Training & Recruitment Advisor (Employer Engagement)

Bath College; Bath; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Contributory pension (LG)

CPD for all staff

Private Healthcare

Cycle to Work

Eye sight test

Flexible working

Job summary

Bath College is recruiting a Training & Recruitment Advisor (Employer Engagement) on a permanent, full-time basis. The role combines sales, recruitment and employer engagement to build apprenticeship opportunities at our Dual Campus. It is a 37-hour week, 52 weeks per year position reporting to Ebner Heatley.

You’ll manage your own pipeline, work with employers and candidates, and hit clear performance targets while contributing to a high-energy recruitment team.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment (agency or in-house).
• Experience with apprenticeships or FE.
• Sales, account management or business development experience.
• Experience with training providers or ITPs is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Work with employers to create apprenticeship opportunities.
• Source, support and place candidates into roles.
• Manage your own pipeline of vacancies and applicants.
• Promote opportunities through events and outreach.
• Deliver against clear, measurable targets.

Skills

Target-driven

People skills

Organised

Proactive

Competitive

Job description

Training & Recruitment Advisor (Employer Engagement)

Application Deadline: 20 September 2026

Department: BDE - Stakeholder Engagement Team

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Dual Campus

Reporting To: Ebner Heatley

Compensation: £26,000 - £32,000 / year

Description

Bath College | Sales. Recruitment. Real Impact.

Permanent contract, 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Interview date: TBC

Love targets? Thrive on results? Want a role that actually makes a difference?

We’re building a high-energy, target-driven recruitment team, and we want people who get a buzz from hitting goals, building relationships and making things happen.

This is not a passive admin role. This is sales + recruitment + employer engagement combined.

Bath College is an inclusive education and training community, providing learning for people with a wide range of abilities from a far-reaching area, from entry level to Level 5 programmes. We are committed to meeting the needs of all our students. This is a very exciting time to join the College.

The job posting can close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.

What you'll be doing

• Working with employers to create apprenticeship opportunities
• Sourcing, supporting and placing candidates into roles
• Managing your own pipeline of vacancies and applicants
• Promoting opportunities through events, campaigns and outreach
• Delivering against clear, measurable targets

You’ll be busy. You’ll be stretched. You’ll be rewarded.

What we’re looking for:

You might come from:

• Recruitment (agency or in-house)
• Apprenticeships or FE
• Sales, account management or business development
• An ITP or training provider

But what really matters is mindset.

You’ll be:

• Target-driven — you enjoy being measured and achieving results
• Great with people — confident with employers and candidates
• Organised and resilient — you manage multiple priorities
• Proactive — you don’t wait for opportunities, you create them
• Competitive (in a good way) — you want to be the best

Why join us?

At Bath College, we’re building a modern apprenticeship and employer engagement function, one that feels more like a high-performing sales environment.

We:

• Work at pace
• Celebrate success
• Support each other
• Focus on outcomes, not process

Most importantly — what you do matters.

Every placement you make is a career started.

Sound like you?

If you want a role where you can:

• Hit targets
• Earn more through performance
• Build relationships
• And make a real impact

We’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll get

• Salary + up to 20% Performance Related Pay (PRP)
• A supportive but high-expectation team environment
• Real ownership of your pipeline and performance
• The chance to genuinely change people’s career paths

Please see attached for the full Job Description and Person Specification

Staff Benefits

• Generous paid holiday entitlement of 30 days, exclusive of College closure days and public holidays. Pro rata for part time roles.
• One Selfie Day per year
• Contributory salary pension scheme (Local Government)
• Continuing Professional Development for all staff
• Laptop Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Private Healthcare Scheme
• £500 Refer a friend and earn a reward
• Subsidised cafes - at both campuses
• Employee Assistance Programme – Staff have access to this programme. It is a free and strictly confidential short-term counselling and support service (up to six meetings after an initial assessment session with a qualified counselor)
• The College offers an eye sight test for anyone who meets the criteria as described within the Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations.
• Progressive family friendly policies (exceeding statutory requirements) that supports a health work/life balance, all staff are entitled to request flexible working.
• Discounted treatments at the Academy, Bath Campus
• Free parking at the Somer Valley Campus in Radstock