Job summary
Please note that this role is open to candidates currently working within Gloucestershire ICB, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust.
The Industry Placement Coordinator Officer (IPCO) is a strategic and operational role within Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, supporting the expansion of T Level industry placements across the county's health and care system. Employed by GHC and hosted by its Learning and Development Team, the IPCO works on behalf of the One Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board, reporting to the ICS Apprenticeship and Widening Participation Programme Lead.
The IPCO advocates for T Level placements as a vital workforce development tool, engaging senior leaders and service managers to embed placements into organisational practice. The role involves developing sustainable placement models, identifying new opportunities, and aligning them with service needs across clinical and non-clinical sectors.
Key responsibilities include building relationships with education providers and community organisations, promoting careers in health and care, and supporting widening participation. The IPCO also leads on creating system-wide frameworks, streamlining operational processes, and ensuring high-quality placement delivery. Collaboration across NHS trusts, social care, and education partners is central to the role, alongside monitoring and sharing best practice nationally.
Main duties of the job
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders, including education and care providers.
- Lead or contribute to working groups, projects, and initiatives, offering analytical expertise.
- Develop and manage data systems for accurate and timely reporting.
- Communicate complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly reports for the Department for Education and other stakeholders.
- Provide specialist advice to programme leads to support T-Level Industry Placements (IPs).
- Monitor T-Level IPs, including cohort tracking and documentation.
- Collaborate with HR, TEL, workforce planning, communications, and external partners to share strategic insights.
- Identify and engage target groups through outreach and marketing.
- Maintain accurate records of student outcomes and destinations.
- Support business planning to achieve quality outcomes.
- Coordinate logistics for recruitment, inductions, workshops, and site visits.
- Create promotional and evaluation materials, including case studies.
- Champion equality, diversity, and inclusion throughout all activities.
- Work with NHS, social care, education providers, and local partners to ensure a coordinated approach to T-Level activities.
- Provide regular briefings and contribute to relevant working groups.
- Stay informed on careers engagement policies and assess their impact.
- Ensure IT equipment is secure, especially during travel and site visits.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to:
Lead on the financial delivery of the service ensuring it is cost effective and delivered on time. Evaluate projects/function within identified portfolio for delivery against financial recovery/savings plans through providing sophisticated, high quality project analysis. Provide specialist training, advice and support on own role/ responsibilities where necessary. Contribute to the development of key performance indicators for the successful assessment of individual and workstream success. Focus work according to the agreed workstreams assuming responsibility for own objectives and areas of priority to realise intended benefits. Raise the profile of T-Levels and related employment and academic programme opportunities upon completion of the T-Level, with workforce transformation leads and senior leaders across the system. Work in line with GDPR requirements, maintaining confidentiality and ensuring records are accurate and where requested, archiving/deleting records in line with requirements. Take personal responsibility for minimising health, safety and security risks while also supporting others to do likewise. Support diversity, promote social inclusion and work to reduce inequalities in health opportunities through widening participation engagement with the target groups. Communicate information to others, in an accessible format and range of approaches, visual, written and hands on activities. Always address individuals respectfully and with a kind manner. Act with tact and diplomacy where this is indicated. Support people to speak up so that their thoughts, ideas and concerns are heard. Act in ways that support equality and value diversity, treating everyone with dignity and respect and recognising and reporting behaviour that undermines equality and diversity. Commit to the potential need within the role for flexible working, this may include working some evenings, or weekend days to cover events to meet workstream outcomes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to:
Lead on the financial delivery of the service ensuring it is cost effective and delivered on time. Evaluate projects/function within identified portfolio for delivery against financial recovery/savings plans through providing sophisticated, high quality project analysis. Provide specialist training, advice and support on own role/ responsibilities where necessary. Contribute to the development of key performance indicators for the successful assessment of individual and workstream success. Focus work according to the agreed workstreams assuming responsibility for own objectives and areas of priority to realise intended benefits. Raise the profile of T-Levels and related employment and academic programme opportunities upon completion of the T-Level, with workforce transformation leads and senior leaders across the system. Work in line with GDPR requirements, maintaining confidentiality and ensuring records are accurate and where requested, archiving/deleting records in line with requirements. Take personal responsibility for minimising health, safety and security risks while also supporting others to do likewise. Support diversity, promote social inclusion and work to reduce inequalities in health opportunities through widening participation engagement with the target groups. Communicate information to others, in an accessible format and range of approaches, visual, written and hands on activities. Always address individuals respectfully and with a kind manner. Act with tact and diplomacy where this is indicated. Support people to speak up so that their thoughts, ideas and concerns are heard. Act in ways that support equality and value diversity, treating everyone with dignity and respect and recognising and reporting behaviour that undermines equality and diversity. Commit to the potential need within the role for flexible working, this may include working some evenings, or weekend days to cover events to meet workstream outcomes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or relevant experience
- Evidence of continued CPD
Desirable
- Project management qualification
- Master's degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience in careers, education, outreach, T-Levels
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level or relevant experience
- Evidence of continued CPD
Desirable
- Project management qualification
- Master's degree
Experience
Essential
- Experience in careers, education, outreach, T-Levels
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
