Placements Officer

About the role

We welcome candidates who are keen to learn, take initiative, and contribute positively to a collaborative and student-focused team environment.  

The successful candidate will primarily support students within the Department of Economics, whilst also providing support across other departments within the Faculty as required, including the Department of Health. 

Placement Officers play a vital role in supporting students to secure and succeed in professional placements. 

The role involves developing and maintaining relationships with placement providers and partner organisations, researching and promoting placement opportunities in the UK and internationally, and ensuring students receive high-quality guidance throughout the placement process. 

Our ideal candidate

You will be highly organised, proactive and able to manage a varied workload in a fast-paced environment. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with students, employers, academic colleagues and external partners. 

You will be confident using your initiative, balancing competing priorities and managing multiple deadlines whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. 

An understanding of employability and student career development within the Higher Education sector would be advantageous, alongside a genuine interest in supporting students to achieve their placement goals. 

Knowledge of placement opportunities and employment trends within the economics, finance or related sectors would be beneficial, although full training will be provided. 

Additional information

This role is available on a full-time basis (36.5 hours per week). 

During term-time, full-time members of the team are expected to work on campus in Bath for three days per week and two days per week outside of term-time. Colleagues are encouraged to be in the office on Tuesdays for team meetings and collaborative working. 

The University operates a flexitime scheme and team members are required to work within the University's core hours throughout the year.  

For more information, please see the attached job description and person specification. 

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Martin Gore (Head of Employability) at mg906@bath.ac.uk or Victoria Maskell-Thomas (PG Employability Manager) at vmm35@bath.ac.uk.  

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

What we can offer you 

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

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