The position: Industry Placement Advisor
We're looking for a part-time Industry Placement Advisor (0.5 FTE, 18.5 hours per week), ideal for someone looking for a role that offers flexibility while still having a meaningful impact.
Are you passionate about helping young people develop the skills and experience they need to succeed in the workplace?
As an Industry Placement Advisor, you'll support students studying T Levels to secure and successfully complete meaningful industry placements. Working closely with employers, students and curriculum teams, you'll play a key role in helping students prepare for the world of work and achieve their career aspirations.
No two days are the same. One day you might be meeting local employers to develop placement opportunities, and the next you'll be supporting students to prepare for interviews, matching them to placements, or reviewing their progress in the workplace.
You'll be joining an experienced, friendly and supportive team that is passionate about creating opportunities for students and building strong partnerships with employers.
What skills we are looking for:
- A confident communicator – able to build positive relationships with students, employers, parents and colleagues.
- A strong organiser – able to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines and maintain accurate records.
- A relationship builder – comfortable developing partnerships and engaging with employers.
- A proactive problem solver – able to identify solutions and support successful outcomes for students and employers.
- A team player – someone who enjoys working collaboratively while taking ownership of their own workload.
- A positive and adaptable approach – able to work flexibly in a fast-paced environment and respond to changing priorities.
Whether your background is in teaching, student support, careers guidance or employability, employer engagement, recruitment, business development, or account management, we'd love to hear from you.
Responsibilities for the role:
- Develop and maintain relationships with employers to secure high-quality industry placement opportunities.
- Build a network of employer contacts and identify new placement opportunities across a range of industry sectors.
- Prepare students for placement, helping them to understand workplace expectations and develop employability skills.
- Match students with suitable placement opportunities that align with their course and career aspirations.
- Work closely with employers and students to monitor placement progress and support successful completion.
- Attend employer meetings and networking events to strengthen partnerships and promote opportunities for students.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure placement documentation is completed in line with College requirements.
- Work collaboratively with curriculum teams and colleagues to ensure students achieve their industry placement requirements.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with people, building partnerships and making a genuine difference to young people's futures.
The Location:
The role would be based at either our Nuneaton or South Wigston sites. Travel between different sites and to various external locations will be required.
Why Should You Apply?
- The pay range we’re offering is £15,033 - £16,421
- Annual leave of 25 days, plus bank holidays and up to 5 additional closure days
- Access to Local Government Pension Scheme with generous Employer Pension contribution
- We offer great staff development opportunities
- Family friendly policies and procedures
**As part of the application process, you’ll be asked to complete a series of shortlisting questions. To strengthen your application, we recommend linking your answers directly to the person specification outlined in the job description.**
Equality, diversity, and inclusion are integral to everything that we do. We are committed to these values, and they are central to our mission. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment, please contact the recruiting manager.
We aim to support our employees in achieving a healthy work-life balance. We recognise that many of our employees have responsibilities and are committed to providing support for our employees. We are working hard to support flexible and new ways of working where possible and offer a wide range of benefits.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references’.
'Please apply as soon as you can as we reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a suitable number of applications.'
Pay: £15,033.00-£16,421.00 per year
Benefits:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Work Location: In person
