Senior
Manager (Development Projects)
I have been involved with Bedford College for
over 29 years – that’s over half my life so I would say that I am
well placed to speak about working here! During those 29 years I
have had many different roles, starting as a lecturer moving onto
the point where I headed a department and was directly responsible
for over 90 people. I now work on specific high level projects for
the College.
Probably the best example of how supportive
the College is was 9 years ago when I suffered a heart attack and
then went through open heart surgery. This resulted in me having
nearly six months off work during a two year period. Throughout my
recovery, the College were there supporting me to the point where I
was able to successfully resume my job once again.
Throughout my time at the College I have had
countless training courses, right at the start I did my Certificate
of Education (Cert ED) and I have since studied a number of
management courses. As the College is such a large organisation
with over 850 staff there are always opportunities for progression,
there aren’t that many places now where you have a realistic chance
of having a job for life but because of the support and the
opportunities I have had at the College, I would never think of
leaving!