Placements Officer

About the Role

The post-holder will be an integral member of the School of Management’s Placements Team, with responsibility for delivering high-quality undergraduate placement support. The team supports students undertaking both 12-month and 6-month placements, with this role primarily focused on the BSc Business 6-month placement programme.

The post-holder will work within the Placements Unit of the School of Management, located in our new School of Management building. They will ensure services run smoothly, deliver outcomes, and adjust to evolving situations. The role has daily line management from the School’s Placements Manager, and the wider team work together under the guidance of the Head of Placements, Projects and International Studies. The post-holder will also collaborate closely with other Undergraduate Placements Officers, Placements Administrators, plus the Director of Studies who will guide on academic issues.

This is a varied and fast-paced role involving:

• Managing relationships with employers (account management)
• Supporting students through the full placement lifecycle
• Coordinating recruitment processes
• Designing and delivering employability and professional development activities
• Ensuring compliance with university regulations and external legislation

You will play a key role in developing placement opportunities in the UK and internationally, while contributing to consistent systems, processes, and guidelines across the School.

About You

• Experience in placement, employability, recruitment, or a business-facing / client-focused role
• Strong organisational ability, with experience managing competing priorities in a busy, time-sensitive environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging a wide range of stakeholders
• Proven ability to build effective relationships with students, employers, and colleagues
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, using initiative and strong problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail with a background in coordinating systems, processes, or records accurately and efficiently

Further Information

The role is offered full time (36.5 hours per week) on a permanent basis.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the Placements Manager or Head of Employability.

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.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, an accredited Disability Confident Leader, and an autism friendly university committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days for a positive work-life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work.

Right to Work in the UK

We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

Anonymous Shortlisting

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