Work Placement Officer
The Vacancy
Southwark College, part of NCG (a leading national provider of education and training), is looking to recruit a Work Placement Officer.
As Work Placement Officer, you will work with key staff across the college and externally to identify and gain suitable work placement/internship opportunities for students aged 16 -19 years of age. You will ensure that all students on a study programme complete the necessary hours in relation to work placement and internship activities.
The post holder will take up the role during an exciting time in our college journey, you will join a dynamic and supportive work placement team who are working hard to expand our work placement offer. The post will involve working with Head of Faculty in an area curriculum area to increase student work placements. This will involve a combination of managing existing work placement contacts and developing new opportunities.
Educated to at least Level 3 (A-Level or BTEC) and having GCSE English and Maths at grade C/4 or above, you will possess excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to give presentations to groups of people including staff and students. You will have experience of working with young people and an understanding of the labour market and employer needs. Work experience in 16 – 19 Study Programmes is also essential. You will also possess strong customer relations skills and have the ability to establish effective working relationships with staff and employers.
About Southwark College
Southwark College is a large further education college in London, offering an exciting range of work-focused courses that give our students the skills and experience they need to develop their employment potential. We provide a friendly, supportive learning environment where talent is nurtured.
We’re proud of our success in achieving excellent results and producing knowledgeable and successful students, but we’re built on our staff and our success is down to recruiting and retaining the best possible talent. Helping our young people and adults to fulfil their potential and often transform their lives through education requires dedication, patience and the ability to think differently. That’s why we set out to recruit staff with a genuine passion for further education and a commitment to ensuring all students achieve their potential, whatever barriers they need to overcome.
We’d love you to join the team if you want to make a real difference to the lives of students, local employers and the wider Southwark community. In return, we’ll provide you with a range of development opportunities, benefits and support to help you fulfil your role.
Southwark College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.
At Southwark College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.
Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.
1. Being both inclusive and diverse
2. Trusting and respecting our communities
3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively
4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.
As part of the NCG Group, Southwark College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.
NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.
To view Job Description, Person Specification and NCG Values Pack please click the document attachment at the bottom of this advert. No agency applications will be accepted.
NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
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Telephone: 0191 226 6390
Email: NCGRecruitment@ncgrp.co.uk