Work Placement Officer (Temporary)

Dovetail & Slate; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Dovetail & Slate Ltd in the South West is seeking a confident Work Placement Officer to link students with real-world placements and employer partners. You’ll source opportunities, assess supervision and safety, and ensure placements are well matched and recorded.

You will collaborate with teaching teams to match students with placements and help arrange careers talks and mock interviews, ensuring students are prepared and records are complete for compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience in a professional setting with customer service skills.
• Confidence contacting and building relationships with employers and clients.
• Good understanding of health and safety requirements for work placements.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to manage records and solve problems.
• Confident communicator who can support students professionally.
• Willing to complete a new Enhanced DBS check as required.

Responsibilities

• Contacting employers to source suitable work placement opportunities.
• Checking that employers can offer proper supervision and a safe working environment.
• Working with teaching teams to match students with relevant placement opportunities.
• Keeping accurate records of placement hours, employer activity and compliance checks.
• Preparing students before they start a placement, including paperwork and training.

Skills

Customer service

Employer relations

Record keeping

Health & safety

Communication

DBS check

Job description

Work Placement Officer

Temporary

Location: the South West

Are you a confident communicator who enjoys building relationships with employers and opening doors for young people?

About the Role

Working with a further education provider, you'll find work and industry placements for students, linking what they learn in the classroom to real experience in the workplace.

You'll spend your time contacting employers, building partnerships and making sure each placement is well matched, well prepared and properly recorded. Alongside placements, you'll help arrange careers talks, masterclasses, interview practice and virtual work experience.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Contacting employers to source suitable work placement opportunities.
• Checking that employers can offer proper supervision and a safe working environment.
• Working with teaching teams to match students with relevant placement opportunities.
• Keeping accurate records of placement hours, employer activity and compliance checks.
• Preparing students before they start a placement, including paperwork and training.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

• Experience in a professional setting with customer service skills
• Confidence contacting and building relationships with employers and clients
• A good understanding of health and safety requirements for work placements
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage records and solve problems
• A confident communicator who can support students professionally
• Willing to complete a new Enhanced DBS check as required