Registry Strand Lead - Apprenticeships - Maternity Cover

Role: Registry Strand Lead – Apprenticeships

Location: Bedford College – Cauldwell Street Campus

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £29,316 and £34,394 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: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Fixed Term – Full Time – Fixed until 30 April 2027

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 Registry Strand Lead in Apprenticeships to join our Apprenticeships department at The Bedford College Group.

As a Registry Strand Lead, you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• Apprenticeship Data & ILR Compliance – Lead the management of apprenticeship data, ensuring ILR accuracy, timely updates and full compliance with DfE funding rules across the learner lifecycle.
• Enrolment, DAS & Curriculum Records – Oversee enrolments, curriculum set‑up and DAS processes, ensuring accurate learning aims, programme structures and prompt resolution of data mismatches.
• Data Quality, Reporting & Funding Assurance – Monitor funding and data reports (FRM, PDSAT, DSAT, Power BI), identify risks, resolve issues and optimise funding while minimising audit exposure.
• Audit, Processes & Continuous Improvement – Prepare audit‑ready learner records, support compliance checks, recover missing documentation and implement process improvements based on audit and data findings.
• Leadership, Collaboration & Governance – Lead registry support for apprenticeships, manage workloads and staff, provide guidance to teams, and uphold safeguarding, EDI, data protection and professional standards.

About you:

• Qualifications & Technical Data Expertise – Level 3 qualification with GCSE English and maths (Grade 4+), strong knowledge of apprenticeship funding rules, MIS systems and advanced Excel/data manipulation skills.
• Apprenticeship Compliance, ILR & Funding Knowledge – Proven experience working with ILR data, funding methodologies and compliance regulations, ensuring accurate data, audit readiness and adherence to data protection standards.
• Analytical, Problem‑Solving & Process Improvement– Highly analytical with outstanding attention to detail, able to investigate data issues, identify risks, challenge processes and implement evidence‑based improvements.
• Communication, Customer Focus & Team Leadership – Strong communicator able to provide clear guidance and deliver customer‑focused solutions, contribute positively to teams and support leadership of Registry staff when required.
• Professionalism, Organisation & Flexibility – Highly organised, able to meet deadlines under pressure, committed to safeguarding, EDI and College values, with a flexible approach to work and willingness to operate across multiple sites.

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: 20 May 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.