Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for a Pathways Coordinator to join our regional team in West Dunbartonshire, based at Our Lady & St. Patrick's High School. In this role, you will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people. The role is part-time for half of each week as this is a job share with an experienced Pathways Coordinator. Click the Read the Person Specification button below to find out more but here are the key tasks of the role:

School Pathways Coordinator 4 part remit:

Helping build exceptional individual relationships with young people across S1 to S6 and delivering S1 & S2 group work sessions

Consistently supporting, actively engaging and motivating volunteer mentors from training through the length of their engagement with the MCR programme

Actively support MCR young people to set, experience then follow their education and employment pathways.

Report on progression, impact and best practice with input from the MCR young people, quantitative feedback and qualitative case studies.

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Young Scottish Talent Highland

MCR Pathways is a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme supporting Children Looked After (including those previously), and other vulnerable young people experiencing disadvantage (for example those with a social worker or on the periphery of the care-system) to realise their full potential through education. MCR was founded to reverse the education and life-chances outcome gap that exists between Children Looked After (CLA) and their peers, and to achieve equality of educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for all young people. Focused on need, not label. Developed with and by young people over the past 14 years, MCR’s programme dramatically improves educational achievement, wellbeing and post-school destinations.

At its heart, MCR’s model is relationship-based mentoring that has evolved into an integrated programme supporting primary school transition and delivering weekly group work in S1 and S2. Young people from S3 are carefully matched with a volunteer, trained mentor to meet one-to-one on a weekly basis and also have the opportunity to access an offer of employment, college and university experiences.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Their Stories - Mentoring through MCR Pathways

Bridges That Transform

MCR supports over 2,400 young people each week and aims to be an embedded and core funded component of the education system. We will soon be launching our Young Scottish Talent Programme in Highland, which is why we are recruiting a Programme Manager to drive programme performance across the five Highland Schools we will be working with. The role is an exciting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead a team of Pathways Coordinators (6 in total), supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth, where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme. For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced and disadvantaged young people in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximized. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organized and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the YST Highland programme.

MCR Pathways is a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme supporting care-experienced (CE) young people (including those previously), and other vulnerable youngpeople experiencing disadvantage (for example those with a social worker or on the periphery of the care-system) to realise their full potential through education.

MCR was founded to reverse the education and life-chances outcome gap that exists between CE young people and their peers, and to achieve equality of educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for all young people. Focused on need, not label. Developed with and by young people over the past 14 years, MCR’s programme dramatically improves educational achievement, wellbeing and post-school destinations.

At its heart, MCR’s model is relationship-based mentoring that has evolved into an integrated programme supporting primary school transition and delivering weekly group work in S1 and S2. Young people from S3 upwards are carefully matched with a volunteer, trained mentor to meet one-to-one on a weekly basis. Young people also have the opportunity to access an offer of employment, college and university experiences.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear from one young person who participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped her create a better future for herself: Please Watch Emily's Story

We currently work with 72 schools across Scotland and are delighted that the Scottish government has recently announced £19.4 million funding to bring the programme to every secondary school in Scotland. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an exceptional Programme Manager to lead programme implementation and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of Dundee schools.

The role is an exciting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced and disadvantaged young people in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the YST Dundee programme.

Please note, this role is subject to a PVG check and two satisfactory references, one of which must be from your current or most recent employer.

MCR Pathways is a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme supporting care-experienced (CE) young people (including those previously), and other vulnerable young people experiencing disadvantage (for example those with a social worker or on the periphery of the care-system) to realise their full potential through education.

MCR was founded to reverse the education and life-chances outcome gap that exists between CE young people and their peers, and to achieve equality of educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for all young people. Focused on need, not label. Developed with and by young people over the past 14 years, MCR’s programme dramatically improves educational achievement, wellbeing and post-school destinations.

