Placements Officer

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract

King's considers the professional and personal development of our staff a priority and we offer an inspiring range of opportunities for training and career progression. Our Organisational Development team provide in-house and bespoke learning. Location: Hybrid - minimum of 2 days per week on campus (include the respective location: Waterloo Campus, James Clerk Maxwell Building About you To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Essential criteria

• Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to draft documents and correspondence
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages and the ability to work on new systems
• Strong numeracy skills and ability to analyse complex numerical data
• Ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders in a professional and assured manner
• Proactive with the ability to work independently as well as delivering within a team
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills, underpinned by strong interpersonal skills and personal effectiveness, able to deliver high quality work and projects to deadlines, work efficiently and prioritise appropriately, and take individual responsibility for planning and undertaking work.
• Curious, customer service oriented, with a commitment to personal accountability and continuous improvement
Desirable criteria
• Degree level or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Experience in the use of databases, student records systems (such as SITS), placement management systems (such as InPlace) and website content management systems (ideally Contensis).
• Prior experience of working in a customer facing environment.
• Experience of using virtual learning environments (primarily KEATS).
  
  is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of , we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.
The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King's applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4
• (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4, impact rated 4, environment rated 4(joint), Grade Point Average and Power. REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.
As of 2026, King's is top-two in the world for Nursing and #1 in the UK for the 8th year in a row (QS world rankings). King's produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. King's is the largest provider of health care education in Europe. The (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the , the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams. Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes. We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth., At King's, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.