Work Placement [Officer] Advisor
💰Salary: Up to £30,477 per annum (dependant on qualifications and experience)
🕒Working Pattern: Full-time – 37 hours per week / 52 weeks per year
📍Location: Cross Campus – Sparsholt and Andover
📅Closing Date: 25th May 2026
About the role: ✨
Working as part of the Industry Placement team, the purpose of the role is to support students, who undertake full-time vocational and technical study programmes, to participate in high quality work placements. These placements enable students to develop practical and technical skills, substantive occupational work experience and an awareness of working life in the sector which links to their study programme.
The role will support securing of placements with employers, preparing students for their placements and monitoring of the students’ skills development while on placement.
The successful applicant will: 📚
• Enjoy working with and interacting with young people
• Possess strong IT, organisational and administrative skills
• Enjoy and be use to working to agreed targets and deadlines
• Have a good standard of education including English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above
• Have a pro-active and positive approach to enable you to quickly build relationships with both placement representatives and students
• Have a valid driving licence and be able to use their own vehicle, as required, to undertake employment visits
• Ideally have previous experience of liaising with employers
The Industry Placement team have an office based at the Sparsholt Campus, however, the post is cross-campus between Andover College campus and Sparsholt 🌱
College Benefits include: 🎓
• Eligibility to join a defined contribution pension scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Occupational Sick Pay & Maternity Pay schemes
• Flexible Working Policy
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on-campus gym at Sparsholt Campus
• Free access to the library and learning resources centre
• Opportunity to purchase Sparsholt-grown produce: plants, fresh fruit & veg, fish, and game
• Discounted hair treatments at the Andover campus salon
• Wide range of CPD events, plus support with professional qualifications
• Several on-site food outlets offering great value meals
• An on-site nursery (operated by a commercial provider)
There is a nursery on the Sparsholt campus operated by a commercial provider
🌈Join us in making a difference!
Make a real difference every day – help students grow, thrive, and reach their potential!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
The College is committed to safeguarding and promotes the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment.
All successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check and to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the UK.