Ayrshire College

We're recruiting HR Assistants to support a wide range of HR activities, including coordination of recruitment processes, analysing data, preparing reports, and maintaining and enhancing our HR Information System. You'll engage with service users, provide first-line advice to managers and employees and collaborate with other teams to ensure smooth operations. If you’re passionate about people, thrive in a varied role, and want to make a real impact within a supportive college environment, we’d love to hear from you. Two positions available. Closing date: 14 December 2025

SAI Aerospace Training Limited is a newly incorporated subsidiary of Ayrshire College, established to deliver first-class training within the aerospace sector. In preparation to commence trading, the company is recruiting a Non-Executive Chairperson and Non-Executive Board Members. The Chair will guide the Board in decisions that support the companies long term success. They will help shape and communicate strategic direction, ensuring alignment with industry needs and stakeholder expectations. Board Members will contribute to strategic oversight, support excellence in learning and teaching, and act as ambassadors. They will also engage with employers and partners across Ayrshire and beyond. We welcome applications from individuals with experience in the aerospace sector.

Got a young joiner on the tools already? Make it official this week. If you’re a construction employer with someone on your team who’s learning the trade, a Carpentry and Joinery apprenticeship turns that raw talent into a qualified, loyal tradesperson, with Ayrshire College handling the training side. The new intake starts next week, but you can still enrol someone. Why employers do it: Train the people you already have, or bring on a new apprentice Day or block release at the college, so you keep the work moving Build the skilled workforce your business needs, grown your way Funding support may be available, our team will talk you through it It fits firms of every size, from a single apprentice upwards. Don’t miss this intake. Call the Apprenticeships Team today on 01292 293552, or email to get the ball rolling.

✈️ Use your aeronautical engineering experience to shape the next generation. We're recruiting a part time VQ Assessor in Aeronautical Engineering to support apprentices in achieving their S/NVQs while working closely with employers across Ayrshire. If you're passionate about developing people and want a rewarding role with excellent benefits, including 62 days' annual leave (pro rata) and ongoing professional development, apply today. Closing date Sunday 26 July 2026.

If you're finding it harder than ever to recruit skilled engineers or tradespeople, you're in good company. Skills shortages are one of the defining challenges for the sector right now, with demand climbing and experienced talent in short supply across Scotland. The businesses coming through it best are the ones that have stopped relying solely on the open market and started growing their own. That's exactly what an apprenticeship lets you do. Rather than competing for scarce, expensive hires, you bring someone in and develop the precise skills your business needs, trained to your standards and your way of working. You turn a shortage into a pipeline. It's a particularly strong move in engineering and construction, where the gap between the skills employers need and the people available is widest, and where growing your own talent gives you real resilience for the years ahead. Ayrshire College is here to make it straightforward. Our Business Engagement team helps you shape the right apprenticeship, delivers the training and qualification, and supports you and your apprentice all the way through. And it genuinely works for businesses of every size. If you're a smaller firm, taking on a single apprentice could be one of the best answers to your hiring headaches. Stop competing for scarce talent. Start building it. See how apprenticeships work for your business at ayrshire.ac.uk, or call the team on 01292 293552

Most growing engineering and construction firms reach the same point. There's more work coming in than the current team can comfortably handle. Taking on an apprentice is one of the smartest ways to grow into that demand. You bring in fresh talent, develop them around your own methods and standards, and build capability that scales as you do. Ayrshire College handles the training side and works with you to keep it manageable. This works for firms of every size. Whether you're an established employer or a small business taking on your very first apprentice, we'll help you get it right. See how apprenticeships work for your business at ayrshire.ac.uk, or call the team on 01292 293552