Work Placement Coordinator

**Location**: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

**Department**: Hair & Beauty

**Reporting to**: Work Experience & Industry Placement Team Leader

**Annual Leave**: 30 days per annum plus bank holidays

**Contractual hours**: 37 hours per week

**Basis**: Full time, Permanent

**Pension**: NEST Pension

**Join Our Team**

We are excited to announce an opportunity for a dedicated Work Placement Coordinator to join our service industries sector supporting areas such as Catering and Hospitality, Hair, Beauty, and Media Make-up. In this pivotal role, you will support students in securing purposeful, high-quality placements that align with learning objectives and industry standards. You will work collaboratively with students, curriculum teams, and employers to ensure all placements align with learning objectives and meet industry standards. Additionally, the role involves actively promoting Middlesbrough College Group, generating placement opportunities in line with agreed targets, and building new partnerships with employers.

**What You’ll Be Doing**:
As a Work Placement Coordinator, you will:

- Maintain, review, develop, and expand work placement opportunities across a range of courses within the department, including T Levels.
- Support, monitor, and record students’ progress in their workplace settings, ensuring SMART targets are reviewed and updated on the college’s systems.
- Meet with students prior to placements to discuss their individual needs and expectations, as well as the college’s standards while on placement.
- Facilitate interview and recruitment processes with employers, where required, to secure valuable work placement opportunities for students.
- Maintain regular contact with employers and students to complete all necessary paperwork and conduct periodic progress reviews.

**What We’re Looking For**:

- Have knowledge and understanding of the further education curriculum, including T Levels (Desirable)
- Hold a good general education to at least Level 3 or equivalent.
- Have a Grade 4/C or above in Maths and English (or equivalent).
- Possess an IOSH (Managing Safely) qualification or be willing to work towards obtaining one.
- Hold an assessor qualification or be prepared to complete the necessary training.
- Demonstrate strong IT skills relevant to the requirements of the role.

**What’s in it for you?**

The college offers an excellent benefits package which includes:

- 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)
- 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.

**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.

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 see attached job description - Work Placement Coordinator