Placement Officer

2 weeks ago

Bath, United Kingdom University of Bath Full time

Placement Officer

**About the role**:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to join our busy Placement Team. 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.

**About you**:
**Further Information**:
The ideal start date for the successful applicant would be mid-November 2025. The position is open for a part-time fixed contract to cover parental leave within the team. The Placement Team follow a hybrid pattern but are a student facing team with 2 out of 3 day on campus in University term times, 1 out of 3 on campus during University holidays. A couple of days travel a year is needed to visit students on placement.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; 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 so that you can enjoy 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 watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

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