Recruitment Coordinator

Bedford College Group; Bedford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

People's Pension

Retail and Leisure Discounts

Developing opportunities

Job summary

The Bedford College Group is seeking a Recruitment Coordinator to join our Talent Acquisition & Onboarding team in Bedford. This role provides end-to-end recruitment support, from job advertising and candidate communications to onboarding and record-keeping in HR systems.

We value strong customer service, stakeholder management, safeguarding knowledge, and the ability to work in a structured, confidential environment. This permanent role offers a 25-hour week schedule with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong customer service and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using HR, recruitment, or onboarding systems.
• Good knowledge of safeguarding, DBS, Right to Work, and data protection requirements.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and administrative skills with strong attention to detail.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office and other digital systems.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise workloads, and meet deadlines.
• Proactive, professional approach with handling confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Providing end-to-end recruitment support with a positive experience for hiring managers and candidates.
• Manage recruitment administration: job advertising, candidate communications, vacancy tracking, offers and contracts, and HR system records.
• Coordinate pre-employment screening and onboarding: right to work checks, DBS checks, references, qualification verification, safeguarding compliance.
• Support visa sponsorship applications, internal recruitment processes and SCR maintenance.
• Collaborate with the People Team to enhance recruitment processes and candidate experience.

Skills

Customer service

Stakeholder management

HR systems

Safeguarding & DBS knowledge

Organisation & attention to detail

MS Office

Independence & time management

Tools

HR systems

Job description

Role: Recruitment Coordinator

Location: Bedford

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £25,585 and £30,915 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: 25 hours per week, 52 week per year

Contract Type: Permanent

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

We are currently seeking a Recruitment Coordinator to join our Talent Acquisition & Onboarding department at The Bedford College Group.

• Providing efficient end-to-end recruitment support, delivering a positive experience for hiring managers and candidates while ensuring compliance with policies, procedures and KPIs.
• Manage recruitment administration, including job advertising, candidate communications, vacancy tracking, offers, contracts and maintaining accurate records within HR systems.
• Coordinate pre-employment screening and onboarding processes, including right to work checks, DBS checks, references, qualification verification and safeguarding compliance.
• Support visa sponsorship applications, internal recruitment processes and the maintenance of the Single Central Record (SCR), ensuring organisational compliance and risk management.
• Work collaboratively with the wider People Team to enhance recruitment processes, employer branding and the overall candidate and employee experience.

About you

We're seeking an organised and customer-focused recruitment professional with experience supporting end-to-end recruitment, pre-employment checks, and onboarding processes.

You’ll have:

• Strong customer service and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using HR, recruitment, or onboarding systems.
• Good knowledge of safeguarding, DBS, Right to Work, and data protection requirements.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and administrative skills with strong attention to detail.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office and other digital systems.
• The ability to work independently, prioritise workloads, and meet deadlines.
• A proactive, professional approach with the ability to handle confidential information sensitively.

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

09/09/2026

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.