At its heart, MCR’s model is relationship-based mentoring that has evolved into an integrated programme supporting primary school transition and delivering weekly group work in S1 and S2. Young people from S3 upwards are carefully matched with a volunteer, trained mentor to meet one-to-one on a weekly basis. Young people also have the opportunity to access an offer of employment, college and university experiences.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Watch Emily's Story

Bridges That Transform

We currently work with 72 schools across Scotland and are delighted that the Scottish government has recently announced £19.4 million funding to bring the programme to every secondary school in Scotland. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an exceptional Programme Manager to lead programme implementation and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of Fife schools.

The role is an exciting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced and disadvantaged young people in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the YST Fife programme.

Read the Person Specification

MCR Pathways is a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme supporting care-experienced (CE) young people (including those previously), and other vulnerable young people experiencing disadvantage (for example those with a social worker or on the periphery of the care-system) to realise their full potential through education.

MCR was founded to reverse the education and life-chances outcome gap that exists between CE young people and their peers, and to achieve equality of educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for all young people. Focused on need, not label. Developed with and by young people over the past 14 years, MCR’s programme dramatically improves educational achievement, wellbeing and post-school destinations.

At its heart, MCR’s model is relationship-based mentoring that has evolved into an integrated programme supporting primary school transition and delivering weekly group work in S1 and S2. Young people from S3 upwards are carefully matched with a volunteer, trained mentor to meet one-to-one on a weekly basis. Young people also have the opportunity to access an offer of employment, college and university experiences.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Watch Emily's Story

Bridges that Transform

We currently work with 72 schools across Scotland and are delighted that the Scottish government has recently announced £19.4 million funding to bring the programme to every secondary school in Scotland. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an exceptional Programme Manager to lead programme implementation and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of Aberdeen schools.

The role is an exciting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced and disadvantaged young people in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the YST Aberdeen programme.

Read the Person Specification

Are you passionate about supporting young people who have experienced disadvantage to realise their potential? Can you work in school as part of a dedicated national team to support young people to get the very best from the education system? If so, this role may be for you.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Their Stories - Mentoring through MCR Pathways

Bridges That Transform

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for a Pathways Coordinator to join our regional team in Highland, covering both Alness Academy and Invergordon Academy. The successful candidate will primarily be based in the school, supporting and learning from existing teams. Within this role, you will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

Read the Person Specification

Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable young people to realise their potential? Can you work in school as part of a dedicated national team to support young people to get the very best from the education system? If so, this role may be for you.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Their stories - Mentoring through MCR Pathways

Bridges That Transform

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for a Pathways Coordinator to join our regional team in Aberdeenshire. The successful candidate will primarily be based in Fraserburgh Academy, supporting and learning from existing teams. Within this role, you will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

MCR Pathways is a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme. It supports care-experienced and other vulnerable young people experiencing disadvantage to realise their full potential through education.

MCR’s relationship-based mentoring model has evolved into an integrated programme supporting primary school transition and delivering weekly group work in S1 and S2. Young people from S3 upwards are carefully matched with a volunteer, trained mentor to meet one-to-one on a weekly basis. Young people also have the opportunity to access an offer of employment, college and university experiences. MCR’s programme dramatically improves educational achievement, wellbeing and post-school destinations.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves.

MCR Pathways supports over 3,000 young people from across the country. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an exceptional Programme Manager to lead programme implementation and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of Falkirk schools.

The role will be focused on 3 schools in the Falkirk area and grow to include further schools in the wider Forth Valley region. The role is an exciting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced and disadvantaged young people in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the YST Falkirk programme.

Their stories - Mentoring through MCR Pathways

Bridges That Transform

Are you motivated to make a difference with an organisation that supports vulnerable young people? Are you able to create and develop engaging training materials and events that meet the needs of a wide range of individuals?

Award winning charity MCR Pathways runs a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme. It supports care-experienced and other vulnerable young people experiencing disadvantage to realise their full potential through education. MCR’s programme dramatically improves educational achievement, wellbeing and post-school destinations.

As we expand our programme into new local authorities and schools around Scotland and the UK, we are looking to appoint an excellent and experienced Learning and Development Manager. This is a key role which has been created to deliver training and support to our corporate partners, volunteer mentors and our organisation.

