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Job Title: SEND Placements Officer
Location: Hybrid - Primarily home-based with occasional attendance at Bristol City Hall
Contract: Fixed-term with potential for extension
Hours: Part-time - 22 hours per week, working Tuesday to Thursday
Interview: In person, Bristol
Enhanced DBS Required

We are seeking a highly motivated and organised SEND Placements Officer to join our dedicated SEND Education Placement Team. You will play a key role in identifying and securing appropriate education placements for children and young people with SEND, working collaboratively with a wide range of professionals and providers.

As a SEND Placements Officer, you will:

• Conduct placement searches and coordinate with schools, colleges, and external services
• Build and maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders
• Manage a high volume of referrals with a methodical and organised approach
• Use your initiative to solve problems and support timely decision-making
• Work independently, demonstrating reliability and a 'can-do' attitude

We're looking for someone who has:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to foster effective relationships
• Proven ability to multi-task and manage competing priorities
• A methodical, organised approach to managing workloads
• The ability to work independently and use their initiative effectively
• Flexibility to attend City Hall when required, particularly during induction and occasional in-office meetings

Additional Information:

• Part-time role working Tuesday to Thursday (22 hours per week)
• Hybrid working arrangement - primarily from home
• City Hall is your contractual base and attendance may be required with notice
• Interviews will be held in person at City Hall
• This post requires an Enhanced DBS check
• There is a possibility that the contract may be extended

Why Choose Ackerman Pierce?

Ackerman Pierce calls upon over 15 years' worth of experience in recruiting directly into the Social Work Sector. We can offer a unique experience within recruitment where you have your own personal consultant, a DBS and Compliance service with a quick and easy registration process. We pride ourselves on a guaranteed weekly payment process.

To discuss this vacancy further or any other opportunities, please contact Elise Revett or email in your updated CV to us at Ackerman Pierce.

As a result of internal promotions we are looking for a well-organised, highly IT literate individual to provide administrative support to the placements team. 

You will join a successful and friendly team and be responsible for providing an efficient and effective service to students, employer partners and staff.  

About us

The placements team support nearly 1000 different placements, exchanges and consultancy projects each year, and the administrators are a vital part of the team's activities. 

Among other responsibilities they manage a number of shared mailboxes and ensure all required documentation and assessment is completed by students and employers. 

They also ensure databases and other data records are completed accurately. 

About you

Our ideal candidate will:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with placement providers, students, academic staff, professional services and other stakeholders. 
• Have excellent written and spoken communication skills, and be able to manage a complex workload. 
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills, together with a positive, professional manner and the ability to deal tactfully and confidently with people at all levels;  
• Have excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritise work effectively and consistently meet deadlines. 
• Be able to support the planning and delivery of ad hoc events 
• Be confident in working on your own initiative but also as part of a team. 
• Have a proactive approach to improving administrative processes, with an interest in using tools such as Power Automate, Excel, and Mail Merge to streamline routine tasks. 
• Be confident in working with data, including the ability to extract, organise, and interpret basic information to support team activities. 

Additional information

We are able to offer this role at either part-time or full-time. Please make sure to specify your preference in your application form.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Martin Gore ( ) or Sabrina Earnshaw ( ).

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; autism friendly university , committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff . 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace  
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn .

Closing Date: 03 Aug 2025

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £26,338 to £29,959

Purpose

To attract and select candidates to fill Active & Passive Candidate positions

To manage the day-to-day delivery of recruitment activities and ensure that agreed metrics are met and adhered to

To be a brand ambassador, providing a luxury candidate and Hiring Manager experience, delivering to the highest quality, every day

Act as the Subject Matter Expert on delivering activities relating to Attracting, Sourcing, Screening, Assessment, Pipelining, and Offer

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to build effective sourcing and assessment approaches with an ability to manage expectations
• Manage the complete lifecycle of the candidate journey. This includes but is not limited to;
• Effectively attract, source and match candidates to positions
• Advertising roles as required in the most appropriate way to attract candidates - Linkedin, job boards etc
• Telephone/video interview all shortlisted applicants
• Coordinate, present and conduct competency and strength-based candidate interviews and assessment centres
• Organise interviews
• Manage the offer process
• Support with strategies to increase diverse talent across the business
• Develop and maintain a network of candidates through effectively sourcing and on-going relationship management.
• Develop talent maps through pro-active market research and leveraging candidate network
• Partner with HRBP and wider HR team in relation to appropriate candidate remuneration, mobility and visa queries.
• Support with wider TA strategies with ideas and approaches related to recruitment of talent that will contribute to better ways of working
• Be a brand ambassador by living the client values across all actions

Measures of success

• Delivery of (Apply online only) passive and active candidate vacancies per year (depending on role)
• Talent Acquisition Pace, Accuracy and Quality metrics
• Delivery of effective talent pools and market maps
• Understanding the business and Recruitment Process for all areas
• Understanding the global key initiatives and process
• Meet all deadlines
• High level of accuracy in data input
• Role model the client Values

Experience

• Recruitment experience within an established internal and/or external recruitment function
• A clear understanding of Recruitment processes and standards relevant to own discipline.
• Expert sourcing skills with experience in managing multiple searches either inhouse or within agency
• Experience of engaging with passive candidates using varied sourcing methods
• Proven ability to strategically map companies and functions
• Experience of developing and effectively hiring from Talent Pools
• Experience of using innovative approaches to source, attract and build talent pools
• Experience in working with recruiting systems including applicant tracking systems
• Have a strong understanding of external best practice and trends in Talent Acquisition
• Delivering a luxury candidate and Hiring Manger experience, with a focus on quality and efficiency

Behaviours

• Creatively Driven
• Open and Caring
• Proud of our heritage
• Forward Thinking

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Role: Talent Acquisition
Location: Remote some travel to Bristol
Role Type: 12 months - initially
Salary: potentially up to £24 an hour depending on experience

Overview:
Our leading global aerospace client is seeking an experienced Talent Acquisition Specialist / Consultant Advisor for their International Contingent Labour (Worker) Team, who is a highly organised and proactive individual. This posi.

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