Personal Career & Apprenticeship Mentor

Buckinghamshire College Group; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An ambitious further education college in Aylesbury is seeking two Personal Careers & Apprenticeship Mentors to support students' progress towards apprenticeships or higher education. The role involves creating personalized action plans, engaging with employers, and ensuring student success. This is a fixed-term contract working 37 hours per week until August 2026, with opportunities for professional development and benefits including a pension scheme and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Pension scheme - LGPS

Generous annual leave entitlement

Access to free training & development

Flexible working policy

Discounts in local services

Qualifications

• Experience in careers or recruitment-related roles.
• Passion for supporting students in their career journeys.
• Ability to develop personal action plans for student growth.

Responsibilities

• Develop bespoke personal action plans to raise student ambition.
• Support students in finding compatible opportunities.
• Engage with employers to match students with apprenticeship roles.

Skills

Careers experience

Recruitment experience

Mentoring

Engagement with employers

Job description

We are delighted to launch this exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and forward-thinking College to support students' progression to apprenticeships or Higher Education. Do you have careers or recruitment experience?

We are looking to recruit two Personal Careers & Apprenticeship Mentors, to work with selected students from across Buckinghamshire to discover career or further study opportunities and mentoring them at every stage to secure a positive destination.

The Personal Careers & Apprenticeship Mentor will:

• Develop bespoke personal action plans which raise student's ambition, encouraging and monitoring their progress.
• Support students in finding opportunities matching their ambitions, mentoring them at every stage to maximise their opportunity of success.
• Engage with local and national employers to stimulate interest in students and successfully match students to apprenticeship roles.

This is a Fixed Term Contract up until 31st August 2026, working 37 hours per week / 52 weeks per year. Successful candidates will be based at our Aylesbury Campus.

If you're ready to take on this challenging yet rewarding role, apply now and join us in our mission to empower every student to reach their full potential!

Why join Buckinghamshire College Group?

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the College. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

Employee benefits include:

• Pension scheme - LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme)
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays & additional leave purchase scheme
• Access to free training & continuous professional development
• A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
• Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
• Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon)
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals and play a pivotal role in the Buckinghamshire community working with a wide range of employers for example, Pinewood Studios, NHS Trusts and Flannery Plant Hire to name but a few.

You will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting learners and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible - we call this the Bucks College Factor!

If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a place you'd like to be part of, then we'd love to hear from you.

Commitment to Safeguarding

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

For more information about the role, please refer to the Job Description and Terms and Conditions located in the job details above.

Only completed applications will be considered for this role. For more information on the role please contact HR directly.

The closing date for applications is 15/01/2026 . Interviews are scheduled to take place on 28/01/2026; however, please note that these dates may be subject to change.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.