About you:

• You’ll be able to evidence recent and successful experience of a variety of learning approaches and training methods. You will also show a proven ability to coordinate multiple projects and meet demanding timelines.

About the Role:

Mentor CPD & accreditation development:

• Lead on the development of mentor training programmes and materials across ‘core, intermediate and advanced’ courses, utilising previous research and course content.
• Lead on the development of structured CPD options and an MCR accredited framework. Continually review impact, feedback surveys and general mentoring materials for further development.

Delivery of mentor training:

• Lead on delivery of mentor training for all staff and train the trainer processes required across the country in direct support of mentor recruitment and corporate engagement.
• Engaging business and building partnerships:
• Continually work with partner organisations to identify future employee CPD needs that could be met and delivered through mentoring

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Their stories - Mentoring through MCR Pathways

Bridges That Transform

Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable young people to realise their potential? Our award-winning charity runs a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme. We support care-experienced and other vulnerable young people experiencing disadvantage to realise their full potential through education.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Watch Emily's Story

Bridges That Transform

As we expand our programme into new local authorities and schools around Scotland and the UK, we are looking to appoint an experienced HR Manager.

This is a key role that has been created to further develop the people agenda within this growing organisation at a pivotal time. At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

This is an exciting time to join MCR Pathways and you will have a real opportunity to influence the ongoing development of our current and new people. You will have responsibility for recruitment, onboarding and induction and ongoing training and team development activities.

You will also be responsible for ensuring that the day-to-day people policies and processes are in place, compliant with legal requirements and fully implemented and understood across the organisation.

You’ll be able to evidence that you have significant recent experience in a similar role, ideally for a comparable organisation. You will be able to demonstrate being able to provide sound and practical advice to the leadership team.

Read the Person Specification

MCR Pathways is a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme. It supports care-experienced and other vulnerable young people experiencing disadvantage to realise their full potential through education.

MCR’s relationship-based mentoring model has evolved into an integrated programme supporting primary school transition and delivering weekly group work in S1 and S2. Young people from S3 upwards are carefully matched with a volunteer, trained mentor to meet one-to-one on a weekly basis. Young people also have the opportunity to access an offer of employment, college and university experiences. MCR’s programme dramatically improves educational achievement, wellbeing and post-school destinations.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Watch Emily's Story

Bridges That Transform

MCR Pathways supports over 3,000 young people from across the country. We are recruiting a Mentor Services Coordinator for our Highland region of the country to manage and engage with our volunteer mentors at different stages of their journey. You will have excellent communication and administration experience.

The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth, where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme. For this role, you’ll need to be highly organised, have excellent desktop and database skills and a real attention to detail while multitasking within these areas of the business.

Reporting to our Mentor Services Manager the successful candidate will have excellent relationship building skills and communication skills together with administration experience. For this role, you’ll need to be highly organised, have excellent desktop and database skills and a real attention to detail while multitasking within these areas of the business.

Read the Person Specification

MCR Pathways is a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme. It supports care-experienced and other vulnerable young people experiencing disadvantage to realise their full potential through education.

MCR’s relationship-based mentoring model has evolved into an integrated programme supporting primary school transition and delivering weekly group work in S1 and S2. Young people from S3 upwards are carefully matched with a volunteer, trained mentor to meet one-to-one on a weekly basis. Young people also have the opportunity to access an offer of employment, college and university experiences. MCR’s programme dramatically improves educational achievement, wellbeing and post-school destinations.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Watch Emily's Story

Bridges That Transform

MCR Pathways supports over 3,000 young people from across the country. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an exceptional Programme Manager to lead programme implementation and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of Inverclyde schools.

The role is an exciting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced and disadvantaged young people in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the YST Inverclyde programme.

Read the Person Specification

Are you motivated to make a difference with an organisation that supports vulnerable young people to realise their potential? Are you an experienced business development manager who can inspire other organisations to partner with us and support young people across the country?

