Job details
Posted 03 September 2025 Salary Business Support Scale 4 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:
Business Support Scale 4, Pts 18 to 19, £23,555 to £24,631
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
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