Pathways Coordinator – East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire

MCR Pathways; Lenzie; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave (rising to 35)

3 extra days around holidays

Birthday day off

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance – 4 x salary

Job summary

MCR Pathways is seeking a Pathways Coordinator to support mentoring for disengaged young people across East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire.

The role involves building trusted relationships, coordinating mentor matching, and delivering training and support to both mentors and mentees.

Qualifications

• Experience building positive, trusted relationships with disengaged young people in alternative provision or wellbeing settings.
• Excellent communication, active listening and group facilitation skills.
• Trauma-informed, solution-focused approach to youth engagement.
• Well-organised with administrative, database and reporting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Build strong individual and group relationships with disengaged young people to prepare for mentoring.
• Match young people with adult volunteer mentors and provide ongoing support.
• Deliver mentor inductions and Core Mentor Training; maintain engagement for mentors and mentees.
• Partner with schools, local organizations and employability sector to grow community-based mentoring.

Skills

Relationship building with disengageds

Communication

Active listening

Group facilitation

Trauma-informed approach

Administrative & reporting

Tools

Database skills

Reporting tools

Job description

We are excited to be delivering our mentoring programme acrossEast Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire, supporting young people in alternative provision who are disengaged from mainstream school. This is a unique opportunity to work within an established secondary wellbeing programme while helping to develop community-based mentoring across the region. Our Pathways Coordinator will spend part of their time based within the secondary wellbeing unit in East Dunbartonshire, building strong, trusted relationships with young people to prepare them for a match with a volunteer mentor. Working with pupils from S2 and above, you will deliver small group and individual sessions, provide personalized support and guidance, and collaborate closely with local schools, community partners, and the employability sector in East Renfrewshire to expand community-based mentoring opportunities.

Key responsibilities

• Building exceptional individual and group relationships with disengaged young people in alternative provision to prepare them for mentoring.
• Matching young people in S2 and above with adult volunteer mentors and providing ongoing personalized support, advice, and guidance.
• Delivering effective mentor inductions and Core Mentor Training, facilitating continuous engagement and support for both mentors and mentees.
• Partnering with schools, local organizations, and the employability sector to explore and expand community-based mentoring pathways.

About you

• Experience in building positive, trusted relationships with disengaged young people, particularly within alternative provision or wellbeing settings.
• Ability to work across locations in East Dunbartonshire and East Renfrewshire, managing time between school bases and community settings.
• Excellent communication, active listening, and group facilitation skills.
• Solution-focused, empathetic, and trauma-informed approach to youth engagement.
• Well-organised with strong administrative, database, and reporting capabilities.

About us

MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. Our mentoring programme is now delivered in schools across the whole of Scotland as well as North East and South East England. We are committed to helping the country’s most vulnerable young people gain self‑confidence, identify their skills and recognise and fulfil their potential. You will be joining a friendly and supportive team who love what they do and enjoy working with each other. MCR Pathways’ values are Respect, Communication, Trust and Growth and they inform everything we do.

Our mission

To connect every young person with a trusted adult mentor, someone who sparks confidence, fuels ambition, and walks beside them as they find their way.

Our vision

MCR Pathways will work until every young person has someone to help them find their way.

Benefits of working for MCR Pathways include

• 30 days annual leave in first year rising to 35 days from 2nd year of employment
• 3 further days of annual leave between the December and January public holidays
• additional day off for your birthday
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance – 4 x salary.