Job Title: Work Placement Administrator

Department: TTE Study Programmes

Reporting to: Work Placement & Scholarship 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,Permanent

Pension: NEST

Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

The Role 

The Work Placement Administrator provides essential administrative and clerical support to the Placement Team, ensuring the smooth coordination, monitoring, and delivery of student work placements. The role includes maintaining accurate databases, supporting quality assurance processes, tracking attendance, managing DBS/CSCS requirements, and contributing to wider departmental administration. The post holder plays a key part in supporting the College’s commitment to Equality, Diversity, Quality, and Health & Safety.

Key Responsibilities

• Teach students enrolled in a range of courses as assigned by your line manager, ensuring your teaching develops outstanding learners.

• Implement appropriate feedback and assessment systems to accurately check learning, adapting teaching as required to ensure learner progress.

• Lead the staff in your delivery team under the management of the Curriculum Manager.

• Operate within the Quality Assurance framework.

• Manage courses or parts of courses as required, including administration and organisation.

• Contribute to curriculum innovation, development, and implementation.

• Maintain a professional learning environment in the classroom consistently implementing the College’s behaviour management processes as required.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Possess a minimum of a Level 3 qualification in a related area, a PGCE, experience of teaching on Health course at level 2 and 3 including T-level.

• Experience Leading a team and teaching experience within a Further Education college across L2 & L3 health and social care qualifications including T-level is essential.

• Possess sufficient breadth and/or depth of specialist knowledge to lead the curriculum provision and teach on programmes in the area.

• Recent industry-related experience relevant to the academic discipline

• Detailed knowledge of relevant course subject matter and examination and assessment requirements

Please see the person specification for full details.

Why Join Us?

• Secretarial or Administration qualifications at Level 2/3 (or to be working towards if the candidate is an Apprentice).
• Grade 4 or above in Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Excellent word processing skills.
• A high degree of IT literacy, particularly in the use of spread sheets and database packages.
• Good range of administrative/filing skills.
• Ability to prioritise and work under pressure.
• Good people skills and the ability to relate to a wide range of people (students and staff).
• Awareness and commitment to College’s Equality and Diversity Ethos.
• Team player.
• Flexibility in terms of working day (some evening work may be necessary).
• An interest and commitment to development of IT practices within the office – Desirable.
• An interest and commitment to quality standards – Desirable.

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 Placement & Scholarship Team Leader on emma.richards@northernskills.co.uk

Are you ready to make your mark?

If you’re looking to join a team that cares about their staff wellbeing, values their personal development and works with them to have a positive impact on student experience, come to Middlesbrough College!

About Middlesbrough College

Middlesbrough College is a leading provider of education and training in the North East, offering A-levels, vocational courses, apprenticeships, and degree-level qualifications. With state-of-the-art facilities and a commitment to staff development, we’re proud to create opportunities for learners and colleagues alike, fostering an environment where everyone can grow, thrive, and make a real difference.

Our Vision, Mission and Values

Across our campus and community, Middlesbrough College is driven by a clear vision, mission, and values that not only shape what we do for students—but also make us a great place to work, grow, and thrive. Find out more here.

Safeguarding Our Students

Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students. All staff are expected to share this commitment. If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Middlesbrough College involve regulated activity and are therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.

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.

Right to work

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Recruitment Process

Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date.

Equality & Diversity

Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is valued. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and make recruitment decisions based on skills and experience. As a Disability Confident employer, we actively support applicants with disabilities.

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