University of Salford
Placement Support Coordinator
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Are you an organised administrator with excellent customer service skills? Join our Professional Services team in the School of Health and Society and help support students as they prepare for professional placements.
Role Overview
As a Placements Support Coordinator, you'll support students throughout their pre-placement journey, monitor placement readiness requirements, maintain accurate records, and work closely with academic colleagues, placement providers, and professional services teams to ensure placements run smoothly. This is a varied role where you'll balance competing priorities, respond to student enquiries, produce reports, and contribute to improving our placement processes. You'll play an important part in helping students begin their professional placements with confidence.
Key Responsibilities
- Support students throughout their pre-placement journey.
- Monitor placement readiness requirements.
- Maintain accurate records.
- Work closely with academic colleagues, placement providers, and professional services teams.
- Respond to student enquiries.
- Produce reports.
- Contribute to improving our placement processes.
Requirements
We're looking for someone with experience in administration, student support, or a customer-facing environment who has excellent organisational skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to build positive working relationships. You'll be confident using Microsoft 365 and other digital systems and committed to delivering an excellent student experience. Experience of higher education, healthcare education, or placement administration is desirable but not essential. If you have transferable skills and enjoy working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we'd encourage you to apply.
Contact Information
Any questions regarding this role – please contact Nathan Finnigan – n.j.finnigan@salford.ac.uk
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About the School of Health and Society
With over 8,000 students, we are the largest School at the University, with colleagues and students from all over the world. We are a forward-thinking, dynamic school with a commitment to lifelong learning and real-world impact. We offer programmes across a range of subject areas including counselling, nursing and midwifery, allied and public health, psychology, sociology, social work and social policy, policing and criminology, and sport.
Through our interdisciplinary research network and three research centres, we focus on improving health, social, and individual outcomes. We are part of the global healthcare community, and collaboration is at the heart of what we do, working with a wide range of industry partners locally, regionally, and globally.
By joining us, you will become part of a wide network of professionals, sharing knowledge and expertise. Like us, you will be passionate and committed and will be part of our ambitious journey to shape the health professionals, community, and social leaders of the future.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and excellent pension scheme
- An impressive 32 days leave plus bank holidays, additional time off at Christmas, and the opportunity to buy even more!
- Flexible working – we support a culture of flexible and agile working to help you find the right balance.
- Professional development – we offer a comprehensive package of training and development opportunities to help you achieve your full potential.
- Our community – there's a real sense of belonging here at Salford. We value diversity, in backgrounds and in experiences. Our difference makes us stronger, and together we share a passion for improving students' lives.
- The Perks! – MySalford, our online employee portal offers a wide range of lifestyle benefits and discounts.
- Wellbeing support – all our people are important to us, and we have services and facilities dedicated to your mental and physical health, ranging from an Employee Assistance Programme and counselling to sports and fitness facilities including discounted gym membership.
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Job Description
Join us here in Salford and be part of one of the UK’s fastest-growing universities. At Salford, you’ll find a career that works for you, with flexible working, great benefits, generous annual leave, and continuous professional development.
All our people are important to us, and we have services dedicated to your mental and physical wellbeing, from an Employee Assistance Programme to discounted gym membership. All of this on either our Peel Park campus or our MediaCity campus, at the heart of a world-renowned digital and media hub.
We value diversity – in backgrounds and in experiences. Our difference makes us stronger, and together we share a passion for improving students’ lives. We have a commitment to be Net Zero by 2038 and embed sustainability in all aspects of university life.
And, most importantly, we offer you a rewarding career. A career where everything you do will make a difference – to the students, our local community, and the world around you.
At the University of Salford, you’ll join a place to be inspired, connect, and thrive. Find out more about a career that works for you at www.salford.ac.uk/jobs.
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