Are you an organised, proactive administrator who enjoys working with people, managing a varied workload, and making a real difference? 

The Faculty of Science is seeking a highly motivated Placements Administrator to join our dynamic Placements Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting students as they embark on professional placements and international study experiences that enhance their employability, confidence and future careers.

We place students’ personal development and learning at the centre of our work, using the expertise and knowledge of an inclusive and approachable team.

We care about student well-being, excellent service and University reputation.

Trust, care and our team’s work-life balance are part of our core values, resulting in commitment to our roles and each other’s’ welfare. 

In this busy and rewarding role, you will coordinate essential placement and study abroad processes, maintain student records and online resources, organise events and exhibitions, and provide outstanding support to students and stakeholders.

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ you

We are looking for someone with excellent organisational and communication skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. 

In return, you will join a supportive and collaborative team, work in a vibrant university environment, and have the opportunity to contribute directly to the success and development of our students.

Further information

Learn more about our Faculty, its Departments and our placements here:

/faculties/faculty-of-science/

For an informal discussion, please contact Jonny Hodgson Head of Placements & Engagement, jkh49@bath.ac.uk 

Apply now and help our students take their next step towards a successful future.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you 

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Ä¢¹½´«Ã½
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ a great place to work as well as following us and .

Be Well at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½

We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½.

 

Closing Date: 26 Oct 2026

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £27,241 to £30,986

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ the role

Are you passionate about helping students succeed while building strong partnerships with employers? Join our Faculty of Science Placements Team and play a pivotal role in connecting students with placement opportunities across the UK and internationally. 

This is a varied and rewarding role where you will build on and manage a portfolio of placement opportunities, work closely with academic departments, and build relationships with organisations across industry, commerce and the public sector. You will support students through every stage of the placement journey, from developing employability skills and securing opportunities to monitoring their progress and celebrating their achievements. 

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ you

We are looking for an organised, proactive and highly skilled communicator, preferably with some background in one of our disciplines, who can confidently engage with students, academics and senior external stakeholders. You will be adept at managing multiple priorities, solving problems, delivering presentations and fostering collaborative relationships. Experience of employer engagement, higher education or student support would be highly advantageous. 

In return, you will join a supportive and forward-thinking team committed to enhancing student success and graduate outcomes. The role offers opportunities to influence practice across the Faculty, visit students on placement, develop professional networks, and contribute to innovative employability initiatives. 

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy building meaningful partnerships, and want to make a tangible difference to students' futures, we would love to hear from you. 

Learn more about our Faculty, its Departments and our placements here: 

/faculties/faculty-of-science/ 

Apply today and help shape the next generation of Science graduates. 

Further information 

For an informal discussion, please contact Jonny Hodgson Head of Placements & Engagement, jkh49@bath.ac.uk 

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you 

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Ä¢¹½´«Ã½
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ a great place to work as well as following us and .

Be Well at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½

We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½.

Closing Date: 19 Oct 2026

Department: Management, Specialist and Administration

Salary: £31,861 to £38,448

Join the HOLLOW SILK project, an ambitious research project funded by the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) through its Universal Fabricators programme. HOLLOW SILK aims to develop a novel manufacturing platform based on engineered silk, for the production of microstructured optical fibres. By combining expertise in biomaterials, fibre manufacturing, chemistry, photonics and engineering, the project will establish innovative routes to advanced materials and structures that are difficult, or even impossible, to achieve using conventional manufacturing technologies.

We are recruiting two Postdoctoral Researchers to join the project for up to 36 months. 

The two positions will play complementary roles within the team. We anticipate appointing at least one Research Associate, and are particularly keen for the other appointment to be made at Research Fellow level, with responsibility for providing technical leadership across the programme. The Technical Lead will help to drive rapid innovation in the programme, coordinate activities between the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ and our international partners and contribute to the strategic direction and delivery of the project, as well as supporting funding bids.

Appointment will be made at Grade 7 (Research Associate) or Grade 8 (Research Fellow), depending on qualifications, experience and track record (see job description below). 

As a member of Research Staff at the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, you will be encouraged to take up a minimum of 10 days professional development pro rata per year.

The team and environment

Based within the Centre for Photonics at the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, you will work alongside Professor William Wadsworth, Dr Rox Middleton and Dr Soraya Caixeiro, and collaborate with leading international partners including Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto and Dr Giulia Guidetti (Silklab, Tufts University) and Dr David Breslauer (USA). The project will be based within the Centre for Photonics at the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, providing a highly collaborative environment. 

The successful candidates will join a highly interdisciplinary and international team. Alongside the two Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ postdoctoral researchers, the project includes three further postdoctoral researchers based at Tufts University, a research technician at the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½, and programme administrator, providing significant opportunities for collaboration, exchange of expertise and international engagement.

Researchers will also have access to relevant entrepreneurship and professional development opportunities.

In this role you will:

• Develop novel silk-based materials and fabrication processes for advanced fibre technologies.
• Plan and deliver experimental research, including materials characterisation and data analysis.
• Contribute to the optimisation of material performance and manufacturing approaches.
• Publish high-quality research and present findings at conferences and project meetings.
• Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team spanning the UK and USA. 

Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ you

We are looking for creative, ambitious researchers who are excited by tackling challenging problems, developing new technologies and working across disciplinary boundaries.

You should hold, or be close to completing, a PhD in Materials Science, Biomaterials, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or a closely related discipline.

For applicants appointable at Grade 8, additional responsibilities will include providing technical leadership, coordinating research activities across partner institutions, supporting project delivery as well as supporting funding bids, and helping to shape the scientific direction of the programme.

Further information

For an informal discussion regarding the role please contact Soraya Caixeiro at scc201@bath.ac.uk.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you 

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Ä¢¹½´«Ã½
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ a great place to work as well as following us and .

Be Well at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½

We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½.

 

Closing Date: 01 Nov 2026

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £39,560 to £57,666 .Salary for a Research Associate (Grade 7) is £ 39, 560 rising to £ 46,970, salary for a Research Fellow (grade 8) is £48,337 rising to £57,666 per annum.