Role: Booking and Events Manager

Location: Trinity Arts and Leisure, Bedford, MK42

Salary/Benefits: Salary between £29,000 (pro rata) DOE and Qualifications, 25 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, Peoples pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Contract Type: Fixed Term (14th Feb 2025) - Full Time

About the role:

We are currently seeking a Booking and Events Manager to join The Bedford College group at our Trinity Arts and Leisure centre.

As a Booking and Events Manager you play an important role in the success of our students through:

• To undertake administrative activities to facilitate the smooth running of bookings in BCS facilities, and to ensure the perfect delivery of an event for all BCS venues.This will entail liaising with customer, check availability of area, completing contracts to be sent to customer, sending schedules/rotas depending on site, and issuing access cards.
• To work effectively as a member of the BCS Ltd team to generate, secure and deliver tailored client solutions in line with BCS Ltd values

About you:

• Previous knowledge and Experience in Leisure and Events Bookings
• Ability to prioritise bookings and booking calendars. Ability to create a positive experience for all that use our facilities.
• Highly organised and be able to follow processes.
• Ability to be flexible in hours worked as it may require some later evenings for viewings or weekend events.

Interviews to be held on 4th August 2024.

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.

Terms and Conditions - BCPS

• 37 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
• Peoples Pension
• Retail and leisure discounts