Engagement and Achievement Mentor

Loughborough College Group • Full-time • LE67 3TN, Coalville, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom • £30,052 - £32,888 / year • 7h ago

Loughborough College Group is seeking dedicated Engagement and Achievement Mentors at Stephenson College.

We are looking for multiple mentors to deliver targeted one-to-one and small-group coaching for students working toward their vocational qualifications.

Working alongside curriculum teams, you will monitor attendance, identify underachievement and implement tailored interventions to break down learning barriers and build student confidence for further study, apprenticeships, or employment.

Engagement and Achievement Mentors will support a caseload of students and student groups across a breadth of curriculum provision, where barriers to learning and achievement may be prevalent. Successful candidates will intervene with positive actions and foster a culture of positive behaviour and success, supporting curriculum learning environments, delivery staff and students on their educational journey. Engagement and Achievement Mentors will Provide targeted support and intervention by working collaboratively with curriculum teams, learner services, welfare and safeguarding and external agencies where relevant, contributing to safe, supported and respectful learning environments.

Candidates should have a proven experience mentoring young people in an educational environment, and be a qualified youth worker. Grounded in our FREDIE values—Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement—we offer a collaborative environment focused on student success.

Loughborough College Group is formed of Brooksby College, Loughborough College, Stephenson College and IGNITE Performing Arts. We have a vast curriculum across campus’s offering challenging and engaging learning experiences for our students. We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.

Loughborough College Group is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised. We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of the college.

We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award and we actively encourage applications from individuals who are currently under-represented and from all areas of the community. Alongside this, we are a disability confident employer, and we welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.

As well as our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:

· Cycle-to-work scheme

· On-site parking

· Access to healthcare scheme

· Subsided nursery fees

· Up to 25 days annual leave per year

· Additional annual leave available

· Generous Maternity/Paternity pay

· Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development

· Well-being hours

· Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and agile working where the business allows. We provide staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.

The successful candidate will be employed by The Leicestershire College a subsidiary company of Loughborough College. The terms and conditions of employment offered by the Leicestershire College are different to those of Loughborough College. Please note that employees of the Leicestershire College are based at one of the campus’ of Loughborough College Group.

Kindly be advised that we are unable to provide skilled worker sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the country without the need for sponsorship.

Loughborough College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please note, all successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

If you require any support to apply for this job, please email recruitment@loucoll.ac.uk