Work Placement & Careers Co-ordinator

College of West Anglia; King's Lynn; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Fee waivers on some College courses

Cycle to work scheme

Discounts with local businesses

Job share opportunities

Job summary

College of West Anglia in King's Lynn is recruiting Work Placement & Careers Coordinators to source meaningful placements, provide careers guidance and help learners progress to employment, apprenticeships or higher education.

Two posts available: 37 hours per week for 37 weeks and 26 hours per week for 37 weeks. The roles involve building relationships with local employers, supporting learners on placement and working with curriculum teams to ensure high-quality industry experiences.

Responsibilities

• Source meaningful work placements for learners.
• Provide careers support and guidance to help learners achieve future ambitions.
• Build strong relationships with local employers and visit students on placement.
• Collaborate with curriculum teams to ensure high-quality industry experiences.
• Support careers education and assist learners with decisions about employment, apprenticeships or higher education.
• Work within the Work Placement and Careers team to help learners progress to employment.

Job description

JOB TITLE: Work Placement & Careers Coordinators

LOCATION: King's Lynn

HOURS: 2 posts available - 37 hours per week (37 weeks per year) and 26 hours (37 weeks per year)

SALARY: £24370 - £24709 FTE (inclusive of a non-contractual recruitment and retention allowance of £1392 FTE)

Are you passionate about helping young people develop the skills, confidence and experience they need to succeed in the workplace?

In this varied and rewarding role, you'll work with students, employers and curriculum teams to source meaningful work placements, provide careers support and help learners to achieve their future ambitions.

You'll build strong relationships with local employers, visit students on placement, help learners overcome barriers to employment and work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure every student has access to high-quality industry experiences. You'll also play an important role in supporting careers education and helping students make informed decisions about their next steps into employment, apprenticeships or higher education.

You'll be joining a successful and highly regarded Work Placement and Careers team, where each coordinator works closely with specific curriculum areas to support learners on their journey into employment, apprenticeships and higher education. It's an exciting time to join the team. We're ambitious about the future of careers education at CWA and have a clear ethos of "Careers, not Courses", placing progression and employability at the heart of everything we do.

This opportunity has become available following a promotion of an existing well respected member of the team, and provides an excellent opportunity to join an experienced, supportive and hugely passionate department.

BENEFITS

• generous annual leave allowance of 30 days per year for support staff
• five College closure days
• Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
• fee waivers on some College courses
• a contributory pension scheme with the Local Government Pension Scheme
• discounts with local businesses
• access to a cycle to work scheme
• generous annual leave allowance
• five college closure days pro rata for part-time
• fee waivers on some College courses
• a contributory pension scheme

Job share opportunities are available for the right candidates.

CWA are a Disability Confident employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled candidates who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. We would encourage you to disclose any disabilities and whether or not you wish to be considered under this scheme.

CWA is committed to safeguarding and all staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to provide references and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check as well as a barred list check. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 but Exceptions Order may apply.

Full details of our Safeguarding Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection policy can be found at Policies (cwa.ac.uk) .

CWA reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient suitably qualified applications be received prior to the closing date.

No agencies please

We offer an excellent package including a generous annual leave allowance, plus five college closure days pro rata for part-time, fee waivers on some College courses and a contributory pension scheme.

Closing date for receipt of all applications: midnight, Sunday 4th October 2026

Interview Date: 12 October 2026

Applicants are expected to ensure their applications are written in their own words.

We reserve the right to use an AI checker on any application.

Please note that all interviews are conducted face to face, we are unable to facilitate online interviews.