Placement & Progression Officer

Nova Training; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday entitlement increasing

Birthday day off

Early finish on Friday

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Referral Scheme

Employee Discount Scheme

Job summary

Nova Training is seeking a Placement & Progression Officer to support learners in progressing from centre to work placements. You will help develop employer partnerships and ensure high-quality IAG that leads to positive outcomes.

You will manage referrals, vet placements, and review learner progress while driving progression to Apprenticeships or Traineeships. Strong local marketing and collaboration with employers are essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum level 2 literacy, numeracy & ICT.
• Full, clean UK driving licence.
• Experience in a sales/IAG oriented environment.
• Able to meet targets and KPI expectations.

Responsibilities

• Support learners with the transition from centre to work placements.
• Undertake the initial vetting and updates of work experience/apprenticeship placements.
• Undertake periodic reviews of learners in work experience placements.
• Encourage employers to employ learners into Apprenticeship or Traineeship programmes.
• Create strong relationships with colleagues and external organisations as progression routes.
• Coordinate local marketing and careers events and referral outreach.

Skills

Sales / IAG experience

Target-driven

Proficient with Google apps

Education

IAG qualification desirable

Tools

Google Workspace

Google Meet

Job description

Placement & Progression Officer (PPO)

Hours: Full-Time, Permanent, 37.5 hrs per wk

Location: Oldbury

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 per annum, (depending on experience & qualifications)

Are you looking for a new role?

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Placement Progression Officer (PPO).

As a PPO you will be required to support the identified centre(s) to deliver a high-quality service to learners. Support with the development of referral and employer partnerships. To ensure learners and employees receive high quality IAG that leads to positive outcomes. The key measure of success in the role will be against the achievement of company and contractual KPIs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support learners with the transition from centre to work placements.
• Undertake the initial vetting and any update of work experience/apprenticeship placements.
• Undertake periodic reviews of learners in work experience placements ensuring full learner and employer engagement.
• Where placements progress positively, encourage the employer to employ the learner and engage them on an Apprenticeship or Traineeship programme.
• Create strong relationships with colleagues and other organisations that act as key progression routes.
• Undertake localised marketing and outreach activities to ensure an outgoing flow of referrals to the learner recruitment service.
• Co-ordinate local marketing and careers events.
• Support learners to source suitable progression routes and assist with a smooth transition into the learners chosen destination.

Requirements:

• Relevant, successful experience within a sales/IAG orientated business to customer environment.
• Minimum level 2 literacy, numeracy & ICT
• Highly proficient in Google, Gmail and Google Meets.
• Experience of successfully managing own performance targets against stringent and challenging targets
• IAG qualification would be desirable.
• Full, clean UK Driving License

Employee Benefits:

• 25 days holiday entitlement increasing to 30 with length of service
• Day off for your Birthday
• Optional early finish on a Friday at 2.30pm
• Holiday Purchase Scheme, allowing you to purchase an additional 2 weeks holiday per year.
• Employee Assistance Programme, 24/7 support for you, direct family members and dependents over the age of 16.
• Employee Referral Scheme, potential to earn up to £500 if you refer somebody we employ.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Employee Discount Scheme Significant savings on essential and everyday purchases through instant vouchers, reloadable cards and cashback.

Nova Training places the highest priority on safeguarding all of our learners and staff. We are a Safer Recruitment employer, job applications will be subject to detailed scrutiny. Applicants for all jobs will undergo appropriate screening including identity checks with past employers, Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check and entitlement to work in the UK will be verified as part of our further recruitment process, following a face-to-face interview.

All relevant employment documents will be seen and verified. NB: Only original or certified documents are acceptable.

Nova Training receives a high number of applications for each role advertised and although we would like to, we are not always able to deliver feedback to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not been contacted within 7 days then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Thank you for your interest and please do take a look at our website and Indeed for future opportunities