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Find out more about the MyCareer jobs board
Get yourself career-ready with a placement.
A placement year is a great way to apply the knowledge from your degree to a real workplace - all before you graduate. Our Placement team can:
- Support you before and during your placement
- Help with searching for the right opportunities
- Provide guidance on applications and CV's
You can read placement students' stories and learn more about the process through our website.
Part-time Jobs
To check out the full range of roles, head to MyCareer.
- Casual Examinations Invigilators with UTC Portsmouth | Portsmouth | £13.59 per hour
- Cleaner with City of Portsmouth College | Portsmouth | Competitive
- School Liaison Assistant with City of Portsmouth College | Portsmouth | Competitive
- Cover Supervisor/Learning Support Assistant with GSL Education | Portsmouth | Competitive
- Content Writer with Adfluential Limited | Portsmouth | Competitive
Drop-in!
Want advice on your CV or part-time job search? There's no need to wait for an appointment! Simply come along to the Careers and Employability Centre on Guildhall Walk to speak to one of our Student Information Assistants. All you need is a copy of your CV.
Monday-Friday, 1.00pm-4.00pm
Volunteering
- Employability and Criminal Justice Charity Fundraising and Social Media Volunteer - The Hardman Trust
- Comic Con Avenger Volunteer - Portsmouth Guildhall
- Charity Shop Volunteer - Sue Ryder
- After School Creative Writing & Reading Group Support Volunteer - The Literacy Hubs
- After School Reading & Writing Group Support Volunteer - The Literacy Hubs
Placements roles
You can now get all your placement and career support from one place - our Careers Centre on Guildhall Walk! So whether you're searching for a placement role or want help with your applications, we're on hand with all the expertise you need. Below are just some of the vacancies available for a placement year in 2025/26:
- Health & Safety, Procurement & many more placement opportunities with BSH Home Appliances | Milton Keynes | 12 months | Competitive
- AI, Manufacturing, & many more placement opportunites with Seagate Technology | Londonderry, Northern Ireland | 12 months | Competitive
- Medicine, Science, IT & many more placement opportunities with Immunocore | Oxford | 12 months | Paid
- Digital Media Internship with Walt Disney | London | 12 months | £23,500
- Accountancy Placement with HW Fisher | London | 12 months | Competitive
- International Engagement & Stakeholders with The Met Office | South West | 12 months | £25,606
Graduate Jobs
- ARIA Frontier Specialist with Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) | London | over £40,000
- Application Support Analyst with CoreLogic | Fareham | £25,000- £30,000
- Junior Business Analyst with LendingMetrics | Fareham | £25,000- £30,000
- Schneider Electric UK Graduate Programme 2025 with Schneider Electric Via Gethighered | Nationwide (UK) | £31,500
- Lab Specialist Automation with Illumina | Cambridge | Competitive
Are you a final year or recent graduate? Register with the Graduate Recruitment Consultancy
If you are a final year undergraduate student and are interested in securing a graduate-level role in Portsmouth or the surrounding areas then you will be able to register with our free Graduate Recruitment Consultancy service run by university staff. If you are a Masters student, then you need to register here.
The recruitment team is on hand to offer support with interviews and feedback and help source jobs on your behalf. Some of the roles they work with do not get advertised anywhere else!
MyCareer is your portal to paid work, volunteering, events, 1:1 career support and more.
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If you're having issues accessing MyCareer please get in touch with us by visiting the Careers and Employability Centre, calling us on 023 9284 2684, or emailing careers@port.ac.uk.
Accessing MyCareer
If you're having issues accessing MyCareer please get in touch with us by visiting the Careers and Employability Centre, calling us on 023 9284 2684, or emailing careers@port.ac.uk.
About Careers and Employability
- Learn more about the support we offer.
- Visit our career centre: Rosalind Franklin East, 28 Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth, PO1 2DD