Industry Placement Officer

Buckinghamshire College Group; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS Pension Scheme

Free Parking

Discounted Childcare in Day Nursery

Discounted treatments in HAB Salon

Cycle to Work Scheme

CPD / Continuous Professional Dev.

Flexible working

Employee wellbeing

Job summary

Buckinghamshire College Group in Aylesbury is recruiting an Industry Placement Officer. The role is full-time (37 hours per week) across 52 weeks per annum, based at the Aylesbury Campus. The post offers a generous benefits package including LGPS, parking, childcare discounts, CPD and cycle-to-work schemes.

The successful candidate will generate new placements, build sustainable employer relationships, and collaborate with staff to align work placements with learners' progression goals.

Responsibilities

• Generating new placement and work experience opportunities and hosting students with employers.
• Developing strong employer relationships to ensure sustainable placements.
• Liaising with teaching staff to ensure placements provide opportunities for learners' progression in technical and work-related skills.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Employer relations

Communication

Organizational skills

Job description

Salary The salary is £28,166.13 per annum. Range 5, point 24 on the College Pay Scales (pro rata for fractional posts).

Basis Full time

Job profile for Industry Placement Officer

Industry Placement Officer

Aylesbury 10/11/2026

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Salary The salary is £28,166.13 per annum. Range 5, point 24 on the College Pay Scales (pro rata for fractional posts). Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Region South Package LGPS Pension Scheme, Free Parking, Discounted Childcare in the Aylesbury Day Nursery, Discounted treatments in the Aylesbury Salon HAB, Cycle to Work Scheme, Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Job category/type Non Academic / Support Date posted 13/10/2026 Job reference REQ2323 Attachments JD - Industry Placement Officer.pdf T&C - Industry Placement Officer - Oct 2026.pdf Buckinghamshire College Group Recruitment Pack.pdf

Job description

Would you like to create the workforce of the future, support the achievement of career aspiration? Are you looking for an exciting next step in your career journey, then this is the role for you.

We are seeking to recruit an innovative, outgoing and motivated individual to join our outstanding team of Industry Placement Officers. Based at our Aylesbury Campus; you will engage with employer's, staff and students, working collaboratively to ensure our young people have high class and relevant work experience and Industry Placement in the local community and beyond. This is a full-time position - 37 hours per week over 52 weeks per annum

The successful candidate will be:

• Generating new placement and work experience opportunities, as well as being the key point of contact for employers, whilst they host a student on work placement.
• Establishing and developing strong relationships with employers and having a clear commitment to ensure that these relationships are sustainable
• Liaising with teaching staff to ensure that work placements provide appropriate opportunities for learners to progress in both their technical and work-related skills development, relevant to their chosen vocational sector.

Why join Buckinghamshire College Group?

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the College. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

Employee benefits include:

• Pension scheme - LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme)
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays & additional leave purchase scheme
• Access to free training & continuous professional development
• A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
• Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
• Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon)
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals and play a pivotal role in the Buckinghamshire community working with a wide range of employers for example, Pinewood Studios, NHS Trusts and Flannery Plant Hire to name but a few.

You will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting learners and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible - we call this the Bucks College Factor!

If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a place you'd like to be part of, then we'd love to hear from you.

Commitment to Safeguarding

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

For more information about the role, please refer to the Job Description and Terms and Conditions located in the job details above.

Only completed applications will be considered for this role. For more information on the role please contact HR directly.

The closing date for applications is 17 /11/2026. Interviews are scheduled to take place on 25/11/2026; however, please note that these dates may be subject to change.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.