Term Time | Permanent | £21,293 - £22,732 (Pro Rata of £25,865 - £27,613)

Who we are

City College Plymouth is home to thousands of bright and enthusiastic students and 650 talented and experienced staff. You will be joining a college that is proud of its culture, where our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity are there to nurture and support a passion for teaching and learning, enriching our community through knowledge, experience and skills enabling every student to be the best they can be.

At City College Plymouth, one of the country's largest providers of quality education and training, we are going through a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We pride ourselves on delivering a learning environment and organizational culture that impact positively on the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enables all our students and staff to achieve their full potential.

The Role

We are seeking a passionate and knowledgeable Work Placement coordinator to join our team. The ideal candidate will have experience liaising with employers across the city and identifying the mutual benefits that work placements provide. Experience with health and safety assessment, accurate record keeping and personal organization are key in this role. Responsibilities include contacting employers to offer placements, visiting conducting risk assessments, helping students to meet their mentors and access their placements, communicating with parents, students and employers to ensure that students' learning needs are met. The successful candidate will have excellent IT and communication skills and a passion for supporting students with additional needs into employment. If you are enthusiastic about removing barriers for young people and making a positive impact that will carry them forward for the rest of their lives we encourage you to apply.

What Will You Bring to the Role

• Delivering : Deliver a variety of meaningful high quality, safe and inclusive work placements across the City for Skills Development students to access.

• Organizing : Organize and track placement health and safety information, plan and facilitate meetings for students and mentors and conduct work placement appraisals for students.

• Interacting : Share information with employers, tutors, support staff, students and parents to give all learners opportunities to develop their workskills. Highlighting the value work placement students can add to a business and the economic development of the city.

• Visioning : Setting and striving for high standards of placement, learner outcomes including supporting learners into paid employment.

Benefits

In return for your resource creation, unrivaled advice, and accountability for the service you provide, City College Plymouth will offer you;

• Career development opportunities, training for professional qualifications up to level 6/7 as well as in house training. Support with individual development of the role.
• Generous contributions towards your pension.
• Free tea, coffee and healthy snacks in our dedicated staff lounge.

How we recruit

We are not prioritising the CV - we aim to recruit based on potential, not experience. We are interested in seeing your behaviours in action and how they will help you become successful at City College Plymouth, giving everyone the opportunity to show their potential, regardless of background or experience.

After completing our online application form, you will be asked to complete an online assessment. This assessment asks you no questions at all. Instead, it observes your behaviour and natural strengths in action, with a series of engaging, intuitive tasks. You will receive a report outlining your behaviours once you have completed the assessment, regardless of whether you progress to the next stage or not, providing you with some feedback.

The College reserves the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications have been received.