Work Placement Coordinator Ref: ME2223018D

Ref: ME2223018D

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: In the range of £20,966 - £23,176 per annum (Dependent on skills, experience and

qualifications)

Reporting to: Director of WBL

Primary Location: Northampton, Booth Lane Campus

Closing Date: Sunday 21st May 2023

Interview Date: TBC

About Northampton College

Northampton College is proud to be the leading provider of further education in the South East Midlands region. As a College,

who have been rated by Ofsted as ‘good’ with outstanding features, we are committed to developing the professional and

technical skills of our students, who are the workforce and leaders of the future.

The Team

The Business Centre department of the College consists of employer engagement, work experience, administration and
apprenticeship delivery teams who work together closely to develop the employability and career progression of students,
including apprenticeships. Working in collaboration with employers to support the recruitment needs of the local business
community.

Our close proximity to local communities puts us in a unique position to meet both the learning and training needs of individuals
and employers throughout Northamptonshire. As part of the college’s strategy for employer engagement it is vitally important
that there is a proactive approach to communicating with local businesses to ensure that they are fully aware of the college
products and services and that there is focused business development activity to work in partnership with local employers to
meet the local skills need. The primary purpose of this post will be to account manage employers to promote strong working
partnerships in order to support in curriculum planning and support them with the recruitment pipeline of their business, ensuring
that we maintain and grow relationships to develop career opportunities and progression of students and NEETs in
Northamptonshire and the surrounding area.

The Role

To secure suitable work experience placements full time study programme students across curriculum areas of the College.
Working with local employers to secure vocationally relevant work placements, offering careers advice and guidance and
working with internal departments such as student services, curriculum areas and Apprenticeship teams to maximise
opportunity for career options and progression.

The Successful Candidate

The successful candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, abilities and qualities will include:

• Experience of employer engagement
• Operation and maintenance of Microsoft office
• Experience of providing high levels of customer care
• Experience of working with a CRM system
• Careers advice and guidance is desirable.
  

• Willingness to work flexibly
• Work under pressure and to deadlines
• Able to work to set and monitor targets and performance.

Rewards and Benefits include

• 35 days pro rata annual leave, comprising 24 personal days, pro rata (1 September – 31 August), including 8 bank holidays

and 3 closure days. The College reserves the right to designate up to 3 closure days per holiday year.

• Discounts through membership of the NUS, ranging from Student Prime (Amazon), to eating out, fashion, beauty,

entertainment, technology and travel.

• Eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (a defined benefit scheme including an employer contribution rate of

22.9%)

• Right to request flexible working from start date

• Access to continued professional development.

• Free car parking

• Gym facilities

• 24 hours per day, 365 days per year Employee Support Helpline

• Enhanced maternity/shared parental and paternity schemes

• Paid Compassionate Leave - up to five working days paid absence (in a rolling twelve-month period) on compassionate

grounds in the event of bereavement or serious illness of a close relative)

If you would like to be a part of our successful team please go to https://www.northamptoncollege.ac.uk/working-for-us.html for

further details on how to apply.

This post will require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Job Description & Person Specification

Work Placement Coordinator

Ref: ME2223018D

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: In the range of £20,966 - £23,176 per annum (Dependent on skills, experience and

qualifications)

Reporting to: Director of WBL

Primary Location: Northampton, Booth Lane Campus

Closing Date: Sunday 21st May 2023

Interview Date: TBC

If you would like to be a part of our successful team please go to

https://www.northamptoncollege.ac.uk/working-for-us.html for further details on how to apply.

This post will require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

Northampton College

Northampton College is proud to be the leading provider of further education in the South East Midlands region. As a College,

who have been rated by Ofsted as ‘good’ with outstanding features, we are committed to developing the professional and

technical skills of our students, who are the workforce and leaders of the future.

The College has a culture of high expectations and high achievement, with 95% of students passing their qualifications and 94%

progressing into employment or further study. The expertise, professionalism and commitment of all our staff is critical to the

students’ and College’s success as we strive for excellence in everything we do and our ambition to be an outstanding College.

Values

• Respecting and helping each other

• Engaging people through teaching with expertise and enthusiasm

• Developing people through learning

• Bringing out the best in each other

• Playing our positive role in our community

Working as part of the team

The Business Centre Team are very proud to support Northampton College’s culture of high standards, an inclusive working

and learning environment, and a professional committed workforce who are focussed on supporting our students to achieve the

best they possibly can.

The Business Centre department of the College consists of employer engagement, work experience, administration and
apprenticeship delivery teams who work together closely to develop the employability and career progression of students,
including apprenticeships. Working in collaboration with employers to support the recruitment needs of the local business
community.

Role Specification

Duties and Responsibilities

Specific

• Liaise with Curriculum Area managers and tutors over work experience to identify specific requirements for learners or

course groups

• Undertake lead generation activities to identify new work experience placements with local employers

• Carry our health and safety risk assessments on all work experience placements at the employer

• Identify and promote opportunities to students

• Maintain regular contact with employers

• Coordinate careers employer events

• Undertake employer visits and conduct basic health and safety and safeguarding assessments

• Arrange and deliver information sessions regarding work experience for students throughout the year

• To provide advice and guidance on work placement requirements and opportunities via a number of paper and

electronic media

• Offer students 1:1 support regarding their work experience

• Ensure that activity is well planned, monitored and evaluated to ensure customer satisfaction and high quality of provision

• Coordinate evidence required for monitoring work experience placements and report on numbers against target

• To update and maintain central college database of work experience placements including Pro-Engage.
  

