Overview
Placement Officer (KD13010) – Bath, BA2 7AY
About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated individual to join our busy Placement Team. Undergraduate and Postgraduate students have the option of taking a one year work placement in industry as part of their degree.
You will play a vital role in maintaining strong professional relationships with current placement providers in an industry facing role whilst also proactively sourcing and developing opportunities to generate new placements. You will act as a point of contact for students, academic staff and employers, dealing with enquiries and providing guidance. A major part of the role is to provide employability support to students on a one to one basis and good written English skills are essential.
In addition, you will be required to deliver skills workshops and talks and must be a confident, lively presenter to communicate to the student audience. Your focus in the post will be on supporting students to apply for placements in automotive and general and specialist engineering sectors. A high proportion of the students you support will be mechanical and electronic engineers.
About you
With excellent organisational skills, you will demonstrate a good use of initiative and have the ability to multi-task and prioritise a high workload. Attention to detail and good administrative record keeping are essential. Working together as a team is key to our success, so being a great teammate is essential. Being curious about and collaborating in engineering subject areas and industries could be helpful. Placement Officers host companies on campus as well as visit them on site to promote the placement scheme. You could be building relationships within industry sectors such as construction, research and finance .This is a rewarding role supporting high achieving students at the start of their engineering careers. Learn more about our Faculty and its programmes here.
Further Information
The ideal start date for the successful applicant would be mid-November 2025. The position is open for a part-time fixed contract to cover parental leave within the team. The Placement Team follow a hybrid pattern but are a student facing team with 2 out of 3 day on campus in University term times, 1 out of 3 on campus during University holidays. A couple of days travel a year is needed to visit students on placement.
For an informal discussion, please contact Head of Placements and Employability, Mrs Vicky Hill on vlh26@bath.ac.uk or Placements Manager Mr Kim Smith on kss84@bath.ac.uk
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We’re very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you:
We’re continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
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Closing Date: 25 Sep 2025
Department: Management, Specialist and Administration
Salary: £31,236 to £37,694
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