Placements Admin Assistant (fixed term, part time)

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated admin assistant to join our busy Placement Team. Our engineering and architecture undergraduates undertake a placement in industry as part of their sandwich degree. This is a varied and vital role providing administrative support to students, the Placement Team and employers.

You will be collating information from students starting new placements and providing admin support for the assessment of student placement assignments. You will be involved in the organisation of student interviews and assessment centres and provide a friendly face for enquiries from students and staff.

You will be managing and updating our IT systems and should be open to learning new computer systems such as Moodle, Office 365 and SAMIS. A high level of written English will be essential. You will need excellent interpersonal skills and be confident working as part of a dynamic team

We are a supportive and welcoming team of Placement Officers and one Placements Administrator supporting students to find a placement year in industry. Details of our team can be found here: Improve your employability with an engineering placement year (bath.ac.uk)

In-depth training will be provided. The role will be based on campus in the Engineering and Design Placement Office. There will be some opportunity to work from home outside of University term times. The role is 0.2 FTE, which day or two half days worked will be discussed with the successful applicant. The role is for a fixed term period from 4/10/2021 with and expected end date of 4/10/2022.

For an informal discussion please contact Vicky Hill, Placements Manager, 01225 383467, V.L.Hill@bath.ac.uk

What we can offer you:

Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work. We are:

• a family friendly workplace
• open to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the University.
• recognising of the talents of our diverse workforce through an excellent reward package
• encouraging of your personal and professional development

Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a better environment for our employees and students, creating a learning environment and organisational culture that enhanceshealth and wellbeing across our community. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.