Year Placement Officer

Islington Working; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff training and development

Pension scheme

Job summary

City St George's, University of London is seeking a Year Placements Officer to join the Careers and Employability Directorate. You will support undergraduate students to secure and thrive on year placements, delivering high-quality guidance and administrative support across the placement cycle.

Working within the Year Placements team, you will promote opportunities, run workshops, assist with applications and compliance, maintain placement records and engage with employers to monitor progress,

Qualifications

• Experience advising diverse stakeholders in education or careers
• Strong communication, organisation and relationship-building skills
• Knowledge of the UK student and graduate labour market is essential
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Responsibilities

• Provide advice, guidance and administrative support throughout the year placement lifecycle
• Promote placement opportunities, deliver workshops and events
• Support students with applications and compliance processes, maintain placement records
• Engage with employers and monitor student progress on placement
• Collaborate with academic and professional services colleagues to ensure an excellent student experience

Skills

Advice & guidance

Administrative support

Workshop delivery

Student engagement

Data analysis

Communication

Equality & inclusion

Job description

City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution.

The Year Placements Officer will join the Careers and Employability Directorate at City St George's, University of London, supporting undergraduate students to secure and thrive upon year placements.

Working within the newly established Year Placements team, you will help deliver a consistently high-quality service to eligible students across the University, enabling them to understand the opportunity of doing a year placement, produce excellent applications to secure placements and maximise their experience on placement.

Duties

• You will provide advice, guidance and administrative support throughout the year placement lifecycle.
• This includes promoting placement opportunities, delivering workshops and events, supporting students with applications and compliance processes, maintaining placement records, engaging with employers and monitoring student progress on placement.
• You will work collaboratively with academic and professional services colleagues to ensure an excellent student experience.
• You will have experience delivering advice and guidance to diverse stakeholders, together with strong communication, organisation and relationship-building skills. Knowledge of the UK student and graduate labour market is essential.
• You will be confident managing competing priorities, using data to inform service improvements, and working collaboratively to support student success.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion is essential.

Desirable criteria

Not specified

Additional information

Closing date for applications: 15th November 2026 at 11:59pm. Interviews are scheduled to take place from 7th December 2026The selection process will involve an interview. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

City St George's offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.