Adult Learning Partnerships & Engagement Officer

Adult Learning Partnerships & Engagement Officer

Location: Trowbridge

Salary: £26,543 per year

Are you a proactive, commercially minded professional with experience in adult learning, employer engagement, or income generation? Do you thrive on building strong partnerships, supporting high-quality provision, and ensuring compliance and performance targets are met?

A full-time opportunity has arisen within our Adult Learning and Commercial Enterprise department. This is a dynamic, outward-facing role that combines relationship-building, administration, compliance, and business development — supporting adult learners and employers across Wiltshire.

What We Offer

💷 Salary: £26,543 per year

🕰️ Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time – 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

✔️ Outstanding Benefits

• Local Government Pension Scheme – a strong, secure foundation for your future
• Generous Holiday Entitlement – 30 days paid annual leave plus 8 days paid bank holidays
• College closure and wellbeing days – including a 2-week paid Christmas closure
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential wellbeing, legal, and financial support
• Free On-Site Gyms – available across multiple campuses
• Lifestyle Discounts – savings on retail, technology, travel, and leisure
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme – save money while staying active
• Professional Development – training and career progression opportunities
• Additional Perks – discounted meals, hair & beauty services, and reduced attraction entry

A varied and rewarding role with excellent benefits that support your professional growth and personal wellbeing.

What You’ll Do

• Support all aspects of adult learning provision across the College, including Distance Learning programmes

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with employers, partners, and local communities

• Attend and support employer engagement events and community events (a clean driving licence is essential)

• Coordinate enrolment processes and review the compliance of enrolment documentation

• Ensure quality and funding compliance, including Adult Skills Funding requirements (full training provided)

• Work closely with colleagues to meet adult learner recruitment and performance targets

• Assist Heads of Faculties, lecturers, and professional services staff with administrative and operational support throughout the academic year

• Support the development and establishment of new curriculum aligned with local employer and community needs

• Engage with both internal and external stakeholders to promote and grow adult provision

• Contribute to commercial income generation and business development activity

What You’ll Bring

• Experience in adult learning, training, business development, or employer engagement
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
• Confidence reviewing documentation and ensuring compliance
• Ability to build productive relationships with employers, partners, and community stakeholders
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively as part of a cross-college team
• Good communication skills and the ability to discuss course offer and progression opportunities
• A clean, full driving licence and willingness to attend events across the region
• Experience working within further education or funded provision (desirable)

✨ Why Choose This Path?

This is more than an administrative role — it is an opportunity to:

• Play a key part in expanding adult education and community engagement
• Support learners in gaining new skills, qualifications, and career progression
• Contribute to local economic growth by aligning provision to employer needs
• Work in a stable, supportive environment with long-term career prospects

A role where organisation, partnership-building, and attention to detail directly support lifelong learning and opportunity.

⚡ Grow opportunity. Build partnerships. Support adult success.

If you’re ready to bring your skills to the Adult Learning and Commercial Enterprise team at Wiltshire College & University Centre, we would love to hear from you.

Please note:

Your Application Form will be shortlisted against how your skills, qualifications and experience match the Essential and Desirable points on the Person Specification for this role, located at the bottom of this page as a downloadable document.

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications have been received; therefore, we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Safer Recruitment

Wiltshire College & University Centre follows Safer Recruitment Guidance outlined by the Department for Education in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’. This involves conducting enhanced DBS checks, including checks against the children’s barred list, and other employment verifications, including an online presence review for shortlisted candidates.

We embrace diversity, recognising the valuable perspectives, ideas, knowledge, and cultures individuals from different backgrounds bring. Committed to safeguarding, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we pledge to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy and assess them based on their abilities.

Closing date: 23rdJune 2026

Shortlist date: 24th June 2026

Interview date: TBC