The Bedford College Group – Group Director of Business Engagement and Apprenticeships

Be part of our team!

Dear Colleague,

Thank you for your interest in the role of Group Director of Business Engagement and Apprenticeships at The Bedford College Group (TBCG). The Group is the seventh largest further education college group in the sector by income and comprises seven distinct colleges with three further educational colleges, two sixth form colleges, one agricultural college and one national college for motorsport.

Our values are extremely important to us and keep the student at the heart of everything we do, but none more so than those of valuing teamwork, continuously improving, caring and inclusive, all of which sit at the heart of this role.

To succeed in this role you will have substantial, recent experience at a leadership level overseeing apprenticeship and business engagement activities in the education, skills or training sectors. You will also have experience of improving the quality of apprenticeship provision and outcomes, along with a thorough understanding of apprenticeship policy and funding.

The successful candidate will lead on growing the Group’s apprenticeship provision and business engagement and partnership activities to meet the skills needs of businesses in the South Midlands.

You will be coming to TBCG at an extremely exciting period of change, having joined as the new CEO in January 2024 the Group is being led with a passionate commitment to and vision of excellence that will take us forward in the next stage of TBCG’s evolution.

Interested parties are strongly encouraged to contact our FE Associates recruitment partner, Claire.Gehlig@fea.co.uk, to arrange an initial discussion prior to submitting an application.

With best wishes

Yiannis Koursis
Group Chief Executive