Work Placement Administration Coordinator

The purpose of this role is to provide support to all activities carried out by the colleges work placement team. Delivering outstanding customer service, you will act as the frontline of a busy student facing service. Another key element of the role is to complete health and safety training to prioritise the completion of low and medium risk health and safety assessments by employers, through contacting by various means, including email, phone and other methods.

You will support students dropping in, booking work placement interventions in relevant work placement officer’s diaries, supporting students to use the work placement management and tracking system, supporting to complete bursary forms, and overall contributing to achieving work placement targets for both study programme and industry placements.

The ideal candidate will be confident in communication with students, employers and other stakeholders to help ensure; low and medium risk health and safety electronic paperwork is completed in a timely manner, student and employer placement feedback is completed, confirmation messages are sent and that other relevant paperwork is returned.

It is essential that the person appointed has the ability to build positive relationships with students, tutors and support staff. Confident to communicate face to face and using telephone, email correspondence with an understanding and empathy with some of the barriers that students may face when attempting to enter the working world.