Work Experience and Progression Mentor

Teaching Vacancies; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days holiday (inc. bank holidays)

LGPS 19.9% employer contribution

Staff discounts (Little Explorers)

Discounts on UK rail travel

Microsoft Office + 1TB OneDrive

Staff wellbeing support

Continuous development opportunities

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies invites applications for an opportunity to help students gain valuable work experience and progress into employment, apprenticeships or further study. You will work with curriculum teams, employers and student support services to create meaningful workplace opportunities and support students at every stage of their journey.

This role emphasises safeguarding and collaboration across teams to ensure positive outcomes for learners’ futures within the East Midlands region.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of work experience programmes in post-16 education.
• Understanding labour market trends and careers development.
• Ability to build partnerships with employers and curriculum teams.

Skills

Work experience programmes knowledge

Careers development knowledge

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to students' futures by helping them gain valuable work experience and prepare for successful progression into employment, apprenticeships, or further study. Working closely with curriculum teams, employers, and student support services, you will develop strong industry partnerships and create meaningful workplace opportunities. This varied and rewarding role allows you to support students at every stage of their journey, helping them build confidence, develop employability skills, and achieve positive outcomes for their future careers.

About You

You’ll be a highly organised and proactive individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of building positive relationships with students, employers, and colleagues. With knowledge of work experience programmes, post-16 education, labour market trends, and careers development, you’ll be passionate about supporting young people to achieve their goals. You’ll be confident managing multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and delivering positive outcomes. Experience of working with employers or supporting student engagement would be advantageous, alongside a flexible and collaborative approach to work.

What the college offers its staff

The Benefits

• 34 days holiday (inclusive of 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days where these occur)
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with a 19.9% employer contribution
• Discount at our Ofsted rated ‘Outstanding’ onsite Little Explorers Nursery
• Discounts on East Midlands Railway Annual Season Tickets
• Microsoft Office for FREE with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage
• Discount on treatments at SENSI our onsite salon at the Roundhouse
• Flint Bishop Solicitors – free will writing, 1-hour free consultation with family department, 10% discount on Conveyancing services
• Continuous development and progression opportunities
• Free eye tests with Specsavers
• Our new and enhanced Employee Assistance Programme provides 24/7 confidential support for wellbeing, mental health, and life matters.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.