A major housebuilder is offering a placement to attract more women into site management.

Bellway is encouraging women to apply for on-site work experience at its Boorley Gardens development in Botley.

The placement is part of the Women into Home Building programme, which aims to increase the number of women in site management.

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Successful candidates will attend a week-long online training session, followed by a two-week on-site work placement.

Shelly McLean, a previous participant, is now a trainee assistant site manager at Bellway.

She said: "Without a programme like Women into Home Building, there’s no way on this planet that I would have considered being a site manager."

Ellie Hall, group resourcing and talent manager for Bellway, said: "This scheme increases general awareness of management careers within construction and gives women the opportunity to gain practical on-site management experience."

Applications for the Women into Home Building scheme close at 5pm on Sunday, September 22.