Business Engagement Support Executive – T-Levels

Role: Business Engagement Support Executive – T-Levels

Location: 2 vacancies – 1 at our Bedford Campus, 1 at our Corby Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £28,325 and £33,231 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.

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week – 52 weeks per year

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Business Engagement Support Executive to join our Business Development department at The Bedford College Group.

As a Business Engagement Support Executive, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Employer Engagement & Outreach – Proactively identify and connect with employers to promote T-Level placements, using outreach strategies like cold calling, meetings, and tailored proposals to build long-term partnerships.
• Placement Coordination & Collaboration – Work closely with internal teams to match students with suitable employers, ensuring high-quality, meaningful placements that support student development and meet employer needs.
• Relationship Building & Communication – Maintain strong rapport with employer contacts, overcome objections, and represent the College professionally in all external communications and promotional activities.
• Monitoring & Reporting – Track engagement activity and placement outcomes using CRM systems, provide regular updates to management, and contribute to continuous improvement through feedback and insights.
• College-Wide Contribution & Compliance – Support events, invigilation, and open days, while upholding safeguarding, EDI, health & safety, and TBCG values in all aspects of the role.

About you:

• Qualifications & Professional Development – Level 2 or above in sales, customer service, or marketing (or willingness to study), GCSEs in Maths and English (Grade C/4+), and evidence of continued professional development.
• Sales & Customer Engagement Expertise – Proven experience in cold calling, campaign planning, CRM usage, and exceeding customer expectations, with strong knowledge of the sales process and local business landscape.
• Skills & Competencies – Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to analyse data, manage workloads, meet targets, and build effective relationships across diverse teams.
• Values & Professionalism – Demonstrates alignment with TBCG values including inclusivity, teamwork, and continuous improvement, with a commitment to safeguarding, confidentiality, and professional conduct.
• Flexibility & Mobility – Willingness to travel across sites, adapt working hours, and maintain appropriate boundaries with young people, supported by a full UK driving licence and access to a car.

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: w/c 1 September 2025

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.

Documents

TBCG Ex-Offenders Policy.pdf

JD AND PS BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT EXECUTIVE – T-LEVEL final.docx