Award Winning Charity MCR Pathways runs a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme. It supports care experienced and other vulnerable young people experiencing disadvantage to realise their potential through education. MCR’s programme dramatically improves educational achievement, wellbeing and post school destinations.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves mcrpathways.org/jobs/organisation-engagement-managers-x-2

MCR supports over 3,000 young people each week and aims to be an embedded and core funded component of the education system. As we continue to grow, we are looking to recruit 2 Organisation Engagement Managers to work in our Partnership & Relationship team. The roles are exciting and varied ones: working with the MCR team, and our partners (employment, enterprise, university, college) for the benefit of our young people.

The successful candidates will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme. For these roles, you’ll need to be passionate about the impact of positive mentoring relationships on our young people but also the impact mentoring can have on individual mentors and their organisations. Focused on generating new leads and nurturing established relationships, this role would suit an experienced Business Development Manager. You must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, a professional approach and the ability to build and develop meaningful relationships with regional and national organisations who can support us by providing mentors.

Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable young people to realise their potential? Can you work in school as part of a dedicated national team to support young people to get the very best from the education system? If so, this role may be for you.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Their Stories - Mentoring through MCR Pathways

Bridges That Transform

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for a Pathways Coordinator to join our regional team in Alva Academy, Clackmannanshire. The successful candidate will primarily be based in Alva Academy, supporting and learning from existing teams. Within this role, you will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

Alva Academy's vision is ambitious, challenging and ongoing and reflects the needs of the community and the expectations stakeholders have of their school. By sharing our vision and values we seek to gain the collective commitment of all staff, pupils, parents and the wider community to ensure that our young people develop the necessary skills for life, learning and work.

Read the Person Specification

MCR Pathways is a transformational secondary school mentoring and talent development programme. It supports care-experienced and other vulnerable young people experiencing disadvantage to realise their full potential through education.

MCR’s relationship-based mentoring model has evolved into an integrated programme supporting primary school transition and delivering weekly group work in S1 and S2. Young people from S3 upwards are carefully matched with a volunteer, trained mentor to meet one-to-one on a weekly basis. Young people also have the opportunity to access an offer of employment, college and university experiences. MCR’s programme dramatically improves educational achievement, wellbeing and post-school destinations.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves mcrpathways.org/jobs/east-programme-manager

MCR Pathways supports over 3,000 young people from across the country. These are really exciting times and as part of our programme growth in the area, we are seeking to recruit an additional Programme Manager to lead programme implementation and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of schools.

The role is an exciting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced and disadvantaged young people in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the YST Edinburgh and East Lothian programmes.

Are you passionate about supporting young people who have experienced disadvantage to realise their potential? Can you work in school as part of a dedicated national team to support young people to get the very best from the education system? If so, this role may be for you.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

MCR young people tell their stories far better than us. Hear them in their own words in these short films of young people who have participated in the programme, reflecting on how mentoring has helped them create better futures for themselves:

Their Stories - Mentoring through MCR Pathways

Bridges That Transform

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for a Pathways Coordinator to join our regional team in Perth and Kinross. The successful candidate will primarily be based in St John’s Academy, supporting and learning from existing teams. Within this role, you will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

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St John's RC Academy's told us:

"Our school community is one of the most diverse in Perth and Kinross. Our school is proud to be truly comprehensive with pupils from the whole range of socio-economic backgrounds. Our community is home to children, parents and staff from a rich array of ethnic backgrounds, and all are made very welcome within our inclusive Catholic ethos."

Please note, the roles will be subject to a PVG check and two satisfactory references, one of which must be from your current or most recent employer.

Are you motivated to make a difference with an organisation that supports vulnerable young people? MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage. .

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

MCR supports 3,500 young people each week and aims to be an embedded and core funded component of the education system. Our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

As we continue to grow, we are looking to recruit an Administrator. This is an important role providing essential administration support to the central teams within our organisation at a pivotal time. If you are an organised individual, with strong communication skills, who thrives in a busy work environment we'd love to hear from you.

