"Placement Career Coach"

About the Job

Are you passionate about helping international students develop their employability, secure meaningful work opportunities, and grow their career confidence? If so, this could be the role for you.

As a Placement Career Coach, you will support international postgraduate students as they prepare for, secure, and succeed in their placement year. From delivering engaging employability workshops to providing tailored one-to-one careers and job coaching, you will play a central role in helping students navigate the job market and build the skills employers value most.

You will also guide students through the practical aspects of their placement journey – from applications and interviews to ensuring placements meet compliance standards – and provide ongoing support while they are in the role. As students complete their placements, you will help them reflect on their experiences, connect them to wider careers resources, and prepare them for graduate opportunities.

This is a varied role where no two days are the same. You will collaborate with colleagues across the university, build relationships with employers, and represent the Careers Service at careers fairs, employer events, and student welcome activities.

About You

You will have a genuine passion for empowering students to secure and succeed in their placements as a vital step in their career journey. With experience of working with international and home students and a background in careers, employability, or job coaching, you will know how to guide students through the challenges of finding, applying for, and thriving in placement opportunities. Confident in delivering both group employability workshops and personalised one-to-one coaching, you will inspire ambition, build confidence, and help students achieve successful outcomes.

Ambitious and results-driven, you will combine creativity and initiative with strong organisational skills, ensuring the smooth sourcing, administration, and monitoring of placements. You will also bring the ability to build positive relationships with employers, colleagues, and partners, enabling you to create opportunities that meet compliance standards while supporting students’ career aspirations.

Most importantly, you will be motivated by making a lasting difference to students’ employability and placement success. In return, you will enjoy a role that offers variety, innovation, and the opportunity to shape the journeys of ambitious international students and help them take confident steps toward rewarding global careers.

Benefits Package

At UEL, we believe that a great role is about more than just a salary. It’s about the complete package, including our outstanding work environment and inclusive culture. We offer a genuinely competitive salary, dependent on experience (DOE), and a range of excellent benefits. You can explore our full benefits package here.