Placement Team Leader (Practice Placements)

Practice Education (Placement Activity) accounts for up to 50% of a student’s course when studying a professional degree and is imperative to ensure our students have the relevant opportunity to gain experiences and the required skills for their chosen profession. The Placement Team Leader’s role is to oversee high quality, efficient and effective placement administrative support for students, academics, and placement providers. The post holder will utilise their extensive line management and administrative skills to support the workings of the team. 

Working with and supporting the Practice Education Support Manager, you will manage a team of administrators to coordinate practice placements across a portfolio of programmes across the Health, Science, Social Care and Education (HSSCE) faculty.  Using your enthusiasm and knowledge, you will coordinate administration work for practice placements for professions across HSSCE.

The Person

We are searching for an experienced, enthusiastic, proactive and organised individual to join the Practice Placement team. You will be line managing a team and supporting our placement activity work, whether this be refining processes, using your excellent communication and negotiation skills to support placement allocations, or using your analytical skills to process documentation on behalf of students in support of their placements.

You will need to have an excellent standard of ICT and literacy skills, be able to work independently to deadlines, and be able to communicate appropriately with internal and external stakeholders. You will be an effective team leader, and work across the wider team to support shared aims and goals in line with the University values.

Directorate/Function

The Practice Placement Team, within the Student Development and Graduate Success Department (SDGS) offers wide ranging practice-based education and training programmes across Nursing, Health Science, Midwifery, Social Care and Education which are informed by high quality and impactful research.

We have a successful track record in public and service user engagement to develop knowledge transfer partnerships and other enterprise activities.

The Student Directorate’s professional administration and support teams work together to ensure business and support services are effective, efficient and sustainable in meeting the needs of our students, staff, stakeholders and areas of work.

Further information

This is a part-time, fixed-term position for a period of 12 months, with a starting salary of £44,404 per annum (pro rata at 0.5 FTE). The role could be offered as a secondment opportunity.

Interviews are expected to be held on Friday, 12th September 2025.

For informal enquiries, please contact Sally Long, Practice Education Support Manager.

Bring your true self, expertise, and passion to Kingston where we are continuing to strive to build a university where authentic inclusion and belonging is at its heart. Every one of our staff and students’ identities, backgrounds and diverse experiences makes us who we are - so harness and embrace yours by applying today. We welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities and those with disabilities.

We are a place-based organisation, proud of our location in Kingston and the civic role we play in our community. Our campuses inspire collaborative, innovative and creative communities. Being present on campus is important to us because it helps us to create a sense of belonging for both our staff and students. Therefore, staff are expected to be on campus for the majority of their working week.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required, this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme. 

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