The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme.

Person Specification

Leith Academy and Drummond Community High

Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable young people to realise their potential? Can you work in school as part of a dedicated national team to support young people to get the very best from the education system? If so, this role may be for you.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for a Pathways Coordinator to join our regional team in Edinburgh. The successful candidate will based between Leith Academy and Drummond Community High School. Within this role, you will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

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Are you an experienced Finance Manager looking for a life changing career move? Are you motivated by the opportunity to make an impact on the lives of care-experienced young people by contributing your knowledge and experience to the third sector? If you can support our growing organisation as we expand our programme into new Scottish and UK local authorities and schools we would like to hear from you.

MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

This is an exciting time to join MCR Pathways and you will have a real opportunity to develop and implement the financial systems to help support our expansion. You will manage and support cashflow and fundraising from a range of revenue streams, whilst reviewing and supporting the needs of the team. You will also be responsible for financial reporting and forecasting to help the organisation plan for all requirements.

About you: You’ll be able to evidence significant recent and relevant experience for this role, ideally for a comparable organisation. You may be looking for a new challenge that allows you to make a meaningful impact within and beyond the organisation. You will be able to demonstrate good communication and management skills, accustomed to reporting to senior management / board level and providing clear advice on financial management.

Job Description & Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

We are recruiting a National Head of Marketing to lead our team to drive forward our mentor recruitment plans and share all the fantastic stories of MCR young people overcoming their circumstances to realise their full potential. The process is centred on emotionally engaging potential mentors and volunteers and sharp focus on sharing our success, research and the statistics that prove the MCR model is transformational.

You will be creative, producing inspiring campaigns across multiple channels to different audiences with detailed knowledge of how success is measured. Our stories need stats to persuade policy makers and to show the huge benefits to the young people, adults and organisations. You will be a motivated, committed and resilient person who can lead from the front and be the mentoring and MCR Brand champion for young people, schools, mentors, their employers and the communities we serve.

This is an exciting time to join MCR Pathways and you will play a crucial role in our Management Team and the development of the programme. You will lead our busy marketing department to drive mentor recruitment nationally, increase the brand profile of the charity and support the team to drive new partnerships.

Role Description & Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

We are recruiting two Mentor Recruitment Managers (East and North based) to lead our volunteer mentor recruitment team, processes, training and the ongoing support for each and every one of these life changers. You’ll establish a deeply personal service that inspires every volunteer and individual to feel a hugely valued part of the MCR family and cause. This is exceptional customer service and relationship building in practice for a cause that matters for a lifetime. You will be a motivated, committed and resilient person who can lead from the front and be the mentor champion for each of the young people, schools, ambassadors, mentors, their employers and the communities we serve.

The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth, where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme.

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Recruiting for 3 roles in North, West and East of Scotland

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for three Pathways Coordinators to support our regional teams in North, East and West of Scotland.

The successful candidate will divide their time between home working and working within schools in local authorities across their region to provide additional support to our existing teams of coordinators. This role requires flexibility and a willingness to travel between locations. You will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

Please note: Driving licence is essential for this role.

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Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

This is an exciting time to join MCR Pathways and you will have a real opportunity to influence the ongoing development and engagement of our team and have a crucial role in our Management Team. You will provide HR advice and guidance on a wide range of activities, providing vital recruitment expertise, coaching our leaders on performance management and employee engagement.

You will also be responsible for ensuring that the day-to-day policies and processes are in place, compliant with legal requirements and fully implemented and understood across the organisation.

About you:You’ll be able to evidence that you have significant recent experience in a similar role, ideally for a comparable organisation. You may be looking for a more flexible working pattern or looking for a role that allows you to make a meaningful impact within and beyond the organisation. You will be able to demonstrate your ability to provide sound and practical advice to the leadership team.

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Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

We are looking to hire 3 Digital Services Coordinators to join our growing Digital Services team. The successful candidates will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth, where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme.

