Practice Learning Unit Support Officer

Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is a distinctive, unique institution, rooted in the Liverpool City Region and with a global presence. Our students and staff, past, present, and future, are the beating heart of our city and can be found in every corner of every industry and community. We couldn’t exist anywhere else and have shaped the city in which we belong. Working with the people of Liverpool to improve lives and support communities is at the heart of why we were founded and why we exist today.

Working in the Faculty of Health, Innovation, Technology and Science's Practice Learning Support Unit, you will work with the PLSU Manager to take responsibility for specific workstreams relating to Practice-based Learning activity in line with the faculty’s strategic objectives around work-based learning and our agenda for student employability.

You will provide supervision and support to the function of the Practice Learning Support Unit, which includes the allocation of placements, the processing of placement related documentation as well as ensuring the faculty’s compliance to the University’s Code of Practice for Work based learning and professional, statutory, and regulatory body requirements.

You will have previous relevant supervisory and administrative experience, be capable of working collaboratively with stakeholders and people across the University in a professional manner and providing advice and support to students.  You will have the ability to communicate well both orally and in writing, competency in IT skills, excellent organisational skills, and the ability to work under your own initiative and as part of a team. Experience of dealing discretely with confidential and sensitive information is essential.

For informal enquiries, please contact Sarah Marshall at s.marshall@ljmu.ac.uk

In return, we offer an excellent benefits package including generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, induction and development support as well as family-friendly policies.

This is an exciting time to join the university as we deliver the LJMU Strategy 2030 and its vision of LJMU as an inclusive civic university transforming lives and futures, by placing students at the heart of everything we do.

If you feel that this is the role you have been looking for and your skills and experience can make a real difference at LJMU, we look forward to hearing from you.

LJMU is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and communities irrespective of age, transgender status, disability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and religion or belief.  All our appointments are made on merit.

Please note all of our vacancies will be closed to applications at midnight on the advertised closing date, unless otherwise stated.