Industry Placement Officer

Herefordshire, Ludlow & North Shropshire College; Hereford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Herefordshire, Ludlow & North Shropshire College seeks a proactive Work Experience Coordinator to engage with employers and promote suitable placements for full-time student cohorts. Based at Hereford campus, you will work closely with tutors to place students across sectors including Construction, Engineering, Digital and Business.

You will maintain regular progress reviews with a dedicated caseload, support both learners and employers throughout the placement journey, and ensure safeguarding

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Proficient IT and administration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Proactively engage employers to generate work experience placements.
• Coordinate and support students and employers through placement journey.
• Conduct regular progress and target setting reviews.

Skills

Communication

Customer service

IT skills

Administration

Job description

To pro-actively engage with existing and prospective employers to promote and generate suitable work experience placements for full-time student cohorts, and to carry out regular progress and target setting reviews for an agreed caseload, supporting students and employers through the whole work experience journey, from start through to successful completion.

Initially working across a number of potential sectors, which could include Construction, Engineering, Digital and Business, the role does not require a background in any particular sector where students will be placed, but will require good communication, customer service, IT and administration skills. The post-holder will work closely with course tutors and curriculum teams and will be based at our campus in Hereford, but may also be required to carry out reviews and visits across Herefordshire and neighbouring counties.

HLNSC is committed to equality of opportunity, the Prevent Duty and safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Salary: £27,176 - £29,483 depending on qualifications and experience

Contract: Temporary in the first instance to 31st March 2027