Education Support Administrator (Apprenticeship Recruitment)
| Posting date: | 09 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 October 2025 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK42 9DJ |
| Company: | Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7449540/418-COR9540-SJ |
Summary
A Vacancy at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you a proactive, adaptable professional with a passion for supporting educational excellence? We’re looking for a dynamic individual to join our Practice Education Team, delivering a high-quality, efficient, and responsive service that underpins our mission to foster learning and development across the organisation.
In this pivotal role, you’ll work independently, managing your own time and priorities to meet tight deadlines while remaining flexible to the evolving needs of the team. Your ability to communicate effectively, maintain confidentiality, and build strong relationships both internally and externally will be key to your success.
We’re seeking someone who brings a professional and diplomatic approach, demonstrates integrity and discretion in all interactions, and maintains a customer-focused mindset with a commitment to excellence. You’ll need to be resilient and open to change in a fast-paced environment, ready to thrive in a collaborative and forward-thinking team.
This is more than just a support role—it’s an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a challenging and rewarding setting.
• Provide a comprehensive administrative support to the Practice Education Team supporting with project delivery, this will be related mainly, though not exclusively to nursing apprenticeships
• Develop effective working relationships with managers and apprentices across the Trust, ensuring individual needs are dealt with effectively in a timely, professional and positive manner
• Having ownership of own recruitment activity from start to finish
• Organise and facilitate various recruitment campaigns including open days, job fairs etc.
• Support the operational apprenticeship team and where necessary, take ownership of new hires who are not engaged with relevant compliancy documentation requirements
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies, recruitment processes and national/legal guidance regarding recruitment activity
• Delivering engaging informative presentations to an audience in a variety of settings
• Check email, deal with internal post/external post acknowledging receipt where required, taking appropriate action, redirect appropriately if required.
• Maintain records of contacts and support in the monitoring of recruitment for apprenticeships.
• Maintain up to date records, filing systems, databases and office systems ensuring consistency, accuracy, attention to detail enabling information to be located and retrieved efficiently and effectively in a timely manner.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job
The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities
· Provide a comprehensive administrative support to the Practice Education Team supporting with project delivery, this will be related mainly, though not exclusively to nursing apprenticeships
· Develop effective working relationships with managers and apprentices across the Trust, ensuring individual needs are dealt with effectively in a timely, professional and positive manner
· Having ownership of own recruitment activity from start to finish
· Liaise with Trust managers regarding any complex queries escalating to a senior manager where necessary and appropriate
· Organise and facilitate various recruitment campaigns including open days, job fairs etc.
· Support the operational apprenticeship team and where necessary, take ownership of new hires who are not engaged with relevant compliancy documentation requirements
This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Sep 2025
Are you a proactive, adaptable professional with a passion for supporting educational excellence? We’re looking for a dynamic individual to join our Practice Education Team, delivering a high-quality, efficient, and responsive service that underpins our mission to foster learning and development across the organisation.
In this pivotal role, you’ll work independently, managing your own time and priorities to meet tight deadlines while remaining flexible to the evolving needs of the team. Your ability to communicate effectively, maintain confidentiality, and build strong relationships both internally and externally will be key to your success.
We’re seeking someone who brings a professional and diplomatic approach, demonstrates integrity and discretion in all interactions, and maintains a customer-focused mindset with a commitment to excellence. You’ll need to be resilient and open to change in a fast-paced environment, ready to thrive in a collaborative and forward-thinking team.
This is more than just a support role—it’s an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a challenging and rewarding setting.
• Provide a comprehensive administrative support to the Practice Education Team supporting with project delivery, this will be related mainly, though not exclusively to nursing apprenticeships
• Develop effective working relationships with managers and apprentices across the Trust, ensuring individual needs are dealt with effectively in a timely, professional and positive manner
• Having ownership of own recruitment activity from start to finish
• Organise and facilitate various recruitment campaigns including open days, job fairs etc.
• Support the operational apprenticeship team and where necessary, take ownership of new hires who are not engaged with relevant compliancy documentation requirements
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies, recruitment processes and national/legal guidance regarding recruitment activity
• Delivering engaging informative presentations to an audience in a variety of settings
• Check email, deal with internal post/external post acknowledging receipt where required, taking appropriate action, redirect appropriately if required.
• Maintain records of contacts and support in the monitoring of recruitment for apprenticeships.
• Maintain up to date records, filing systems, databases and office systems ensuring consistency, accuracy, attention to detail enabling information to be located and retrieved efficiently and effectively in a timely manner.
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job
The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities
· Provide a comprehensive administrative support to the Practice Education Team supporting with project delivery, this will be related mainly, though not exclusively to nursing apprenticeships
· Develop effective working relationships with managers and apprentices across the Trust, ensuring individual needs are dealt with effectively in a timely, professional and positive manner
· Having ownership of own recruitment activity from start to finish
· Liaise with Trust managers regarding any complex queries escalating to a senior manager where necessary and appropriate
· Organise and facilitate various recruitment campaigns including open days, job fairs etc.
· Support the operational apprenticeship team and where necessary, take ownership of new hires who are not engaged with relevant compliancy documentation requirements
This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Sep 2025