Placement Officer

**Placement Officer**

**Part Time 18.5 hours per week, Term Time Only 36+2 weeks per year**

**Fixed Term until 30/06/24**

**Salary: £13,644 per annum (Full time equivalent £27,288 per annum) (Professional Services Grade 6)**

**Campus: Lackham, Wiltshire**

**About the role**

Do you enjoy supporting students?
Do you enjoy meeting new people?
Do you have good organisational skills?

If so, then come and join the Work Placement Team as a Placement Officer. The role is varied, busy, fun, and flexible. You will manage your own diary with employer and student support visits. No previous experience necessary.

You will need to have evidence of strong customer service, experience of working to targets, the ability to organise yourself and set priorities for your workload.

**About you**

We are looking for an individual who is driven, with excellent people skills and able to provide a quality service.

**About Us**

Wiltshire College & University Centre plays a vital role in Wiltshire’s economy, inspiring people to develop the skills they need to achieve. Our four campuses are learning hubs in their communities, and we aspire to be an outstanding, financially robust and commercially agile provider, achieving our clear social mission on behalf of leaners and employers across Wiltshire and beyond. Our turnover is around £38 million per annum, we employ some 650 staff, and support around 11,500 students.

Our benefits include a competitive salary and 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and additional closure days over the Christmas period). You will also be automatically enrolled into either the Teachers' Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme, have access to our employee assistance programme (EAP) and enjoy other benefits such as discounts with a wide variety of retailers and free car parking onsite.

**Closing date: 03/01/24**

**Interview date: TBC**

**Information**

At Wiltshire College & University Centre we value diversity, and we recognise that people with different backgrounds bring different perspectives, ideas, knowledge, and culture, and that this difference brings great strength. We are committed to the protection of young people and vulnerable adults and to safeguarding and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are proudly accredited to the Disability Confident Employer award, part of this means a commitment to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy and consider them on their abilities.

Please contact us with any queries.