Employability Skills & Placement Officer - Sickness Cover

The Sheffield College • Full-time • Sheffield • £33,824 - £38,028 / year • 18h ago

Job Description

About us

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

About The role

Employability Skills & Placement Officer in Early Years and Childcare.

This is a temporary sickness cover role that is due to end on 22nd February 2027, or when the original post holder returns to work.

The Sheffield College is a large, vibrant and diverse further education college and we are proud of how the college contributes to transforming lives through learning by meeting local skills needs.

We have high aspirations and standards for ourselves, and our learners and this role will be a key one in supporting the college’s mission to be consistently great and ensure our students get the qualifications and skills they need to go further in employment, careers, apprenticeships, further training, and university level courses.

You will be responsible for ensuring learners gain high quality placements, experience of work and placements tasters, you will interact with the learner to jointly identify challenges and find solutions to overcome barriers to placements. You will be required to manage a case load of vacancies and candidates including shortlisting student applications and liaise with employers to set up student interviews. You will visit students in the workplace, offering training, support and assessment for the units within the qualification.

An assessor qualification would be advantageous for the role.

If you want to find out more about the role please contact Joshua Nodder, Academy Director at Joshua.Nodder@sheffcol.ac.uk.

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £33,824 - £38,028 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

Our benefits

Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with SYPA.
Annual leave - 30 Days (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
Health and wellbeing, we offer:
Employee assistance programme through Bupa
Occupational Health through PAM
Free eye tests for VDU users
Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses

Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact jobs@sheffcol.ac.uk

Armed Forces Covenant

As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant , we’re pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.

Safeguarding

We are an employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures.  Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding

Next Steps:

To apply: Click apply online and follow the links to complete the online application. For queries regarding the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team at jobs@sheffcol.ac.uk CVs are currently not accepted.

As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.  

Closing date: 18/09/2026

Please be aware – If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.

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