Work Placement Administrator

Posted 03 September 2025
Salary £23,555 - £24,631 per annum
LocationMiddlesbrough
Job type Permanent
Contract Northern Skills Group, Business Support
Reference003342
Expiry 15 September 2025

Job Advert

Job Title: Work Placement Administrator

Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

Department: Construction & Engineering

Reporting to: Work Experience & Industry Placement Team Leader

Salary: £23,555 - £24,631 per annum

Annual Leave: 30 days per annum plus bank holidays

Contractual hours: 37 hours per week

Basis: Full time

Pension: NEST

 

Join Our Team

Are you a highly organised and proactive individual seeking an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution within a dynamic team environment? We are currently recruiting a Work Placement Administrator to support our busy Work Placement Team in coordinating and overseeing student work experience placements. In this role, you will deliver high-quality administrative and clerical support, while engaging with a diverse range of staff, students, and external employers to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the work experience placements.

 

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a Work Placement Administrator, you will:

  • Support Directorate tracking systems.
  • Monitor and report student attendance/absences on work placements.
  • Follow up student non-attendance from work placement.
  • Set up and maintain clerical systems to support the placement team coordinators.

What We’re Looking For:

We seek candidates who:

  • Have secretarial or Administration qualifications at Level 2/3 (or are working towards if the candidate is an Apprentice).
  • Hold Grade 4 or above in Maths and English (or equivalent).

What’s in it for you?

The college offers an excellent benefits package which includes:

  • Excellent Training and Development Opportunities
  • On-site staff parking available
  • 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)
    -Occupational Health -Free Flu jabs -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 Emma Richardson,  Work Experience & Industry Placement Team Leader on emma.richardson@northenskills.co.uk

 

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.

 

Please view the job description here -  Work Placement Administrator