Childcare Industry Placement Coordinator Assessor

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Posted 26 November 2025 Salary £22,285 - £26,794 per annum (actual salary) LocationMiddlesbrough Job type Permanent Contract Middlesbrough College, Business Support Reference004243 Expiry 05 January 2026

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Job Title: Childcare Industry Placement Coordinator Assessor

Location: Middlesbrough College Main Campus, TS2 1AD

Department: Business & Professional Skills

Reporting to: Work Experience & Industry Place Team Leader

Salary: £22,285 - £26,794 per annum (actual salary)

Contractual hours: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks

Basis: Permanent

Pension: NEST Pension

Join Our Team

We are seeking a dedicated Industry Placement Coordinator Assessor to join our team. Reporting directly to the Work Experience & Industry Placement Team Leader, you will play a key role in shaping learners’ futures by developing and reviewing work placement opportunities. This position involves organising, coordinating, and assessing placements within childcare settings, as well as monitoring learners throughout their experience to ensure quality and success.

What You’ll Be Doing

As an Industry Placement Coordinator Assessor, you will:

• Be responsible under the direction of the Industry Placement Manager for the organising, coordinating, assessing and monitoring learners whilst on placement.
• Liaise with the Industry Placement Manager on placement opportunities.
• Ensure that all placement providers comply with the health and safety regulations and that appropriate risk assessments are carried out for specific learner requirements.
• Keep an up-to-date database of placement providers, and opportunities they can offer, and record their performance, through review procedures or otherwise, regarding health, safety and effective supervision.
• Meet with students prior to their placements and discuss their needs and college’s expectations of students whilst on placement.
• Maintain, review, develop and expand the work placement opportunities.
• Update the staff on new placement opportunities and progress of students whilst on placement.
• Assess the competence demonstrated by students whilst in work placement in line with the criteria set by Awarding body.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

We seek candidates who:

• Hold a relevant Level 3 qualification in Childcare or Health & Care is essential.
• GCSEs at grade C or above in Maths and English (or equivalent qualifications).
• Demonstrate commitment to completing all mandatory training required for the role.
• Possession of Assessor and/or Verifier awards.
• A relevant Health & Safety qualification (desirable).
  
  

What’s in it for you?

The College Offers An Excellent Benefits Package Which Includes

• Health & Wellbeing – Subsidised health scheme, free gym membership, and 24/7 counselling for you and your family
• Family-Friendly Policies – We offer family-friendly policies, flexible hours, and support for all of life’s big moments
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – Confidential support for you and your family, including counselling, legal and financial advice, and wellbeing resources
• Professional Development – Extensive training, mentoring, and career progression opportunities
• College Extras – Save money, feel great, and go green with:
• Up to 15% cashback at top retailers & restaurants
• Discounted gift cards for big brands
• Home & Tech upgrades via salary sacrifice
• Cycle to Work scheme -Coming soon: EV Leasing -Discounted car parking on site
  
  

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

Middlesbrough College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students, including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

This role involves regulated activity and direct contact with children and young people. The successful candidate will be expected to uphold the highest standards of safeguarding practice.

We follow Safer Recruitment practices in line with the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, an online search, and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions, and bind-overs, including those regarded as ‘spent’, must be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules.

It is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

Middlesbrough College is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community

Holiday Update

Our College will close for the festive break on Friday 19 December 2025 and reopen on Monday 5 January 2026. If you’ve applied for a role, thank you! We’ll review applications and get back to you in January.

Wishing you a happy holiday season!

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