Industry Placement Officer

Warrington & Vale Royal College is seeking to appoint a full time, term time only + 3 weeks, Industry Placement officer to organise work experience for learners across the curriculum areas. This includes sourcing industry placement opportunities, assessing the suitability, health and safety and safeguarding of the placements in line with college policy and procedures. Please note that this role is Term Time Only + 3 weeks and the salary is FTE.

We offer an excellent salary and benefits package, which includes:

- **A competitive salary**
- **Generous annual leave entitlement**
- **Occupational pension scheme**
- **Employee benefits package**
- **Full programme of training and mentoring**
- **Flexible working, where appropriate**
- **Focus on sustainability**

Job purpose

To organise work experience for learners across the curriculum areas. This includes sourcing industry placement opportunities, assessing the suitability, health and safety and safeguarding of the placements in line with college policy and procedures.

Key responsibilities
- Source and visit high quality work placements to establish new industry placements and demonstrate the overall benefits to both the employer and students.
- Work with the Employer Engagement Team to implement the College’s approach to work experience including the preparation and implementation of learners on T-Level and substantial placements
- Development excellent rapport with external companies and employers.
- Source companies willing to take learners on placements via mail shots, cold calling and via existing college databases and leads provided by learner self-sourcing or via other members of college staff.
- Seize suitable opportunities to bring in guest speakers or secure suitable visit opportunities to companies for our learners
- Visit all self-sourced placements to ascertain if the placements are suitable. Assess and approve the suitability of work placements in liaison with the College’s Safeguarding and Health and Safety Officers.
- Ensure that industry placements, together with details of placement opportunities, students’ involvement and employer details are recorded accurately
- Deliver where required learner and staff information presentations on Industry placement.
- Record each visit, confirming the employer’s acceptance and understanding of their responsibilities regarding safeguarding, Prevent and Health & Safety, as well as any other areas of legislation.
- Liaise with the Health & Safety Officer and undertake monitoring and vetting of industry placements by carrying out Health & Safety assessments and obtaining insurance details when required.
- To provide industry placement updates and develop strong working relationships with curriculum staff and learners.
- To comply with the College Industry Placement procedures and processes.
- Prepare and fulfil DBS signatory requirements for learners as required on GCSE day and throughout the new academic year for all learners requiring DBS.
- Distribute details of new industry placements to appropriate course staff and offer advice, information and support on all matters relating to industry experience.
- Carry out student/employer matching exercise with course staff, monitoring and assessing suitability in terms of experience, training content and duration in order to ensure good practice.
- Produce all necessary work placement information for employers to confirm industry placements in a timely manner.
- Produce Learner Contracts for all learners going on a placement in a timely manner and return signed copies to MIS
- Monitoring of learners on placement if/when necessary.
- Document and report the successes and improvements in relation to industry placements by curriculum area.

Undertake other such duties as may be reasonably required commensurate with the grade.

**Salary**: £22,705.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Warrington, WA2 8QA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Reference ID: J149.22