Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD
Department: Business & Professional Skills.
Reporting to: Work Experience & Industry Placement Team Leader.
Annual Leave: 30 days per annum plus bank holidays.
Contractual hours: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks
Basis: Full time, Permanent.
Pension: NEST Pension.
Join Our Team
Join a dynamic and forward-thinking team where your work will have a direct and lasting impact on students’ futures. As a Work Placement Coordinator, you’ll play a key role in supporting students across a range of curriculum areas by helping them secure meaningful work placement opportunities that align with their educational and career goals. You’ll act as a vital link between students, academic teams, and employers to ensure a seamless and enriching placement experience.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a work placement Co-ordinator role, you will:
- Maintain, review, develop and increase the work placement opportunities across a range of courses in the department including T Levels.
- Support, monitor and record the progress of students in their workplace setting and reviewing SMART targets for students on the college systems.
- Meet with students prior to their placements and discuss their needs and college’s expectations of students whilst on placement.
- Facilitate interview and recruitment processes with employers where required to secure work placement opportunities for students.
- Meet regularly with employers and students to complete all necessary paperwork and periodic progress reviews.
- Carry out workplace Health & Safety Vetting and complete relevant records in line with the college policy and procedure.
What We’re Looking For
We seek candidates who:
Grade C or above in Maths and English (or equivalent).
IOSH (Managing Safely) qualification or willing to work towards
TAQA (Award in Understanding the Principles and Practices of Assessment) qualification or equivalent or be willing to work towards.
Knowledge and understanding of the further education curriculum, including T Levels (Desirable).
Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and procedures (Essential).
Experience of delivering IAG in an educational environment (Desirable).
What’s in it for you?
The college offers an excellent benefits package which includes:
- Generous Annual Leave (30-45 days per annum (pro rata), depending on role)
- Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Competitive Salaries
- Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Dedicated teaching & learning coaches for new staff.
- On-site staff parking available
- Contributions to a variety of role-based pensions schemes including Teachers Pension, Local Government Pension Scheme and NEST Pension
- On site restaurant and food outlets including Costa Coffee
- Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:
- 24 hour Employee Assistance Programme (free counselling support for staff and their immediate family).
- Free Gym Membership for all staff.
- Discounted hair and beauty salon treatments.
To learn more about working at Middlesbrough College, please visit our Work For Us page.
For further details and to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Joanne Hewlett, Work Experience & Industry Place Team Leader, on [email protected]
Ready to Make a Difference? Apply Early!
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we can appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date. We therefore encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.
SAFEGUARDING
At Middlesbrough College, we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance.
All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search and proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to ensuring equality of opportunity, eliminating discrimination, and fostering good relations among all members of its community, and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
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