Mentor Liasion Officer

Mentor Liasion Officer

Ongoing role
J99293
At a glance

Skills

  • Office and Administration Management
  • Volunteer management

Where

London, WC2A 2JR
Remote opportunity

Time

Mostly outside office hours Estimate of time needed:
3-7 hours / week
We are looking for some who can commit to 6-8 months and can also commit to 18 months in the role (ideally)

Deadline

31 Oct 2024

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Welcome to Reach Volunteering. We are a community and registered charity that connects people, skills and good causes.

To apply for this role, and any other on our platform, you need to be based in the UK, have at least three years of experience using the skills you wish to volunteer in a professional capacity or have lived experience (for trustee roles). Read more about our criteria.

An opportunity for someone with Mentor liaison experience to join a small voluntary education charity. 

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a Mentor Liaision Officer to join our team supporting our exciting new mentor programme known as Brighter Tomorrow. 

This role will be reporting to the Operations Manager but will also work closely with the HR Manager as well as other key project people. 

This volunteer will be our key contact for our Youth Mix Mentors. They will provide regular communication between Youth Mix and mentors, such as induction emails and meetings to confirm expectations as a mentor, monitoring the completion of mandatory training, updating them on progress of the project, updates on assigning a mentee and supporting their needs as required. 

Key duties will include the following:

  • Work with the HR Manager to complete the onboarding of mentors.  
  • Work with the team to ensure timely allocation of mentee to mentor.
  • Work with the team to actively resolve any issues that prevent mentors from performing their duties. 
  • Ensure mentors complete mandatory training. Check on progress, assign the right courses, collect and store certificates, updating the tracker and ensure timely reimbursements as necessary. 
  • Keep up to date with any changes required to training courses and/or processes to ensure they are relevant. Suggest updates and improvements to mentor documentation as required. 

What are we looking for?

You must have:

  • Experience of working in a mentoring-based position
  • UK Charity experience and or experience of working in the UK with young people
  • Experience of onboarding new entrants 
  • Good administration and record keeping skills 

What difference will you make?

As the Mentor Liason officer for Brighter Tomorrow, you will support to the Mentors by making sure they are equipped with what is required, but also by ensuring a channel of communication is kept open between the mentors and the Brighter Tomorrow team. 

Before you apply

Causes
  • Young people
  • Organisation type: 
    Charity

    Youth Mix provides innovative youth programmes that are fresh, vibrant, fun, and available to young people aged 16 to 26 across England. We UNITE young people and communities for a more equal and...