Volunteer: Community Learning Tutor & Placements

Kings Trust Volunteer The Bedford College Group Northampton

Location: Northamptonshire

Salary/Benefits: This is a volunteer post

Contract Type: Sessional – Volunteer

We are currently seeking a King’s Trust Volunteer to join our Community Learning department at The Bedford College Group.

As a King’s Trust Volunteer, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Programme Support & Delivery – Assists the King’s Trust Team Leader in delivering the 12-week Team Programme, supporting learners with basic skills and contributing to a positive learning experience.
• Learner Engagement & Recruitment – Supports recruitment efforts, helps set up individual learning plans, and provides tailored tuition to meet learners’ educational needs.
• Placement & Promotion – Aids in sourcing work placements and promoting the programme to employers and community organisations to enhance learner opportunities.
• Administration & Compliance – Assists with record keeping, attends meetings and training, and ensures learners adhere to health and safety requirements
• Safeguarding & Development – Upholds safeguarding, equality, and health and safety standards, and actively engages in training and development relevant to the role.

• Qualifications & Knowledge – Holds GCSE English (A–C or equivalent), with demonstrable understanding of equality, diversity, health and safety, and work placement requirements.
• Experience & Behavioural Insight – Experienced in supporting placements, managing challenging behaviour, and delivering basic skills to a diverse range of learners.
• Skills & Team Contribution – Strong organisational and time management skills, effective communicator, and a positive team player who values others’ contributions and promotes the organisation’s reputation.
• Values & Professional Conduct – Works in line with core values (Caring, Continuous Improvement, Educational Excellence, Inclusive, Student Centred, Teamwork), maintaining professionalism and respectful relationships.
• Safeguarding & Flexibility – Committed to safeguarding, continuous learning, and flexible working across all service locations, with awareness of health and safety and appropriate boundaries with vulnerable groups.

For a more detailed breakdown of the Volunteer role and the requirements, please see the Job Description attached to this vacancy.

Interviews to be held: TBC

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.

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…