Peer Mentor Co-ordinator Mens Health

Hireful; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organisation is seeking a Peer Mentor Co-ordinator for its Men’s Health programme. The role involves overseeing the mentoring programme, recruiting and training volunteers, and facilitating workshops. Ideal candidates will identify as male and have experience in peer support or service user assessments. This position emphasizes improving health inequalities and supporting diverse communities. Work may require evenings and weekends across different locations.

Qualifications

• Identifies as male.
• Experience of maintaining relationships with service providers.
• Ability to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver peer support services programme, including workshops and mentoring.
• Recruit, train and manage volunteers.
• Develop weekly support meetings and structured workshops.

Skills

Experience of conducting assessments and referrals with service users

Knowledge of group dynamics and facilitation

Ability to work on own initiative

Experience running peer support groups

Job description

Peer Mentor Co-ordinator – Men’s Health

METRO is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to oversee our Men’s Health peer mentoring programme. Together with our peer mentors, you will be responsible for co-producing a programme of workshops, groups and social activities across our local boroughs, working in partnership with a wide range of external organisations. You will also lead on the recruitment, training and management of a team of fantastic volunteer peer mentors who utilise their own lived experience to support others in the local community.

To meet the needs of the people we support, you will need to be a proactive self‑starter who can work some evenings, weekends and work from a number of our different offices. This position is only open to applicants who identify as male.

Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1) as the role will involve working one-to-one with men and running peer‑led support groups around men’s health.

Programme

The Support and Advice on Sexual Health (SASH) programme is a partnership between Turning Point, METRO Charity, London Friend and Naz. We run sexual health support for communities across Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea & Westminster boroughs.

We provide free, non-judgemental and confidential support to residents of Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster areas, with a focus on sexual health, relationships, mental health and wellbeing.

SASH provides a wide range of services, including counselling, life coaching, one-to-one peer mentoring and peer support groups for people seeking support in relation to reproductive health, chemisex recovery, living with HIV and support around sexual orientation and gender identity.

Role

This role will predominantly focus on health inequalities regarding sexual health, mental health and drug and alcohol misuse. The worker will predominantly work with men, but also LGBTQ+ communities, Black and Asian heritage communities, migrant communities, people living with HIV and sex workers.

This role will involve training peer mentors, as well as coordinating the mentoring and group work programme.

Peer mentoring programme covers a wide range of areas including:

• Improving mental health
• STI and HIV prevention - testing and diagnosis support
• Living with HIV
• Healthy relationships
• Sexuality and gender
• Fertility, reproductive health and parenting
• Sex and pleasure
• Sex work

Main Tasks

1. Work closely with METRO’s HIV Peer Support Manager and Turning Point Community Development Manager to deliver the peer support services programme (e.g. one-to-one peer support sessions or mentoring, peer led workshops and social activities).
2. Act as the assessment and intake point of entry into peer support services within the three boroughs.
3. Develop and run a weekly sexual health and wellbeing support meeting, a monthly social activity and a quarterly peer‑led structured men’s health workshop, within the three boroughs.
4. Recruit, train, supervise and manage a team of individuals within each of the three boroughs to work as volunteers for METRO and/or other organisations within the partnership (i.e., peer mentors, group support, group facilitators).
5. Work closely with METRO's Positive Peoples Network, including METRO +PALS, a group for gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men (GBMSM) living with HIV in Wandsworth, and programmes included in the network with external organisations.
6. Develop and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders in the boroughs, including local GUM clinics, local pharmacies, GP surgeries, community businesses, community centres and social outlets.

Criteria being assessed by CV

• Experience of conducting assessments and referrals with service users.
• Experience of maintaining relationships with statutory and voluntary service providers.
• Experience running peer support groups and programmes.

Criteria being assessed by application

• Identifies as male (Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9 Part 1).
• Knowledge of group dynamics, group facilitation and leadership styles.
• Ability to work on own initiative, as well as an ability to work as part of a team.

Further information about criteria, including the interview criteria, can be found in the guidance document on our website.

This role closes on Monday, 5th January 2026 at 9am.

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