leading a peer mentoring scheme for young people in south Bristol. Remuneration on offer!
Bristol Achieve is a south Bristol-based community interest company that supports high potential key stage 3 students from a disadvantaged background to great outcomes. Our activities are all based on developing soft skills such as oracy, confidence and communication, the key to it all is the powerful positive influence of the mentoring relationship. Through a strong partnership with the business community in Bristol, most prominently PwC, we train up sixth form students in the art and skill of excellent mentoring allowing our mentors to deliver powerful inter-generational mentoring sessions on a weekly basis. Once our group of mentees have been mentored for 10 weeks we will then give them the chance to take on a ‘challenge event’ which will see them speaking in a short interview with a member of the school’s leadership team, possibly the head. This lays the foundation for them to succeed at challenges that will require strong confidence, resilience and oracy skills in the future in areas such as exams, presentations and interviews.
Role: Head of delivery for mentoring programmes covering Year 7,8 and 9 students on Bristol Achieve’s programmes.
Job Description:
You will be head of delivering the mentoring programme for all of Bristol Achieve’s young mentors and mentees.
Duties will include:
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Overseeing the mentor training day and ensuring all mentors are confident with their role after training.
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Ensuring all mentors are confident with the aims and structure of sessions, can deliver the materials provided and understand their role.
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Providing time and guidance after sessions to mentors on how sessions went and troubleshooting any issues which may have arisen.
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Supporting the link teacher in the school setting to ensure all sessions run smoothly and mentors/mentees are able to progress with learning skills and their project construction.
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Taking the register of attendees and recording this reliably.
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Attending a residential weekend at Barton Camp for all mentees, and possibly mentors, to enjoy outdoor ed. Learning opportunities.
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Gathering impact data and helping BA staff to create reports for key stakeholders.
Specifics of the role:
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Mentors training day end of October.
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November- mid February- You will be running mentoring sessions every Thursday from 12-3 at Bridge Learning Campus, Jessop Way. There may be a requirement to travel with mentors from their setting to the venue.
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Barton Camp overnight weekend in March(dates tbc)
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Payment- £1250.00 for 72 hours work(c. £17.36 p/h)
Essential:
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Commitment to the aims of Bristol Achieve.
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A passion for the progress of and an enjoyment of working with young people.
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Great communication, inter-personal and organisational skills.
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A positive approach to fast-moving and challenging work settings such as schools.
Please get in touch with any questions: hetty@bristolachieve.com