Work Experience Officer (Temporary)
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Job Description
Work Experience Officer
Temporary | Contract
Location: the West Midlands
Salary: £25 per hour
Start date: 16 November 2026
About the Role
As a Work Experience Officer, you'll source and arrange work placements for learners at a further education provider, helping them gain real-world experience linked to their course and future career.
You'll build and maintain relationships with employers across the area, check that placements offer proper supervision and a safe working environment, and work alongside teaching teams to match learners to the right opportunities.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Contacting employers to source suitable work experience and industry placement opportunities.
- Carrying out health and safety and suitability checks on employers before placements begin.
- Working with curriculum teams to match learners with relevant placements.
- Preparing learners for placement, including paperwork and pre-placement training.
- Keeping accurate records of placement hours, employer activity and compliance checks.
What We're Looking For
Essential:
- Experience in a professional setting with strong customer service skills
- Confident contacting employers and building working relationships
- A good understanding of health and safety requirements for work placements
- Organised, with the ability to manage records, solve problems and support learners professionally
- Willing to complete a new Enhanced DBS check as required
If you enjoy connecting employers with learners and want to help young people take their first step into the workplace, we'd love to hear from you.
Important Notice Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Dovetail and Slate Ltd (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. We are an equal opportunities employer. By applying, you consent to your data being processed for recruitment purposes in line with our Privacy Policy. Because education matters. © Dovetail and Slate Limited.
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Your Recruitment Consultant
Mike Stuart
Recruitment Manager
Requirements
- Experience in a professional setting with strong customer service skills
- Confident contacting employers and building working relationships
- Good understanding of health and safety requirements for work placements
- Organised with ability to manage records and solve problems
- Enhanced DBS check required
Skills & Qualifications
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