Placements Coordinator

Description

Windsor Forest Colleges Group is looking to employ a permanent Placements Coordinator to join our Sixth Form Careers & Employability team. Working 37 hours a week this role is based across our Strode's and Windsor College campuses on a term time only basis working 41 weeks per year.

The role pays from £25,116.16 (H19) to £27,604.40 (H22) depending on experience and qualifications. The full time equivalent for this role would be £27,284.00 (H19) up to £29,987.00 (H22).

Please note that we are looking for the successful candidate to start in time for the beginning of the Autumn term.

Placements Coordinator

We are looking for a proactive, highly organised individual who is driven to support young people and make a real impact behind the scenes of successful industry placement programmes.

As a Placement Coordinator, you’ll be at the heart of delivery, supporting students and employers while ensuring that industry placements are appropriate, safe and fully compliant. This post is required to lead on finding, processing and monitoring industry placements for T Levels, which is a key growth area for our Colleges. Working closely with curriculum teams and the Careers and Placements Manager, you’ll keep learners on track, managing the essential paperwork and monitoring tools that underpin their professional development. This includes conducting site risk assessments, tracking student allocations and producing evaluative reports to ensure every placement meets high standards.

Acting as a key point of contact, you will confidently handle queries from students, external organisations, and parents or carers while actively building a network of employer partners. This role requires a sharp eye for detail and proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google applications and CRM databases to maintain accurate records across multiple systems and support the promotion of work placements at college events.

If you have experience in a customer focused environment, possess strong administrative skills, and thrive in a collaborative team, this is a fantastic opportunity. If you have a working knowledge of T Level qualifications and Department for Education (DfE) requirements, this will be to your advantage in delivering a high quality support service.

For further details on this role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About Us

The Windsor Forest Colleges Group (TWFCG) is a leading education provider in the South East. Our staff work across 4 main campuses at Langley, Windsor, Strodes Egham and Berkshire College of Agriculture Maidenhead. Our teams place the learner at the heart of all we do and in our state of the art learning environments, we are proud to deliver education and training to a diverse group of students and businesses each year.

For further details on this role please refer to the attached job description/person specification.

Our staff benefit from:

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) currently offering 24.3% employer contribution

Free onsite parking at all sites

Career progression opportunities for ambitious staff

Access to a wide range of subsidised leisure courses

Access to excellent defined benefit pension schemes

Cycle to Work Scheme

Family friendly policies supporting Work Life Balance

Onsite Coffee Shop & Cafeteria

Various health & wellbeing benefits including discounted gym memberships, confidential staff counselling and discounted hair and beauty treatments at The Salon at Langley College

Various health & wellbeing benefits including discounted gym memberships, confidential staff counselling and discounted hair and beauty treatments at The Salon at Langley College

Please be advised that the vacancy will close on Saturday 13th June 2026. However, applications will be shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

To apply please visit our careers page and complete the online application form.

Please ensure you pay particular attention to the supporting statement of the online application form making sure to include details of how you meet each of the essential criteria listed on the person specification.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff to share this commitment. xjnqpsq Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and Barred List check along with other legally required checks which are an essential part of the safeguarding process.

Recruitment Agencies we have a PSL of trusted partners to assist us when required and do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies not on this list

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