Placements Administrator (KW12030)

Job title Placements Administrator

Department School of Management

Salary Starting from £25,138, rising to £28,759

Grade Grade 5

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Wednesday 04 September 2024

Closing date Wednesday 18 September 2024

Interview date Monday 30 September 2024

Reference KW12030

Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

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Opportunity to work in one of the best Placement Teams in the UK Help support the smooth running of the School of Management's Placements Team Work with staff, students and placement providers Develop key skills and help with process improvement.

The post-holder will form part of the School of Management's Placements Team, taking responsibility for the smooth running of administration on our undergraduate courses with a placement.

Currently the School of Management has Placements on the following courses: BSc Business; BSc Accounting & Management, BSc Accounting and Finance; BSc Management; BSc Management with Marketing; BSc International Management. This involves circa 700 placements per academic year.

The post-holder will primarily support the BSc Management and the BSc Management with Marketing degree programmes. The Placements Team are managed by the School's Placements Manager, under leadership from the School's Head of Employability. You will work alongside two other Placements Administrators, improving efficiency of administrative procedures and managing a diverse workload.

This is a busy and varied role involving daily communication with academic staff, students and current/potential employers, so the post-holder will need to have excellent organisational skills, demonstrate a good use of initiative, have the ability to multi-task and prioritise, and be able to interpret and apply complex information (e.g. assessment regulations).The post-holder must be able to prioritise effectively and work to tight deadlines on their own initiative, and to learn new systems and procedures rapidly.

It is essential that the post-holder has the interpersonal skills to engage with placement providers, students, academic staff and other stakeholders. The post-holder may also be required to undertake a number of School of Management duties.

More information about the University of Bath, the School of Management, and its courses and placement schemes can be found here:

https: // www. bath.ac.uk/campaigns/undergraduate-courses-in-the-school-of- management/

https: // www. bath.ac.uk/campaigns/improve-your-employability-with-a-school-of- management-work-placement/

Find out more about our benefits.

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, so we 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.

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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.