Work Experience Coordinator & Employer Partnerships

Heart of Worcestershire College; Redditch; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Heart of Worcestershire College is seeking a Work Experience Coordinator to plan, secure and monitor student placements and volunteering opportunities, liaising with local employers to source opportunities and guest speakers. You will work with the CRQ Manager and Careers team to meet KPI targets, support employability skills, and ensure safeguarding and quality processes are followed.

This role is based in Redditch and involves visits to placements, risk assessments, and contributing to college

Responsibilities

• Liaise with local employers in order to secure suitable work placement companies, ‘supported projects’ and engage potential guest speakers.
• Visit potential placements in order to ascertain their suitability and to obtain relevant information/documentation.
• Conduct HASPS, risk assessments where necessary or obtain copies of relevant risk assessments and Insurance documentation from employers.
• Liaise with employers on student’s development of employability skills via their work experience placement and increase learners’ encounters with employers over and above work placement.
• Visit students on placement to check and record progress, skills assessment and provide support.
• Work in partnership with Personal Tutors and Leaders/Directors to ensure students are well prepared for, and well supported during their work experience placement, adapting resources as required.
• Ensure Personal Tutors are aware of student progress during work experience placements.
• To liaise with the Careers Team and Personal Tutors to ensure learners are work ready and equipped with job search, CV and interview skills.
• To contribute to the self-assessment and improvement plans for work experience as part of the College’s quality processes.
• To keep accurate records of individual and group progress enabling timely completion of relevant targets.
• To contribute to the colleges (published) careers programme and support the cross-college careers strategy and Gatsby benchmarks.
• To attend specific meetings for work experience/careers as applicable during the academic year.

Job description

Heart of Worcestershire College is seeking a Work Experience Coordinator to plan, secure and monitor student placements and volunteering opportunities, liaising with local employers to source opportunities and guest speakers. You will work with the CRQ Manager and Careers team to meet KPI targets, support employability skills, and ensure safeguarding and quality processes are followed.

This role is based in Redditch and involves visits to placements, risk assessments, and contributing to college