Placements Officer

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our busy Placements Team.

About the Role

Undergraduate and Postgraduate students have the option of taking a one-year work placement in industry as part of their degree. You will play a vital role in maintaining strong professional relationships with current placement providers in an industry-facing role whilst also proactively sourcing and developing opportunities to generate new placements. You will act as a point of contact for students, academic staff, and employers, dealing with enquiries and providing guidance.

A major part of the role is to provide employability support to students on a one-to-one basis and good written English skills are essential. In addition, you will be required to deliver skills workshops and talks and must be a confident, lively presenter to communicate to the student audience. Your focus in the post will be on supporting students to apply for placements in the technology and automotive sectors and you will principally be supporting Mechanical and Electronic and Electrical Engineering students.

About You

With excellent organisational skills, you will demonstrate a good use of initiative and have the ability to multi-task and prioritise a high workload.

Attention to detail and good administrative record keeping are essential. We work together as a team to achieve overall results and you will need to be a good team player.

An interest in learning about and working with engineering fields and industries would be beneficial. Placement Officers host companies on campus as well as visit them on site to promote the placement scheme, so you will need strong interpersonal skills. You will display skills in mentoring or training young people as Placement Officers provide support to students 1-1, in small groups, and in large lectures.

This is a rewarding role supporting high-achieving students at the start of their engineering careers. Training and support will be given in all aspects of the role and for future career development. Learn more about our Faculty and its programmes.

Further Information

This is a part-time role (21.9 hours per week, three days). The Placements team follow a hybrid pattern but are a student-facing team with 2 out of 3 days on campus during University term times, and 1 out of 3 on campus during University holidays.

This role is a fixed term parental leave cover with an ideal start date of early January 2027.

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, 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:

• 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
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• 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
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

Find out more about our benefits and hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

Be Well at Bath

We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources, and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Bath.

Right to Work in the UK:

We do not assess immigration or right to work status until the offer stage. Being invited to an 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:

We are constantly seeking to reduce unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.