Learning Support Mentor - Science, Engineering and Computing
| Posting date: | 09 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £20000-£30000pa |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 September 2025 |
| Location: | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2QT |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | eTeach UK Limited |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 1505986 |
Summary
Are you passionate about empowering others and making a real difference? At Cambridge Regional College (CRC), we’re proud to be a vibrant, forward-thinking place to work—and we’re growing. As part of our dynamic Engineering, Computing and Science Team, we’re looking for a Learning Support Mentor who is caring, personable, and empathetic, with a natural talent for uplifting and guiding others.
Our team supports learners aged 16 and up, including adult students, across a wide range of subjects. Every day brings something new, and your role will be central to helping students build confidence, independence, and skills for life and work. You’ll also have the chance to contribute to our wider community initiatives—because at CRC, learning doesn’t stop at the classroom door.
As a Learning Support Mentor, you’ll:
Support students with diverse learning needs and disabilities
Help implement reasonable adjustments to ensure full engagement
Mentor students to stay focused and motivated
Demonstrate tasks and model skills to aid understanding
Champion CRC’s core values in everything you do
We’re seeking someone who brings warmth, resilience, and a proactive spirit. Our ideal candidate will:
Hold GCSE English and maths at grade C / 4 or equivalent—or be willing to work towards it
Be open to relevant training and development
Enjoy working across different faculties and supporting students on varied courses
Have experience working with individuals with special educational needs (desirable but not essential)
Be patient, reliable, and sensitive to others’ needs
Thrive both independently and as part of a team
Communicate clearly and connect easily with others
Why CRC?
Cambridge Regional College is a large and inspirational centre of learning with Campuses in Cambridge and Huntingdon. We have outstanding teaching and leisure facilities and a reputation for excellence in a number of fields. Our campus facilities are among the best in the country, and you’ll find a modern teaching environment with lots of energy and interaction. CRC is a college to be proud of and to be in.
In addition, we value our staff as we understand they make the difference in transforming lives, our investment in our staff has been formally recognised in being accredited with Investors in People Gold status.
Just some of the rewards you can benefit from joining our staff, include:
- Supportive and friendly team. We’ll also set you up with a Buddy as well as a Line Manager
- 27 days annual holiday leave entitlement, plus bank holidays (to be pro rata for part time)
- Generous pension scheme (22.7%)
- On site restaurants, retail and coffee outlets (Costa Coffee at Cambridge Campus and Starbucks at Huntingdon Campus)
- Free on-site car parking
- BUPA Health Expenses cash plan and Occupational Health services
- Discounted rates on Apple products
- Free gym membership option and discounted classes
- Discounted rates on college courses
- Exclusive discounts for high street and online stores with Rewards@CRC
- Free independent telephone counselling service with our Employee Assistant Programme
- Staff Development opportunities. Safeguarding statement Cambridge Regional College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Therefore, we expect all workers and employees to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date. Interviews will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.
- 27 days annual holiday leave entitlement, plus bank holidays (to be pro rata for part time)
- Generous pension scheme (22.7%)
- On site restaurants, retail and coffee outlets (Costa Coffee at Cambridge Campus and Starbucks at Huntingdon Campus)
- Free on-site car parking
- BUPA Health Expenses cash plan and Occupational Health services
- Discounted rates on Apple products
- Free gym membership option and discounted classes
- Discounted rates on college courses
- Exclusive discounts for high street and online stores with Rewards@CRC
- Free independent telephone counselling service with our Employee Assistant Programme
- Staff Development opportunities. Safeguarding statement Cambridge Regional College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Therefore, we expect all workers and employees to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled rather than the advertised closing date. Interviews will take place throughout this period; therefore, we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.