Job Title: Training Engagement Officer, Skills Bootcamps

Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

Department: Adult & Community Learning

Reporting to: Assoc. Dir of Bus. Dev & Stakeholders

Annual Leave: 30 days per annum plus bank holidays

Contractual hours: 37 hours per week

Basis: Full time, Fixed Term for 12 months

Pension: NEST Pension

Join Our Team

Are you passionate about helping people unlock new career opportunities through training and development? We’re looking for a Training and Engagement Officer to join our team and play a key role in connecting individuals with transformative bootcamp programmes.

In this role, you’ll be the main point of contact for candidate referrals and responsible for tracking key milestones throughout their learning journey. Your proactive, people-first approach will ensure adult learners receive the support, guidance, and resources they need to succeed.

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a Training Engagement Officer, you will:

• Actively market and promote Adult & Community Learning through social media platforms and at all external events.
• Support the business with candidates who are looking to complete a Skills bootcamp.
• Liaise with candidates to get them enrolled on to Skills bootcamps and collect milestones at the end of the bootcamp.
• Consult with all referral agencies so that they are aware of what the College is offering. This would include attending any relevant network meetings.
• Facilitate Information Advice Guidance awareness sessions at the College/Community Hubs/Job Centre Plus for all referrals to support fellow Training engagement officers.
• Be involved with the learners through Information Advice Guidance, enrolment, and induction to support fellow training engagement officers.
• Be proactive in contacting all learners that did not attend and liaising with agencies in providing feedback on attendance to support fellow training engagement officers.
• Support fellow training engagement officers to ensure that the minimum referral targets for training courses are consistently achieved
• Prepare weekly updates/reports so that they can be fed into the College system to assist with decision making on future activity with specified groups.
• Ensure CRM system is kept fully up to date.

What We’re Looking For:

We seek candidates who:

• Grade C or above in Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) qualification (Level 2 or above) – desirable.
• A commitment to undertake any mandatory training relevant to the role.
• Full UK Driving Licence

What’s in it for you?

The college offers an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Generous Annual Leave (30-45 days per annum (pro rata), depending on role)
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Competitive Salaries
• Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Excellent Training and Development Opportunities
• Dedicated Teaching & Learning Coaches for New Staff.
• On-site staff parking available
• Contributions to a variety of role-based pensions schemes including Teachers Pension, Local Government Pension Scheme and NEST Pension
• On site restaurant and food outlets including Costa Coffee
• Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to: -24 hour Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling support for staff and their immediate family)
  -Occupational Health -Free Flu jabs
  -Free Gym Membership for all staff -Discounted hair and beauty salon treatments

To learn more about working at Middlesbrough College, please visit our Work For Us page.

For further details and to discuss the role in more detail, please contact, Karen Woodland, Assoc. Dir of Bus. Dev & Stakeholders , on karen.woodland@northernskills.co.uk

Ready to Make a Difference? Apply Early!

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we can appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

SAFEGUARDING 

Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students, including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment. This role involves regulated activity and direct contact with children and young people. The successful candidate will be expected to uphold the highest standards of safeguarding practice.  

We follow Safer Recruitment practices in line with the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search, and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.   

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions, and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’, must be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. 

It is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.   

Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

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