Generic Business Support

• To support and contribute to the friendly and supportive ethos of the Faculty/Department, particularly in communications

with learners and staff

• To maintain the highest professional standards

• To participate on appraisal and staff development

• To treat colleagues with dignity and respect

• To demonstrate an understanding of the significance of equality of opportunity and diversity, and implement it in all aspects

of your work

• To ensure a healthy and safe working environment at all times, and take reasonable care for your own safety and that of

other College users

• To comply with all approved College policies and procedures

• Ability to travel to other College sites as and when required.
  

The above list is not exhaustive. The responsibilities and duties may vary from time to time without changing the character of
the post. You will be expected to adopt a flexible approach to ensure the efficient and effective running of departments.

Other Information

Dignity, Diversity and Inclusion

Northampton College is proud of its diverse cohort of students and is committed, morally and through statute, to the values of
equality, diversity and inclusion.

To embed this throughout the College we encourage and welcome applications for job vacancies from people of all
backgrounds. Our recruitment and selection processes incorporate anonymity of protected characteristics at both the
shortlisting of applications stage and through selection process, wherever feasible.

This, along with other measures that promote full and fair consideration of all applications, along with the College’s implicit ethos
of inclusion, enables the College to promote equality of opportunity and eliminate unlawful discrimination on the grounds of: sex;
race; disability; age; sexual orientation; gender reassignment; religion or belief; marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

All members of the College’s staff community are required to adhere to and promote the College’s values of respect for each
other, dignity, diversity and equal opportunity, enabling the continual evolution of a culture of inclusion, where diversity and
difference is embraced and open, positive discussion is genuinely valued.

As importantly, the College will not tolerate unlawful discrimination, harassment or victimisation within the organisation.

Northampton College prides itself on being the College of the community and its role in enabling access to education and the
provision of an inclusive learning environment, where respect and differentiation in learning is fundamental to our students’
success.

Safeguarding

The College is committed to the safeguarding the welfare of its students, staff and visitors.

Safeguarding checks, for example obtaining employment references and the completion of Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)
checks for all new/potential employees and regular visitors to the College, help ensure the safety of our College environment.

It is compulsory for all staff to complete safeguarding training both at the start of their employment and regularly throughout their
employment to ensure they have the knowledge to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities in respect to keeping children safe in
education. This includes being able to work with students to develop their understanding of the values of democracy, the rule of
law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, and for those without faith.

The College has policies and procedures in place to deal effectively with child protection and safeguarding issues, including
those which align with the PREVENT counter-terrorism strategy.

Additionally, the College has robust Safeguarding recording and monitoring processes which correlate with current safeguarding
legislation.

Professional Development and Performance and Appraisal Reviews

In addition to mandatory training in respect to Equality and Diversity, Safeguarding and Data Protection (and any other training
that the College considers all members of the staff community to undertake), professional development opportunities are available
to all members of staff to help them to reach their full potential within their role.

The ability of all members of our staff community to reflect on their performance and both areas of success/achievement and
development is a fundamental aspect of the College’s ability to continue to improve its quality and outcomes for students. In
joining Northampton College, you will be expected, as a professional in your area of expertise, to continually seek ways to enhance
your contribution to the organisation, with the Performance and Appraisal Review, with your line manager, being one element of
this.

Health and Safety

Under the Health & Safety at Work etc Act 1974, in addition to the College’s responsibility to the welfare of its staff community, it
is the responsibility of individual staff to take care of their own health and safety at work and that of others who may be affected
by their actions.

All members of the College community are required to comply with health and safety obligations, including the prompt reporting
of any defects, risks or potential hazards.

Data Protection

The College’s stakeholders should be confident that the College hold data in accordance with the Data Protection Principles of:
Lawfulness, Fairness and Transparency; Purpose Limitation; Data Minimisation; Accuracy; Storage Limitation; Integrity and
Confidentiality (Security), and Accountability.

As such, there are internal policies and controls in place to ensure that data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or
disclosed and is not accessed except by those authorised to do so in the performance of their duties. It is paramount that all usage
and retention of data complies with the Data Protection Act 2018, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Computer
Misuse Act 1990 and that, as an employee you adhere with all protocols in this regard.

Person Specification

The selection of candidates for short-listing will be based on this specification and candidates Essential/ Assessment
should bear this in mind when preparing their application and completing the application form. Desirable Method

Qualifications

• Grade 4/C GCSE English and Maths E A

• Advice and Guidance qualification D A

Experience

• Experience of customer service and administration E A

• Experience of liaising with employers D A

• Managing Data and producing reports D A

• Experience of working with young people in Further education. D A

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills E A/S

• Excellent organisation skills including time management and ability to

meet deadlines E A/S

• Keep accurate and detailed records E A/S

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel and Outlook) E A/S

• Ability to motivate, encourage and support students and team members E A/S

• Commitment to Safeguarding, Equality and Diversity E A/S

• Passionate about providing an excellent service E A/S

• Confidence in dealing with people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds E A/S

• Self-motivated E A/S

• Enthusiastic, reliable and flexible E A/S

• An understanding of the significance of equality of opportunity. E A/S
  

The selection of candidates for short-listing will be based on this specification and candidates Essential/ Assessment
should bear this in mind when preparing their application and completing the application form. Desirable Method

• Working knowledge of health and safety legislation D A/S

Qualities

• Strong work ethic E A/S

• Collegiate E A/S

• Innovative E A/S

• Flexible E A/S

• Team, customer and organisation focussed E A/S

• Reliable E A/S

Level of Physical Ability and Activity

• Occasional lifting may be required E A

• Need to move around site will be required E A

E= EssentialD= Desirable

A = Application Form S= Selection Process