Join our team at Oxford Professional Education, where education meets innovation. With ambitious plans to double in size over the next two years, we are investing in both new systems and talented individuals to help drive our growth. From internal systems, learning support and student engagement, we have a wide range of positions available.
We offer competitive benefits, professional development, and a supportive environment – explore our openings below.
Finance Executive
Salary: £28,000 – £30,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience, plus bonus scheme.
Location: Oxford, OX2 7LG
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent.
Working Pattern: Hybrid working after initial office-based training. Employees are required to work from the office two days per week, including Tuesdays as the main team collaboration day.
About Us
Oxford Professional Education Group delivers professional training courses across marketing, procurement and supply, sales, project management, chartered management, and public relations qualifications. We support corporate clients and individual learners through virtual, classroom-based, and distance learning formats.
About the Role
We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Finance Executive to join our team. This role is ideal for someone who has gained some finance, accounts, bookkeeping, or finance administration experience and is looking to further develop their career within a supportive and growing organisation.
The successful candidate will support the day-to-day financial operations of the business, ensuring accurate processing of financial information and providing professional support to customers, suppliers, and colleagues. While previous finance experience is preferred, we are primarily looking for someone with excellent attention to detail, strong organisational skills, and a positive, proactive approach.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain sales and purchase ledger activity.
- Raise and process invoices, credit notes, and receipts accurately and efficiently.
- Process daily receipts and maintain accurate payment records.
- Set up and maintain customer accounts and payment plans.
- Set up and manage customer direct debits, ensuring accurate records and timely collections.
- Reconcile bank transactions and Sage Pay transactions.
- Handle finance-related queries from customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
- Assist with gathering and compiling invoices for reporting purposes.
- Support month-end finance activities and general reporting requirements.
- Maintain accurate information within accounting and CRM systems.
- Support continuous improvement of finance processes and procedures.
- Provide additional administrative support to the finance function as required.
About You
We are looking for someone who is organised, reliable, and comfortable working with numbers. You will have a methodical approach, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a busy working environment.
Essential Requirements
- A good understanding of basic financial processes and a willingness to learn financial administration tasks.
- Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Confident communicator with a professional and helpful approach.
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and accounting software.
Desirable Requirements
- Previous experience working within a finance or accounts team would be an advantage.
- Experience using Xero or a similar accounting system.
- Experience using Salesforce or another CRM platform.
- Currently studying towards, or interested in pursuing, an AAT qualification.
- Experience working in a customer-focused environment.
Benefits
- Performance-related bonus scheme.
- Company pension scheme.
- Private medical insurance.
- Health and wellbeing programme.
- Support for further study and development.
- Company events.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Employee discount.
- Casual dress code.
- Dog-friendly office.
Working Pattern
The successful candidate will initially be required to work five days per week in the office during their training period.
Following successful completion of training, a hybrid working arrangement will be available. Employees are required to work from the office two days per week. Tuesday is a mandatory office day as our main team collaboration day, and employees may choose their second office day. The remainder of the week can be worked remotely.
The role operates on a rota basis between 8:00am and 6:00pm, Monday to Friday. Employees work one of three shift patterns:
- 8:00am to 4:00pm
- 9:00am to 5:00pm
- 10:00am to 6:00pm
Shift patterns are agreed in advance and may vary according to business requirements.
Additional Information
- Reliable commute to Oxford, OX2 7LG is required.
- Legal right to work in the United Kingdom is required.
- Monday to Friday, day shift.
How to Apply
If you are detail-oriented, proactive, and looking to develop your finance career within a supportive and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you.
Corporate Account Manager
Role: Corporate Account Manager
Reporting to: Directors
Hours: 35 hours per week
Salary: Competitive, dependent on skills and experience
About Oxford Professional Education
Oxford Professional Education is a leading provider of professional training and globally recognised qualifications, supporting learners from apprentices through to global business leaders.
We are passionate about delivering exceptional education, outstanding learner support and high quality client service. As our organisation continues to grow, we are looking for a proactive and commercially minded Account Manager to help strengthen our corporate client relationships.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative, ambitious and supportive team, with the chance to make a meaningful impact on the experience of our corporate clients and learners.
About the role
As Account Manager, you will be responsible for delivering high quality support to corporate clients throughout the full lifecycle of their engagement, from initial enquiry and proposal stage through to training delivery, feedback and ongoing account management. This varied role combines client relationship management, commercial administration, operational coordination and cross-team collaboration to ensure an excellent client experience and smooth internal processes.
Key responsibilities
Client and account management
- Manage and respond to incoming corporate enquiries, preparing proposals and commercial offers as required.
- Lead client meetings, including introductions, discovery calls, regular account management sessions, progress reviews and post-training feedback discussions.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships, identifying opportunities to promote the wider training portfolio, including apprenticeships and professional qualifications.
Operational coordination
- Oversee the end-to-end coordination of corporate training programmes, ensuring
- Organise discovery calls, prepare and issue joining instructions, send post training surveys, and follow up with booking coordinators for feedback.
- Regularly check corporate booking reports and share relevant information, including exam bookings and grade updates, with clients.
Communication and follow-up
- Proactively follow up on enquiries via email and phone to maintain momentum and ensure timely progression.
- Maintain clear and professional communication with clients, colleagues, and external partners.
