Placement Officer

The Careers and Student Enterprise Service (CaSE) is the academic, career and employability nucleus of the University of East London (UEL). This is a one-of-a-kind department with highly motivated staff providing a quality service to students and alumni. CaSE is UEL’s hub for career development, employability, and enterprise. Our mission is to empower every student to achieve academic success, develop essential skills, and access direct employment pathways.

We are a forward-thinking and innovative team that embraces technology and research to enhance student satisfaction, retention, and graduate outcomes. Our department fosters a collaborative and high-energy environment where creativity and impact drive everything we do.

If you are passionate about supporting students and contributing to their future success, we’d love for you to join us!

About the Role

As a Placement Officer within the Professional Placements Hub, a sub-team with CaSE, you will play a central role in supporting students on our professional placement programmes. This may include undertaking due diligence activities to ensure placements meet the standard, through supporting students while on placement.  You will work in a cross-organisational mode, building contacts across the university and will liaise with key partners externally. 

We are looking for forward-thinking, innovative, curious, self-aware people who are passionate about making a positive difference and who will thrive in an inclusive and diverse University community who are never not moving forward.

This role is based in the Careers and Student Enterprise Service and the postholder will join the Professional Placement Hub – a team dedicated to the support of embedded placements that are overseen by professional, statutory, and regulated bodies (PSRB).

The focus of the role is to provide effective and efficient administration of placement opportunities for students that form an integral part of the course of study. This requires the post-holder to work in conjunction with academics to maintain relationships with placement hosts/external partners and support students to obtain and retain placement opportunities.

About You

You are an organised and proactive professional with strong administrative skills and a keen eye for detail. With experience in managing external partnerships and supporting students or professionals, you thrive in a dynamic environment that requires effective communication and relationship management. You have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate across departments while ensuring compliance with professional and regulatory standards.

Your ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and handle student and partner queries with efficiency makes you an ideal candidate for this role. If you are looking to make an impact on student employability and professional placements, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits Package

At UEL, we believe that a great role is about more than just a salary. It’s about the complete package, including our outstanding work environment and inclusive culture.

We offer a genuinely competitive salary, dependent on experience (DOE), and a range of excellent benefits. You can explore our full benefits package here: https://uel.ac.uk/benefits-professional-services-positions

Equal Opportunities

UEL is an inclusive equal opportunities employer and is proud of our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion achievements, including a zero gender pay gap, membership in Stonewall, and winning Athena Swan awards. We expect all UEL employees to accept our EDI policy and will not tolerate discrimination in any form.

We're a disability confident employer and value all applications. Please let us know if you require any reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process.

If you're ready to join a University that values your outstanding skills and perspectives and is dedicated to making a difference, we invite you to explore a career with us. We are excited to welcome versatile individuals who are committed to advancing their careers while making a positive impact on the world.

Please note that this advert may close earlier than the deadline if we receive many applications. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

To contact the recruitment team please phone +44 20 8223 3000 x 4600 or e-mail jobs@uel.ac.uk

CVs without a completed application form will not be accepted.

At UEL we are committed to working together to build a community which values diversity in both our staff and student populations, is representative and inclusive, enabling all to progress and thrive.