Work Experience Co-Ordinator

Wollborg Michelson Personnel Service Inc; Telford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Telford College seeks to coordinate, develop and enhance Employer and Workplace Experiences for learners. You will work with curriculum teams and employers to design meaningful placements aligned to study programmes and essential skills development.

The role strengthens employer engagement, ensuring experiences are purposeful and aligned with curriculum objectives amid FE reforms. You will support learners from placement through to positive destinations.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of safeguarding issues in education.
• Understanding of data protection legislation.
• Knowledge of current developments and opportunities in local LMI.
• Experience of working in an education setting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, develop and enhance Employer and Workplace Experiences opportunities for students.
• Collaborate with curriculum teams and employers to create work placements.
• Engage with employers to generate opportunities for learners.
• Support students in placements and link placements to curriculum objectives.
• Develop a broad base of employers to secure opportunities and potential job prospects.
• Identify student work aspirations and match them with suitable opportunities.
• Be proactive in arranging Employer and Workplace Experiences that benefit learners.
• Support the team to enable positive destinations for all students.
• Be flexible with busy employers and adapt to changing needs.
• Visit and support students in placement as required.
• Work with Employer Engagement to create talent pipelines.

Skills

Safeguarding

Data protection

Local LMI

Education experience

Job description

About The Role

The purpose of this role is to coordinate, develop and enhance the College's Employer and Workplace Experiences provision, ensuring learners have access to meaningful, high-quality opportunities that support their personal and professional development. Based within the Faculty of Business and Digital, the role will work closely with curriculum teams and employers to develop and deliver relevant workplace experiences that align with learners' programmes of study and support the acquisition of essential skills, knowledge and behaviours.

Telford College,

About The Role

The purpose of this role is to coordinate, develop and enhance the College's Employer and Workplace Experiences provision, ensuring learners have access to meaningful, high-quality opportunities that support their personal and professional development. Based within the Faculty of Business and Digital, the role will work closely with curriculum teams and employers to develop and deliver relevant workplace experiences that align with learners' programmes of study and support the acquisition of essential skills, knowledge and behaviours.

The postholder will play a key role in strengthening employer engagement, ensuring workplace experiences are purposeful, impactful and aligned with curriculum objectives, while responding to the evolving needs of the College and national Further Education curriculum reforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage, maintain and develop Employer and Workplace Experiences opportunities and systems for students across college.
• Work in collaboration with the Employer Relationship Manager(s) and curriculum teams to develop work placement opportunities across the faculty.
• In conjunction with Employer Relationship Managers, contacting employers to generate employer and workplace experiences opportunities for students.
• Working alongside employers to ensure all parties are supported whilst on placement.
• To develop and maintain a broad base of employers to secure suitable Employer and Workplace Experiences and/or identify potential job opportunities post college.
• To work closely with students to identify their work aspirations in order to match them with suitable opportunities.
• To be innovative and enterprising in arranging Employer and Workplace Experiences to benefit the students.
• To work on one's own initiative and support the team's objectives including to facilitate and enable positive destinations for all the students.
• To be flexible particularly in dealing with busy employers.
• Visit and support students in placement as required.
• To work alongside the Employer Engagement department to identify where students on work experience may provide a talent pipeline.

Skills & Expertise

• Knowledge of safeguarding issues in education
• Understanding of data protection legislation
• Knowledge of current developments and opportunities in local LMI
• Experience of working in an education setting