A Digital Services Coordinator is an IT Helpdesk role with a difference. As we’re a relationship based organisation, the key skill we’re looking for is effective relationship building. On a daily basis you will be providing systems support to our central team, our school based coordinators and our large community of volunteer mentors. You might come from a customer service or hospitality background but it’s likely you’re the go-to person for tech support for your family or friends. Tech savvy and a desire to learn are important but being the approachable face of our support team is vital.

You’ll focus on supporting one of three regions (West, North, East) with the opportunity to develop in technical specialisms such as drive structure and document control, device procurement and inventory management and website maintenance and security.

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Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference. MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage. In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

We are recruiting a Marketing Executive with a focus on content creation. The role is perfect for you and for those that love digital marketing. It comes with responsibility and would suit a candidate who enjoys making a difference and applying their skills to help positively impact the lives of young people.

You will be responsible for the social media and digital content for MCR Pathways, appealing to and attracting a wide ranging audience through a variety of channels. This includes content creation, strategy, planning, scheduling, monitoring and analysis. A confident writer, able to adapt your tone of voice to suit the audience, you will work with vital attention to detail, confidence and decisiveness. We need an organised and committed individual who can also respond quickly and work with their own initiative. Imagination, consistency and accuracy are all essential as your content will drive our mentor recruitment campaigns across the country and help us reach more young people.

You will become responsible for the creation of digital marketing content, working alongside our graphic designer, to drive mentor recruitment.

Role Description & Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

We are recruiting a Mentor Relationship Manager (North Region) covering Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Highland and Shetland, to lead on the engagement and vital ongoing support of our community of life changing volunteer mentors. You’ll establish a deeply personal service that inspires every volunteer and individual to feel a hugely valued part of the MCR family and cause. This is exceptional customer service and relationship building in practice for a cause that matters for a lifetime. You will be a motivated, committed and resilient person who can lead from the front and be the mentor champion for each of the young people, schools, ambassadors, mentors, their employers and the communities we serve.

The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth, where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme.

The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth, where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme.

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Are you an experienced digital professional looking to make an impact with a growing charity? We’re looking to hire a Digital Development & Support manager to join our growing team. You’ll manage a Digital Services support function, aid the entire team in systems implementation projects and provide high quality training. You’ll report to our Head of Digital.

Are you motivated by making a difference and supporting individuals and teams to realise their full potential? Are you passionate about developing systems that scale and supporting users and stakeholders in getting the most out of them? Can you get things done to tight deadlines and love identifying, inspiring, training and supporting others. If you know training is all about transferring knowledge, skills and confidence to your audience, individually, please read on.

At MCR Pathways, our driving force is simple – that care-experienced and disadvantaged young people should have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person. As we expand our mentoring and talent development programme into new local authorities and schools around Scotland and the UK, we are looking for an experienced Digital Development & Support Manager. This key role will be responsible for supporting our growing staff and volunteer mentor base in getting the most out of our systems.

Come and join an inspiring national charity that is expanding to meet a huge need. Throughout you will also work directly with and for our young people to ensure everything we do fits with what they need and want.

The role will be about both developing and delivering to deadlines but will be fun and varied. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of a variety of systems and support methodologies including agile. A proven ability to coordinate multiple projects and meet demanding timelines is essential.

Systems Development & Training

• Support the efficient and effective utilisation of all systems and related processes
• Responsibility to ensure complete documentation, training guides and films are available and effective for all MCR systems
• Ensure effective universal support and training of MCR staff and mentors, and delivery of specific stakeholder needs and individual training requirements
• Lead the evaluation and feedback cycle to ensure all staff are confident and able to fully utilise system capabilities

Operational Effectiveness

• Working with current CRM system to develop functionality that improves mentor relationships through help desk processes and software
• Creating and maintaining cutting edge self service mentor recruitment processes and comms.
• Support the Provision of exceptional and consistent performance through insight on ways to system utilisation
• Continually review systems to stress test and maintain high levels of data integrity & security across all systems

MCR Digital Support Team

• Actively manage the MCR Digital Support Team to ensure effective support across the organisation
• Setting and achieving internal targets to ensure effective and timely resolution of issues

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

MCR Pathways supports over 3,000 young people from across the country. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an exceptional Programme Manager to lead our programme and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of South Lanarkshire schools.

