Additional Learning Support Admin Lead in Bedford

Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £29,316 and £34,394 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

Legal Requirements: This is a UK based contract, you are required to have the Right 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 an Additional Learning Support Admin Lead to join our Foundation Learning and Additional Learning Support department at The Bedford College Group. As an ALS Admin Lead, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Leadership & ALS Administration Management: Lead and manage the ALS administrative team, ensuring high performance, effective workload allocation and a consistent, high‑quality administrative service across the College.
• ALS Coordination & Learner Support Processes: Oversee key ALS processes including referrals, assessments and scheduling, ensuring timely access to support for learners with SEND and High Needs.
• Data Management, Systems & Accuracy: Maintain high standards of data integrity across systems (e.g. ProSolution, Cognassist), ensuring accurate records, timely reporting and compliance with funding and audit requirements.
• Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement: Monitor service delivery against SLAs, analyse performance data and provide reports to drive efficiency, quality improvement and informed decision‑making.
• Customer Service, Compliance & Stakeholder Engagement: Deliver excellent customer service, liaise effectively with students, staff and external partners, and ensure compliance with safeguarding, GDPR, EDI and organisational policies.

About you:

• Qualifications, Compliance & SEND Knowledge: Level 3 qualified with GCSE English and maths (or working towards), and strong understanding of SEND Code of Practice and ALS funding requirements, with commitment to Level 5 development.
• ALS Funding, Data & Reporting Expertise: Significant experience in ALS funding administration, with the ability to analyse complex data, produce professional reports and ensure compliance with funding regulations.
• Data Accuracy, IT & Administrative Excellence: Highly skilled in data management systems (e.g. ProSolution, Microsoft Office), maintaining accurate records, meeting deadlines and supporting audit‑ready processes.
• Organisation, Communication & Continuous Improvement: Excellent organisational and communication skills, able to work independently and collaboratively, manage competing priorities and drive process improvements.
• Professional Values, Flexibility & Safeguarding: Committed to safeguarding, College values and high performance, adaptable to changing demands with flexibility to travel, work varied hours and continuously develop skills.

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 beside 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: 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 a thorough vetting process which includes an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Additional Information: 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.