Salary - £25,463 per annum
Hours - 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract - Permanent
Location - Peterborough
Closing Date - 11th February 2026
Interview Date 4th March 2026
Are you passionate about supporting young people to succeed, thrive, and reach their full potential?
Do you enjoy building positive relationships, motivating others, and making a real difference every day?
If so, we’d love to hear from you.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Student Mentor to join our supportive and dedicated team at Peterborough College. In this rewarding role, you’ll work closely with curriculum teams and student services to support learners’ personal development, wellbeing, attendance, and progression.
You’ll deliver engaging weekly Personal Development sessions, provide frontline pastoral support to your caseload of students, and play a key role in improving attendance, retention, and overall student success.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Planning and delivering engaging Personal Development sessions aligned with the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
- Providing pastoral support and acting as a trusted point of contact for students
- Monitoring and improving attendance and punctuality, working with families and external agencies where needed
- Supporting vulnerable learners, including those with EHCPs, young carers, and other at-risk groups
- Working collaboratively with curriculum teams, Student Services, Careers, and Welfare teams
- Supporting student progression and destinations, including careers guidance and applications
- Contributing to recruitment activities such as Open Days, enrolment, and induction events
- Maintaining accurate records and using data to inform effective interventions
- Promoting safeguarding, wellbeing, equality, and inclusion in everything you do
About You
You’ll be a confident, empathetic professional who enjoys working with young people and understands the impact strong pastoral support can have.
You will have:
- Experience working with young people in a support, mentoring, or educational role
- A Level 3 teaching-related qualification and Level 2 English & Maths (or willing to work towards)
- Strong communication and organisational skills
- The ability to build positive relationships and manage challenging situations with resilience
- A genuine commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, and student success
Experience in an FE setting or a qualification in mentoring/coaching is desirable, but not essential.
IEG is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and any vulnerable groups within the college community and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to thorough vetting process which includes, an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Candidates are reminded that if they are barred from working with Children it is a criminal offence to apply for this position.