Mentor Co-Ordinator - Waverley Court - 12207_1762530552
| Posting date: | 07 November 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,173.00 to £33,287.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 November 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, EH8 8BG |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The City of Edinburgh Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 12207_1762530552 |
Summary
Mentor Co-ordinator - fixed term until 26/06/2026
Waverley Court
Salary: £29,173 - £33,287
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks
The Mentor Co-ordinator will liaise with staff in allocated High School and staff within the Mentoring Coordinator organisation to deliver the mentoring programme for pupils in S1-S6.
The successful candidate will show the following abilities:
- Build effective relationships with the young people in scope S1 - S6
- Build exceptional individual relationships with all care experienced young people, especially during primary school transitions and in S1 and S2 through an open door policy in school
- Deliver engaging group work sessions for S1 and S2 young people, taking into account the needs of individual young people and support them to achieve their goals.
- Actively support all young people in S2 to S6 scope to participate and to get the maximum benefits from their mentoring relationships.
Ensure the young people benefit from all other aspects of the mentoring model including setting, experiencing and following their education/employment pathways; - Produce case studies and good news stories utilising quantitative outcomes and qualitative feedback (with young person voice at the heart) to evidence progression, programme impact and best practice.
- Complete system inputting required for tracking programme delivery, progress and impact.
- Continue to keep in touch and, where appropriate, support young people in scope who don't yet participate and/or are disengaged Mentor recruitment, training, engagement and support
Consistently support and actively engage mentors throughout the length of their mentoring relationships
Working with MCR regional team, Programme Manager and Mentor Services, help drive mentor recruitment to the targets needed for your school - Continually feed back to the mentor services team any mentor issues and improvement suggestions.
- Support delivery of Core Mentor Training.
- Be responsive to the programme manager and directions given for quality or program improvement.
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours" target="_blank">Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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