Volunteer Volunteer Mentor

What will you be doing?

The role: Our scholars are eager to meet graduates and professionals that can support them in achieving their ambitions. Mentors are mainly responsible for providing support and career advice to pupils. Mentors must also be committed to supporting us at our events, which take place in the evenings and on Saturdays throughout the term. These events include our scholar enrichment days, our parent and pupil information sessions and our volunteer social events which are held in London.  Availability: Mentors must be available for approximately 2-3 hours a month to meet with their mentee, discuss via phone, email or in person. There is a minimum commitment of one year (three terms). In addition to this, you will need to support  at a minimum of 2 events throughout the year. Enrichment and skill building events for our scholars usually take place in the evenings and at weekends, with events ranging from 2-8 hours in length. Location: Mentoring sessions and events take place online or in person. Responsibilities: 

Working collaboratively with parents to give students guidance and advice on how to achieve their aspirations Informing pupils of opportunities to them so that they can achieve their aspirations Meeting with pupils for one to one mentoring sessions Supporting pupils with university, sixth form or job applications Monitoring and reporting on each pupils progress Giving feedback to parents and programme coordinators Working collaboratively with other tutors and mentors Supporting at events including:

Collaborate effectively with other volunteers within the events team Assist with setting up and clearing up at events Support workshop facilitators with managing groups of young people or parents Assist with the coordination of lunch or refreshments for attendees Assist the event coordinator with ensuring the health and safety of attendees and overall risk management at events Give feedback to the event coordinators and programme managers at the end of each event.

What are we looking for?

Person specification:

Be passionate and committed to tackling educational inequality Enjoy working with children and young people Be educated to a minimum of degree level or equivalent Possess strong communication skills both written and verbal Be punctual and organised Be able to remain calm under pressure Have excellent time management skills Have a minimum of 3 years' experience in a professional field such as Digital and IT, Creative Services, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Legal, Property, Education or Support and Training.

What difference will you make?

What makes us different? We run tutoring, mentoring & career insight programmes that help our scholars, aged 11-18, discover their strengths, develop their mindsets and design their own futures. There are many charitable organisations and social enterprises offering programmes to improve the life chances of young people.  However, our programmes use a unique 3:1 model which means that we’re able to sustainably use our profits to provide additional places on our programmes, to young people from low income homes.  We believe that all young people are gifted and talented, regardless of their background.  Our mission is to empower and develop the next generation of leaders and change-makers and we’re looking for volunteer mentors that are passionate about making a difference in young people’s lives!