The role is an exciting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the YST South Lanarkshire programme.

Read the Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

MCR Pathways supports over 3,000 young people from across the country. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an exceptional Programme Manager to lead our programme and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of Aberdeenshire schools.

The role is an exciting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the YST Aberdeenshire programme.

Read the Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

We are recruiting Mentor Relationship Managers for North (Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Highland and Shetland) and East (Dundee, Fife, Edinburgh and the Lothians) Scotland , to lead on the engagement and vital ongoing support of our community of life changing volunteer mentors. You’ll establish a deeply personal service that inspires every volunteer and individual to feel a hugely valued part of the MCR family and cause. This is exceptional customer service and relationship building in practice for a cause that matters for a lifetime. You will be a motivated, committed and resilient person who can lead from the front and be the mentor champion for each of the young people, schools, ambassadors, mentors, their employers and the communities we serve. As such, you will be home based but there will be significant travel around the region. See the full job description and person specification on our website.

The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth, where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for two Pathways Coordinators to join our regional team in the Highlands. One will be based at Lochaber High School and the other at Wick Highs School. In this role, you will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

Key tasks:

• Helping build exceptional individual relationships with young people across S1 to S6 and delivering S1 & S2 group work to full year curriculum.
• Helping to drive mentor recruitment. Consistently supporting, actively engaging and motivating mentors from training through the length of their engagement with the programme.
• Actively support MCR young people to set, experience then follow their education and employment pathways.
• Evidence progression, impact and best practice with YP input, quantitative feedback and qualitative case studies.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

We are recruiting a Digital Marketing Executive to help develop our channels and implement our marketing campaigns. The role is ideally suited to someone with digital marketing experience looking for a new challenge in a growing charity organisation. It comes with responsibility and would suit a candidate who enjoys making a difference and applying their skills to help positively impact the lives of young people.

You will take the lead on social media and digital marketing for MCR Pathways, using your knowledge of tools, metrics and successful strategies to reach audiences through a variety of channels. From content creation and social media planning to online ad coordination and performance reporting, you will be decisive and detail-driven in pursuit of MCR Pathways’ objectives. You will have an up-to-date and ever evolving understanding of trends and best practices in digital marketing, to help MCR take advantage of new opportunities.

Working closely with colleagues across the Marketing and Digital Services teams, you will play a vital role in driving our recruitment of volunteer mentors across the country, and in developing awareness of the impact of MCR Pathways’ award-winning mentoring programme across new and existing stakeholders. Imagination, consistency, accuracy and determination will be key attributes for finding success in the role.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Lewis Camley, National Marketing Manager, on lewis.camley@mcrpathways.org.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

MCR Pathways supports over 3,000 young people from across the country. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an exceptional Programme Manager to lead our programme and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of North Ayrshire schools.

The role is exciting and varied. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the Young Scottish Talent North Ayrshire programme.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

MCR Pathways supports over 3,000 young people from across the country. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an exceptional Programme Manager to lead our programme and manage our school-based Coordinators across our schools in the Highlands.

The role is an exciting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

For this role, you’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure all care-experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all young people in scope have the opportunity to access the YST Highlands programme.

The role is home-based with occasional travel around the region

Read the Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

MCR Pathways supports over 3,500 young people from across the country. As we continue to grow, we are looking to recruit an Administrator to support our friendly and committed Mentor Services team, based in our Glasgow office. This is an important role, providing essential administration and mentor recruitment support to the central teams within our organisation.

If you are an organised and personable individual, with strong communication skills, who thrives as part of a team in a busy work environment, we'd love to hear from you. The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting development and growth where we are launching our programme into new local authorities in Scotland and councils across England.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for young people in care and those experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

We are recruiting a National Marketing Manager to lead our team to drive forward our mentor recruitment plans and share all the fantastic stories of MCR young people overcoming their circumstances to realise their full potential. The process is centred on emotionally engaging potential mentors and volunteers and sharp focus on sharing our success, research and the statistics that prove the MCR model is transformational. You will be creative, producing inspiring campaigns across multiple channels to different audiences with detailed knowledge of how success is measured.

