Training Coordinator – Plumbing

Role: Training Coordinator – Plumbing

Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £29,870 and £39,696 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 Training Coordinator in Plumbing 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 Coordination & Delivery – Manages the full learner journey in plumbing and gas apprenticeships, including induction, training, assessment, and progress tracking, ensuring alignment with awarding body standards.
• Learner Support & Development – Provides coaching and mentoring to apprentices, conducts workplace visits, sets SMART targets, and delivers sector-relevant training to build competence in knowledge, skills, and behaviours.
• Quality Assurance & Compliance – Oversees internal verification, maintains accurate learner records, ensures evidence meets audit and funding requirements, and supports inspections and standardisation activities.
• Employer Engagement & Programme Design – Collaborates with employers to arrange assessments and reviews, promotes apprenticeship opportunities, and helps tailor training plans to meet business needs.
• Professional Standards & Safeguarding – Upholds safeguarding, EDI, and health & safety policies, engages in CPD, and supports college-wide initiatives while maintaining professional boundaries and adapting to business needs.

About you:

• Essential Qualifications & Sector Knowledge – Holds GCSEs (Grade A–C) in Maths and English, A1 Assessor or TAQA Award, and Level 2 & 3 qualifications in the relevant trade, with up-to-date knowledge of training, assessing, and industry standards.
• Industry Experience & Programme Delivery – Brings recent commercial experience in the occupational area, with a strong background in delivering and coordinating competence-based training programmes.
• Learner Engagement & Support – Skilled in motivating learners, managing caseloads, setting SMART targets, and ensuring timely qualification completion through effective communication and support.
• Administrative & Organisational Skills – Demonstrates strong coordination and record-keeping abilities, ensuring compliance with audit requirements and successful apprenticeship delivery.
• Professionalism & Flexibility – Customer-focused, proactive, and adaptable, with time management skills, willingness to travel across sites, and a commitment to safeguarding and promoting equality and diversity.

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: 08 October 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

JDPS Training Coordinator Plumbing (2).docx