Job reference: SRF50509
Salary: £25,138 - £28,759 per annum (pro-rata)
Closing date: 17/03/2025
Department: Student Services
Location: Whiteknights Reading UK
Employment type: AAS-Clerical
Division: Careers & Employability
Hours Per Week: 28.8 hours per week
Job live date: 18/02/2025
Employment Basis/Type: Part time, Permanent

Job Description

The Clinical Placement Administrator role will include a wide range of duties involving the day-to-day organisation, facilitation and administration of student placements and placement related activity in the school of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences

The role will include the responsibility for supporting placement activities across a range of programmes in the school and include monitoring and reviewing placement offers, paperwork and supporting the reporting and quality assurance of placement activity including our Speech and language Therapy placements and other placement programmes within the school.


You will have:

  • Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
  • Evidence of being an excellent administrator
  • Good numeracy skills with strong attention to detail
  • Excellent Microsoft Office skills with the ability to work with a range of IT systems, especially Excel
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, inclusive of academic staff, students and placement providers
  • Ability to work to deadlines and under pressure


Closing date: 17th March 2025

Interview date: 2nd April 2025


Contact details

Contact Name: Emma Sowden

Contact Job Title: Head of Student Placements

Contact Email address: e.l.sowden@reading.ac.uk

Alternative Contact Name: Allie Biddle

Alternative Contact Job Title: Clinical Placement Coordinator for Speech and Language Therapy

Alternative Contact: a.biddle@reading.ac.uk


Candidates who do not already have permission to work in the UK should note that by reference to the applicable SOC code for this role, sponsorship will not be possible under the Skilled Worker Route. There is further information about this on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.


The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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