- Update and manage the corporate bookings
Commercial and project support
- Provide support and assist with tender responses as required.
- Contribute to ad hoc corporate projects.
- Participate in hosting corporate kick off sessions for newly enrolled groups when requested.
Events and cross-team support
- Support the delivery of corporate events and activities.
- Assist the B2C team during peak periods, staff absence or annual leave, helping to maintain continuity of service across enquiries, applications and internal inbox management.
What we offer
- Quarterly performance-based bonus
- Opportunity to study with us and develop your professional skills
- 25 days’ annual leave, with the opportunity to accrue additional leave
- Hybrid working, with a minimum of 2 days per week in our Summertown, Oxford office
- Flexible working patterns between 8:00am and 6:00pm
- Company pension, company events and cycle to work scheme
- Private medical insurance with Vitality, wellness programmes and enhanced sick pay
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption policy, employee discount and free flu jabs
Job type: Full-time, permanent, hybrid working.
Equality, diversity and accessibility
We recognise that skills and experience can be gained in different ways. If you are enthusiastic about this role and believe you could contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet every listed requirement.
Employment and career progression will be based solely on personal merit and the application of criteria relevant to the responsibilities of each role. In all cases, the ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration. No applicant or staff member will be discriminated against based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Please note, we operate a dog friendly office.
For further information regarding our policies, please see our Policies page on our website.
Oxford Professional Education is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know when applying. We will be happy to discuss how we can best support you.
Business Development Manager – Apprenticeships & Employer Partnerships
About Oxford Professional Education
Oxford Professional Education is a leading provider of professional training and globally recognised qualifications.
Our courses span a range of disciplines which empower thousands of learners each year to flourish and progress in the workplace – from apprentices to global business leaders.
Our delivery of exceptional educational courses and qualifications is the focus of everything we do. The commitment and passion of our people, to develop the skills and capabilities of our learners, remains at the core of our continued success. We are a diverse team of talented experts, an investor in innovative systems, entering into an exciting phase of growth.
If you share our vision and seek a career where you can make an impact, then we’d like to hear from you.
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially focused and relationship-driven Business Development Manager to become the face of Oxford Professional Education within the professional training market.
The successful candidate will focus exclusively on employer engagement, business development, apprenticeship promotion, and commercial qualification growth.
This role would suit someone with strong knowledge of apprenticeships and employer engagement who is confident building relationships, generating opportunities, and representing the organisation at local and national events.
Key Responsibilities
- Promote apprenticeships and commercial professional qualifications to employers and key stakeholders
- Identify workforce development needs and secure new apprenticeship and training opportunities
- Conduct proactive business development activity including networking, lead generation, employer outreach, and relationship management
- Build and maintain a strong pipeline of employer and commercial opportunities
- Work collaboratively with internal teams to support business growth objectives
- Maintain accurate records of employer engagement activity, pipeline progression, and partnership opportunities using CRM systems
- Produce regular activity and pipeline reports to support performance monitoring and strategic planning
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of apprenticeship funding, policy developments, and sector priorities
Marketing & Market Development
- Work closely with the marketing team to support promotional campaigns and employer engagement strategies
- Contribute to the creation and development of marketing assets, promotional materials, and employer-facing content
- Provide regular feedback and market intelligence
- Support strategic growth initiatives through market insight and employer engagement activity in both apprenticeship programmes and commercial professional qualifications
Events & Networking
- Represent Oxford Professional Education at local and national events, exhibitions, conferences and networking opportunities
- Promote our accredited training provision in both apprenticeships and professional qualifications
- Build strong relationships with employers, professional bodies, and industry stakeholders
- Support the continued growth and visibility of the organisation
Skills & Experience Required
- Essential experience and strong working knowledge of apprenticeships, apprenticeship funding, and employer engagement within the UK education and training sector
- Self-motivated, target-driven and commercially aware
- Proven experience in business development, employer engagement
- Experience developing employer partnerships and generating new business opportunities
- Experience using CRM systems to manage employer engagement activity and sales pipelines
- Excellent networking and relationship-building skills
- Experience working collaboratively with marketing teams and contributing to campaigns and promotional activity
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Professional and confident manner with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels
Personal Attributes
- Professional, enthusiastic and highly motivated
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Organised and proactive approach to work
- Positive ambassadorial presence
- Passionate about business growth and relationship management
- Commercially aware with the ability to identify market opportunities
- Committed to delivering high standards of professionalism and service
Job type: full time, permanent
Work location: hybrid
To apply please send your CV to joanna@oxfordpeg.com
Course Trainers
Oxford Professional Education is currently seeking freelance trainers to deliver professional qualifications and have opportunities for experienced training professionals to join us. We are committed to making a difference in the lives of every person and are looking for a passionate, driven, knowledgeable individuals to deliver our programmes.
We are currently seeking trainers for the following Professional Qualifications
- Axleos
- APM
- CIPS
- CIPR
- CIM
- CIPD
The ideal candidate will have been already delivering in a similar role. Alternatively, we will consider professional executives with 5 years’ experience in their specialism, with aspirations to change career and share your professional skills.
Job Type:
Freelance
Work Location:
In person
To apply:
Please apply by sending your CV to rosemary@oxfordpeg.com
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