Senior Administrator (Placements)

The Health Professional Placements team is a specialist team responsible for ensuring students in the College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences (HWLS) are allocated to relevant placement experiences for their course of study.

We organise placements for three departments including Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery and Social Work.  Within these departments, we oversee over 25 courses and plan approximately 15,000 placements each academic year.

We undertake this vital function, whilst ensuring that we are compliant with Audits, monitoring and maintaining Placement Evaluations, co-ordinate the reimbursement of placement expenses via the NHS Bursary scheme and many other support services.

This is an exciting and demanding role that is strongly linked to the student experience. You will be responsible for providing excellent placement planning, allocation, and related support, as well as advice to students on placement issues.

You will work closely with academic colleagues, placement providers and stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of services to students in relation to placements.

We are looking for resilient, confident, and proactive individuals with relatable experience. You should have the ability to solve problems and possess excellent oral and written communication skills. You should also be able to plan and prioritise your own workload and be able to work to deadlines managing and prioritising your work to meet conflicting demands.

You will be contractually enrolled into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) – one of the largest and most generous defined benefit pension schemes in the country.  

Find out more about the LGPS.

If you are, or have been, a recent member of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) directly prior to joining us, you can choose to opt out of the LGPS and remain in the USS.  Please

contact the Pensions team

to discuss options available.

For this job we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic applicants who are underrepresented in this area/ this type of job at Sheffield Hallam.  

The role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route so if you are an international applicant, you will need to ensure you have an appropriate visa to evidence the necessary right to work in the UK.

We welcome applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements. 

We recommend you download the job description and person specification when you apply, as this will not be available once the job has closed.

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