23062 - PEP: Peer Mentor Coordinator - London Probation Service

Ministry of Justice; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Ministry of Justice is seeking a Peer Mentor Coordinator to lead a local peer mentoring service supporting the Engaging People on Probation (EPOP) agenda. You will recruit, train and support volunteer Peer Mentors, coordinating opportunities for them to contribute across probation settings.

The role involves maintaining safeguarding and risk-management practices, embedding lived experience into service improvement, and working flexibly across sites to develop peer-led practice regionally and

Qualifications

• Experience in coordinating volunteers or peer support
• Understanding of safeguarding principles and risk management
• Experience or familiarity with probation or criminal justice settings

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train and support volunteer Peer Mentors
• Coordinate opportunities for mentors to contribute across probation settings
• Maintain effective delivery systems with safeguarding and risk management
• Embed lived experience into service improvement via focus groups and lived-experience panels
• Support development of peer-led practice regionally and nationally across sites

Skills

Volunteer management

Safeguarding

Stakeholder engagement

Training

Job description

The Peer Mentor Coordinator leads the delivery of a local Peer Mentoring service, supporting the Engaging People on Probation (EPOP) agenda.

You will recruit, train, and support volunteer Peer Mentors, coordinating opportunities for them to contribute across probation settings. The role involves maintaining effective systems for service delivery, ensuring strong safeguarding and risk‑management practice, and embedding lived experience into service improvement through activities such as focus groups and lived experience panels.

Working flexibly across sites, you’ll also contribute to the development of peer‑led practice at a regional and national level. Lived experience of the criminal justice system and an understanding of probation practice are desirable.

Probation Employment Pathway Eligibility

Probation Employment Pathway (PEP) is a recruitment scheme targeted at supporting individuals who have history of criminal convictions and who face barriers to employment.

PEP is open to anyone who within the last 10 years has received:

• A custodial conviction and has been released within from prison
• A conviction resulting in a community sentence
• An out of court disposal

The Probation Employment Pathway is an exception to fair and open competition and is only open to eligible applicants. Eligible applicants who pass our assessment processes will be offered up to a 2 year fixed-term appointment, under an accredited Exception 2 scheme within the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.