Year Placement Officer (INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY)

City St George's; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Staff training and development

Job summary

City St George’s, University of London is seeking a Year Placements Officer to support undergraduate students in securing and thriving on year placements. Working in the newly established Year Placements team, you will promote placement opportunities, run workshops and events, assist with applications and compliance, and maintain placement records.

You will provide advice and guidance to diverse stakeholders, manage competing priorities, use data to drive service improvements, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Experience delivering advice and guidance to diverse stakeholders.
• Knowledge of the UK student and graduate labour market is essential.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and use data to inform improvements.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Promote placement opportunities and deliver workshops/events.
• Provide advice and guidance throughout the year placement lifecycle.
• Support applications, compliance processes and record-keeping for placements.
• 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

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Organisational skills

Data-driven decisions

Team collaboration

Job description

Internal Applicants Only
Please note: This vacancy is open to internal applicants only. Please use your @citystgeorges.ac.uk email address when applying.

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 combined university is now one of the largest higher education destinations for London students, combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, policy, law, creativity, communications, science and technology. Our students are at the heart of everything that we do, and we are committed to supporting them to pursue their career and personal ambitions.

Our research is engaged, at the frontier of practice and has a positive impact on the world around us.

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.

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.

Additional Information

• Closing date for applications: 18th October 2026 at 11:59pm


• Interviews are scheduled to take place from 9th November 2026


• The 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.

The University of business, practice and the professions