Industry Placement Co-ordinator

Warwick College Group; Rugby; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive training programme

Carer’s leave option

Pension schemes

Free on-site gym

Job summary

Warwick College Group seeks a Placement Co-ordinator to organise industry placements and work experiences for 16–18-year-olds. The role involves coordinating safety checks, recording details, and expanding the employer base across sites.

You will support placement providers, work with programme teams, and help students achieve successful placements. The role includes travel between sites and reporting to College leadership.

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths at grade C or above or Level 2 equivalent.
• Working knowledge of IT including email, internet and software applications.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Full UK driving licence without major endorsements and ability to travel between sites.
• Experience with Excel and the Grofar system.
• First Aid qualification or willingness to gain one.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate industry placements and work experiences for 16–18-year-old students.
• Ensure health and safety checks are completed for each placement.
• Record placement details on the college system.
• Develop and maintain relationships with employers for placements.
• Support providers and promote future placements.
• Work with study programme teams to ensure placements are undertaken.
• Advise students to achieve successful placements.
• Maintain a database of providers and input provider names.
• Provide regular reports to leadership and programme managers.
• Attend events to increase employer engagement and placement opportunities.

Skills

Administrative skills

Communication skills

IT literacy

Excel

Grofar system

First Aid (willingness)

Full UK driving licence

Education

GCSE English & Maths (C) or Level 2 equivalent

Tools

Grofar system

Job description

Job Duties

• To co-ordinate the provision of Industry Placements and experiences of work to a nominal caseload of 16-18-year-old students studying at the College.
• To ensure relevant health and safety checks are carried out for each placement.
• To co-ordinate and record details of provision for each student on the central college system.
• To develop and maintain a broad base of employers with whom the department can work with to secure suitable industry placements or experiences of work
• To provide support to the placement providers and facilitate the opportunity of future industry placements or experiences of work.
• To work closely with study programme managers and teams to ensure all students undertake industry placements or experiences of work.
• To provide students with guidance and support where needed to achieve a successful industry placement or experience of work.
• To develop and sustain good working relations with existing and new employers.
• To maintain and develop a database of suitable industry experience providers and input provider names onto the college's central system.
• To provide regular reports to the College Leadership Team, Lead Industry Placement Coordinator and study programme managers.
• To be innovative and enterprising in arranging industry placements and experiences of work to benefit the students.
• To attend relevant external events that will lead to increased employer engagement and placement opportunities.
• To support events and conferences staged by the college and department to the benefit of students.

In order to support during busy exam periods, you may be asked to undertake exam invigilator duties. The College will provide training. The list of duties is not exhaustive but outlines the main features of the post at appointment and may vary as the job evolves without affecting the nature of the duties or the responsibility level.

Essential Criteria

• GCSE Grade C or above in English and Mathematics, or Level 2 equivalent qualification.
• Working knowledge of information technology such as e-mail, the
• internet and other software applications.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Availability to travel between sites and will hold a full UK driving licence without major endorsements.
• Experience of working effectively with processes and systems including Excel and the Grofar system.
• A First Aid qualification or willingness to gain qualification.

This role is pro rata so the salary you will be receiving is £23,533.35 per annum. For any roles that start part way through the Academic year, the annual salary will be pro rata to the remaining months., This post is normally for 39 working weeks per year but this may be less if the post holder starts after the beginning of the academic year. Salary will be paid in equal monthly amounts across the academic year.

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

When you join WCG we offer you a whole host of employee benefits, including:

• Comprehensive training programme.
• Generous leave entitlement plus up to four free College Closure days a year is included in the salary calculations.
• WCG offers all employees who are carers the option to request a period of Carer's Leave that is equal to their usual working week, paid at their normal pay.
• Leadership & Management training programme to develop our next generation of managers.
• Superb health and wellbeing support with Wellbeing@WCG.
• The opportunity to join our voluntary health cash plan run by Health Shield.
• Discounted Full Cost Recovery courses.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free on-site gym
• Discounted hair and beauty treatments in our College salons.
• Pension schemes.
• Free will writing service.
• Free car parking on-site.
• Free flu vaccination voucher (available annually)