Placements Officer
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Location: Cardiff
Listing expiry date: Nov 4, 2025
Salary (minimum): 29179
Salary (maximum): 34132
To help achieve our goals, we’re looking for a Placements Officer to co-ordinate the administration of non-statutory placements across courses including the MBA and providing a professional service to staff, students and external stakeholders. The postholder will ensure that the end-to-end business process are delivered effectively and to target. The post holder will utilise MetHub, the University’s placement monitoring software, to create and update processes for placement administration. The post requires a committed and enthusiastic individual who is an experienced administrator with excellent IT skills and acute attention to detail, as well as the ability to own and complete tasks to a high standard. All credit-bearing placements support the employability and career development of our students which is a focus of the Learning, Teaching & Student Engagement enabling strategy of Strategy 2030.
You’ll play a key role in:
- Co-ordinating the administration of work placements to fulfil University health and safety requirements
- Conveying detailed information regarding work placements orally and in writing to staff, students and external organisations to provide understanding of shared responsibilities
- Building relationships with external organisations to ensure quality work placement opportunities for students
- Supporting the creation and adaption of placement administration processes and procedures to ensure efficiency and accuracy of delivery
- Gathering and analysing data on work placements to monitor progress
What you’ll bring:
The post requires a committed and enthusiastic individual who is an experienced administrator with excellent IT skills and acute attention to detail.
As Placement Officer, you’ll have well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, sound analytical and problem solving capability, as well as the ability to own and complete tasks to a high standard.
Additionally you’ll:
- be able to effectively plan, organise and prioritise skills including the ability to respond to changing pressures or requirements
- have experience of using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint
- have experience of working in a customer focused environment or similar where people skills are important
- be able to work independently and use initiative
- possess well-developed team working skills
- have experience of building partnerships with external organisations
- have an understanding of equal opportunities as they relate to provision of support for students.
Why join Cardiff Metropolitan University?
We are a values-based University. We are proud of our culture, and we are there for our people. Our community spirit is the golden thread that underpins our values and behaviours. We support and embrace inclusion that enables everyone to feel respected and able to perform at their best. By joining our University, you’ll find yourself in a unique environment where a wealth of knowledge and resources are readily available, supporting you with your career development.
We offer excellent benefits such as:
- Annual leave of 25 days, rising to 30 days after 1 years’ service, plus 12 bank holiday / concessionary days.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous monthly contributions.
- Excellent family friendly policies
- Opportunities to learn and develop your skills with access to library and digital services facilities.
- Award winning sports and fitness facilities with subsidised membership and cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme.
- Free family access to our independent specialist wellbeing support provider, Health Assured.
Contact us
For more information about the role please contact Shane Colhoun, scolhoun@cardiffmet.ac.uk, or feel free to contact Aleks Janusiewicz, the Recruitment Advisor supporting this vacancy on ajanusiewicz2@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
All applications must be submitted online.
The person specification will be used as a tool for shortlisting; so please make sure you use this information when writing your application. You can find useful hints and tips about how to apply by visiting our Application Guidance page.
Application URL:
https://jobs.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=2526092