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Mentor Coordinator (Pastoral Leader)
Lift Unity City, Middlesbrough, TS3 8REThis job expired on 11 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
11 July 2025 at 3:05pm
Date listed
27 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25557 - £26831 per annum
Mentor Coordinator (Pastoral Leader) job summary
Unity City Academy
Ormesby Road
Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS3 8RE
Salary: NJC 12-15 £25,557 - £26,831 (Actual) £27,711 - £29,093 (FTE)+ well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: 37 hrs per week, 42 weeks per year (1 week either side of the summer holidays is essential)
Contract type: Permanent
Start date: September 2025
Be the reason a young person believes in themselves.
Are you a professional within; youth work, social care, education or criminal justice? Your pastoral experience and emotional intelligence can be the key to elevate and guide young people to brighter, bolder futures.
We're looking for a dedicated and passionate Mentor Coordinator to join the team at Unity City Academy in Middlesbrough, in a permanent role working in partnership with MCR Pathways - an award-winning national charity. https://mcrpathways.org/
Our mission for this project is simple but powerful: to ensure that young people who are care-experienced or facing disadvantage are defined by their talent and potential, not by their circumstances.
As Mentor Coordinator, you'll be at the heart of this transformation - embedding our mentoring programme within the school and helping vulnerable young people believe in themselves and their future.
What You'll Do:
* Build powerful, one-to-one relationships with young people across Years 7 to 11.
* Deliver inspiring group sessions to younger year groups (7-8) as part of their curriculum.
* Recruit, support and motivate volunteer mentors - real people making a real difference.
* Champion each young person's talent, confidence, and potential.
* Work closely with school staff and external partners to make the programme a valued part of the school community.
* Report any safeguarding concerns to the school's DSL.
* Capture progress and outcomes of the young people engaged in the program.
What You'll Bring:
* Authenticity, empathy and a commitment to changing lives.
* The ability to engage young people and mentors with warmth, professionalism and persistence.
* A drive to see every young person achieve their full potential.
* Excellent organisational , data capture and planning skills.
What You'll Gain:
* A career with heart, meaning and tangible impact.
* The chance to be part of a nationally recognised movement.
* Daily rewards as you watch the lives of young people transform before your eyes.
About Unity City Academy
Unity City Academy is a thriving school in Middlesbrough with a strong focus on student success. We are a diverse and dynamic school with lots of character and tenacity. We've recently achieved an Ofsted 'Good' rating and are proud of our supportive community.
At our school, we ensure that you have the time and space needed to get on with what matters most - educating - so we remove as much administrative burden from you as possible.
Closing date: 8th July 2025
Interview date: 15th or 16th July
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Lift Schools is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
About Lift Unity City
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1027 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lift Unity City website
Welcome to Lift Unity City where our vision is of a school in which staff and students have a determination to succeed, a love of learning, pride in the school and a strength of character. We are committed to ensuring that all students are equipped with the academic and emotional skills which will allow them to lead successful and fulfilling lives.
All students follow a vision programme which aims to develop nine key character traits (curiosity, courage, empathy, enthusiasm, gratitude, integrity, resilience, self-belief and self-control). These character traits have been shown to boost academic performance and increase the chances of future success. Tutors and pupils work closely to develop these characteristics, tracking pupil progress throughout the year and intervening where necessary.
We take from a very diverse catchment area which means that our students are at the heart of everything we do, and we challenge and support them to achieve their full potential. You will find our students to be engaging, proud to live in and give back to their community and are ready to learn – all we need is you!
Ofsted
During our last inspection Lift Unity City secured a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating (May 2022).
WHY JOIN OUR SCHOOL?
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
Our mission:
We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.
Development:
We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with Lift Schools.
Lifestyle:
We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.
Money:
All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our Lift Schools Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.
Wellbeing:
We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.
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