Work placements

Belfast City Council

We are one of the largest employers in Belfast. 

We are committed to supporting people who need help getting into work. 

This includes: 

• graduates 
• school leavers 
• people with disabilities 
• people who are long-term unemployed

We also provide:

• short-term unpaid placements to those in education requiring work experience
• paid one-year industrial placement opportunities for students undertaking relevant undergraduate courses at university in a range of areas including building control, environmental health, events management, and IT. You can view all opportunities on our current vacancies page and by signing up to receive our job alert emails. 

If you are interested in gaining short term unpaid work experience with us, email your request to 

As part of our employability outreach programme, we’re committed to providing 150 work experience placement opportunities each year. 

Placement opportunities

We work with employability partners to offer a range of placement schemes and programmes. These include: 

• the Department for Communities 
• disability organisations 
• women’s sector organisations 

Types of placements

Short-term unpaid placements - for students who need work experience as part of their education.  

We aim to provide 150 work experience placements each year as part of our employability programme. 

To request a short-term unpaid placement, email [email protected]

One-year paid placements - for university students on relevant courses. 

These placements are available in areas such as: 

• building control 
• environmental health 
• events management
• IT 

You can find these opportunities on our current vacancies page. 

You can also sign up for job alert emails.