Training Coordinator - Logistics in Bedford

Location: Central Bedfordshire College – Leighton Buzzard National College For Logistics

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £30,915 and £41,085 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

This is a UK based contract, and 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:

• Work ‑ Based Learning Delivery & Assessment: Coordinate training for work‑based provision, delivering and assessing both knowledge and competence components to ensure learners meet all qualification requirements.
• Learner Progress & Evidence Management: Track learner progress accurately, support portfolio building, set SMART targets, provide robust feedback and maintain valid, auditable assessment and achievement records.
• Employer & Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with employers, tutors and support teams, organising reviews, sharing progress updates and referring business leads where appropriate.
• Quality Assurance & Compliance: Participate in and lead internal quality assurance, standardisation and external inspection processes, ensuring funding, audit, awarding‑body and college requirements are fully met.
• Professional, College ‑ Wide & Statutory Responsibilities: Engage in CPD, team collaboration and college events, maintain confidentiality, deliver Information, Advice and Guidance, and uphold safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, health & safety and training obligations.

About you:

• Qualifications & Sector Expertise: Level 3+ qualification in a relevant sector, TAQA qualifications (or equivalents), English and maths at GCSE level (or willingness to achieve), with strong experience assessing within the logistics or related industry.
• Industry Knowledge & Training Delivery: In‑depth understanding of logistics health & safety requirements, experience using industry systems (e.g. transport and warehouse management), and ability to deliver training aligned to current sector standards.
• Assessment, Feedback & Learner Support: Skilled in assessing and providing robust, qualitative feedback, supporting learners through multiple channels, building strong rapport, and maintaining high‑quality learning experiences.
• Professional Skills & Team Contribution: Highly organised, self‑motivated and able to work under pressure, prioritise workloads, meet deadlines, and contribute positively to team performance while promoting the College’s reputation and values.
• Values, Safeguarding & Flexibility: Committed to equality, diversity and safeguarding, maintaining professional boundaries, continuous skills development, flexible working, travel across sites, and compliance with health & safety requirements.

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 organisational VISION 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.