Placement Lead

4 weeks ago


Muscat, Muscat, Oman Muscat University Full time

Qualifications: Minimum
Bachelor's degree and experience in recruitment, career development, B2B
relationship management or business development.

Responsibilities
  • Promoting placement opportunities and benefits to students in a range of media including, but not limited to, flyers, presentations, documents, video and online activity.
  • Being the point of contact for Muscat University students with enquiries about industrial placements and being the focal point during the placement year.
  • Managing, updating and promoting the Student Portal with respect to placement opportunities, documentation and application forms.
  • Delivering careers related modules to prepare students for placement and help them to reflect on their experiences. To advise and guide students (in groups or as individuals, online and in person) about the application process including, CVs, application forms, interviews and selection tests.
  • Advising students on their applications and on the requirements of undertaking a placement.
  • Working in collaboration with the work placement tutors, ensuring that they are available to meet students or employers when necessary and to brief them about placement visits and reporting procedures, as well as any problems or concerns. To work closely with the Faculty Directors to allocate workloads to the work placement tutors and ensure consistency of approach.
  • Working with the Faculty Deans/Directors to decide on appropriate employers and the suitability of what they can offer. Advising companies on choice of candidates, arranging interviews, matching job offers to students to satisfy needs of firms and students.
  • Scheduling and planning for the year ahead and future placements. Liaising with employers to explain the structure of the placement year, arrange visits to campus for recruitment events ensuring that employers' needs are met and that students and staff are aware of the events.
  • Collecting and/or providing feedback to employers following a placement.
  • Assessing placement opportunities to ensure they meet quality assurance guidelines, relevant academic subject validation documents and ensuring all placements (sourced by Muscat University or the student themselves) reach the guidelines set for Health and Safety compliance, supporting and advising employers when necessary on their legal obligations.
  • Monitoring the suitability of existing placement opportunities; ensuring that employers are aware of their responsibilities to the student and of the student's and the University's responsibilities to them; maintaining long-term relationships with the employers concerned.
  • Carrying out pre-placement site visits to ensure adequate working environment where applicable; communicating details of placements to the University bodies which require the information; and to administer all other aspects of the activity.
  • Gathering and analysing market information, trends and competitor developments in order to understand and disseminate market intelligence for undergraduate placements across the faculties; managing and analysing data in relation to placement activity and creating reports for both internal and external view; contributing to the development of external accreditation reports; and participating in external accreditation reviews in relation to undergraduate placements.
  • Guiding students with personal and/or academic problems related to their placements and assisting students/employers experiencing placement difficulties in liaison with other student support staff as appropriate.
  • Working with academic partner institutions and the Faculty Deans/Directors and line manager to develop and update the placement documentation for the University, students and employers.
  • If necessary, liaising with academic partner institutions, and Faculty Deans/Directors in developing new schemes for placements such as study/work placement and research placement.
Other Duties
  • Maintaining detailed student placement records required by the Programme Board of Examiners. Keeping attendance records and monitoring the assignment submissions.
  • Contributing to the preparation of placement brochures and other literature for companies.
  • Maintaining the relevant pages of the university portal, including placement announcements, company information, weekly journal and student placement assessment details.
  • Representing the University at Open Days and speaking to potential students and parents.
  • Undertaking any other duties as required by the line manager.
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