We are looking to recruit Placement Assessor to join our friendly and well-established Childcare/ Early Years and Health and Social Care Department.  The role involves preparing our learners to for their placements to give them the best work experience in which they can learn from for the following courses:

·         T-level in Education and Early Years

·         Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care 

Within this role, you will be assessing, coaching and mentoring learners whilst they are on work placement in accordance with the success criteria and awarding body requirements, and completing observation documentation in a timely manner.  You will provide the learners with constructive feedback and support them with setting up and supporting them to meet their targets.

If successful, you would play a vital role in the College, which is graded as ‘outstanding’ in all categories by Ofsted. Our College excels in providing a broad, inclusive and high-quality education to all of our learners, which has resulted in some of the highest levels of progression to Higher Education in the sector.  In 2023, students at Joseph Chamberlain College achieved outstanding exam results.

Our College is situated within easy reach of Birmingham City Centre, in a state-of-the-art building with superbly equipped classrooms and outstanding facilities.

We were featured in the 2019 Parliamentary Review for best practice in further education for the second time and we have been awarded the Teachers’ Development Trust (TDT) Silver Award for our comprehensive package of innovative and high impact professional development.

If you are aspirational for all young people and want to play a part in shaping their futures, we would really like to hear from you. 

Hours of work: 36.5 hours per week, term-time only. However part-time applications may be considered. Please specify your preferred days/ times. 

Salary: This post is on the Colleges' Support staff pay points 15, which is currently £32,199 per annum, FTE, (this will be adjusted for term time).

Closing date: Monday 11^th May 2026 (to arrive no later than 12 noon).

For job details and to apply, please visit https://www.jcc.ac.uk/about-jcc/jobs/. If you have any queries regarding this role or require support with your application, please contact the HR team via e-mail HR@jcc.ac.uk or call 0121 446 2255.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to respect this commitment. The job description fully sets out the safeguarding responsibilities of the post.  All roles in the College have contact with children, and as such anyone that is employed by the College is considered to be engaged in regulated activities. Our roles are therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College is an equal opportunity employer, We welcome applications from all sections of the community.