Senior Mentor (Youth) x2

Mentivity is seeking 2 Mentors to work with young people across a number of our programmes in London.

About Mentivity:

Founded in 2016 by Sayce Holmes-Lewis alongside Leon Wright and Tyson Holmes-Lewis, Mentivity is an award winning inspirational mentoring organisation and alternative educational provision that aims to provide aspirational support for young people, schools and parents through 1:1 mentoring and group conversation-based learning. Our sole quest is to offer our services to as many young people through our work. 

Main Responsibilties:​

Mentoring and pastoral care 

• Mentor and offer pastoral care to children and young people promoting personal development.

• Lead and deliver engaging and empowering sessions to develop a range of new skills, including leadership, communication, behavioural and organisation skills with children and young people.

Programmes 

• Create, facilitate and deliver curriculum sessions to young people in an engaging and inspiring way, tailoring them as necessary.

• Ensure all administrative tasks (including planning, registers, risk assessments, data collection and outcome monitoring) are completed promptly and accurately. 

Safeguarding

• Ensure all health and safety and safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to at all times.

• Work collaboratively with schools and local authorities to effectively manage any challenging behaviour.

• Ensure Mentors are briefed on young participants' support needs and that reasonable adjustments are made to best support them.

Stakeholder Management

• Work with the team to promote participation especially by marginalised children and young people within schools.

• Work to actively promote Mentivity, our programmes, services and activities.

• Work closely with the Chief Impact and Operations Officer, Chief Community Officer and schools network to confirm delivery dates and venue logistics. 

• Work with the Programme Development Manager and Chief Impact and Operations Officer to ensure excellent qualitative data is collected to celebrate young participants achievements and promote our programmes/activities.

• Collaborate with external partners and freelancers to ensure our media and content projects are delivered to a high standard, meet briefs, and are innovative.

Recruitment Timetable:

Application deadline: Friday 19th July 2024

Interview dates: 29th July - 2nd August 2024

Interview location: In-person, 50 Westmoreland Road, London, SE17 2GA