordinating competence-based apprenticeship programmes and supporting learners to achieve successful outcomes.
• Learner Management & Coaching Skills - Able to motivate and engage apprentices, manage a caseload effectively, conduct regular reviews and assessments, set targets, and support learners through to the timely completion of their qualifications.
• Organisation, Administration & Employer Engagement - Demonstrates strong administrative, coordination and time-management skills, maintains audit-compliant learner records, liaises effectively with employers and stakeholders, and identifies opportunities to support business development and employer engagement.
• Professionalism, Customer Focus & Flexibility - Proactive, adaptable and customer-focused, with excellent communication skills, a commitment to equality and diversity, the ability to work independently and meet challenging targets, and the flexibility to travel across a geographical area to support learners and employers.

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 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.