Our stories need stats to persuade policy makers and to show the huge benefits to the young people, adults and organisations. You will be a motivated, committed and resilient person who can lead from the front and be the mentoring and MCR Brand champion for young people, schools, mentors, their employers and the communities we serve.

Role Description and Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

MCR Pathways supports over 3,000 young people from across the country. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an additional (and exceptional) Programme Manager to help lead our programme and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of schools in Aberdeenshire and Shetland. You will need to have a driving licence and access to a car as there will be frequent travel to Aberdeenshire schools. There will also be occasional travel to Shetland.

The role is an interesting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will jointly lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

You’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure that all care-experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all the young people involved have the opportunity to access the Young Talent programme.

Read the Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for a Regional Pathways Coordinator to support our regional team in the West of Scotland. The area includes schools in West Dunbartonshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire.

The successful candidate will divide their time working across schools in local authorities across the West region and within our central Glasgow office to provide additional support to our existing teams of coordinators. This role requires flexibility and a willingness to travel between locations (travel expenses will be reimbursed).

The role will support schools and teams across the region as required and responsibilities can include delivering group work, delivering MCR's mentoring programme, supporting local mentor recruitment, supporting mentors through 1:1s and training, and additional responsibilities based on local need. You will be an integral part of the schools community and wider MCR team, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

Please note: A driving licence is essential for this role.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for two Pathways Coordinator to join our regional team in Edinburgh, based at St Augustine's RC High School and Forrester High School AND Leith Academy and Drummond Community High School. In this role, you will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

Key responsibilities will be:

• Helping build exceptional individual relationships with young people across S1 to S6 and delivering S1 & S2 group work to full year curriculum.
• Helping to drive mentor recruitment. Consistently supporting, actively engaging and motivating mentors from training through the length of their engagement with the programme.
• Actively support MCR young people to set, experience then follow their education and employment pathways.
• Evidence progression, impact and best practice with YP input, quantitative feedback and qualitative case studies.

The successful candidate will be joining our organisation at a time of exciting growth, where we are launching into new local authorities and developing our programme.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

MCR Pathways supports over 3,000 young people from across the country. These are really exciting times and we are looking for an additional (and exceptional) Programme Manager to help lead our programme and manage our school-based Coordinators across a group of schools in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

The role is an interesting and varied one. As part of our Education & Schools team, you will jointly lead the regional team of school Pathways Coordinators and be supported by our Mentor Services, Marketing and Digital teams.

You’ll need to be relentlessly driven to ensure that all care-experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage in the region are supported to find, grow and use their individual talents and that their education, employment choices and life chances outcomes are maximised. You’ll have experience of managing a team, be highly organised and ambitious to ensure all the young people involved have the opportunity to access the Young Talent programme.

Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for a Regional Pathways Coordinator to support our regional team in the Highlands.

The successful candidate will divide their time working across schools in the Highlands to provide additional support to our existing teams of coordinators. This role requires flexibility and a willingness to travel between locations (travel expenses will be reimbursed).

The role will support schools and teams across the region as required and responsibilities can include delivering group work, delivering MCR's mentoring programme, supporting local mentor recruitment, supporting mentors through 1:1s and training, and additional responsibilities based on local need. You will be an integral part of the schools community and wider MCR team, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

Please note: A driving licence is essential for this role.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

But don't take our word for it, listen to one of our young people. MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

Watch Emily's Story

MCR Pathways currently supports over 4,000 young people across Scotland and we’re expanding our team so that we can support even more. We are recruiting 5 Mentor Services Coordinators for Aberdeenshire, Dundee, Perth & Kinross, Glasgow, North Ayrshire regions to manage and engage with all mentors at different stages of their journey. Specifically from when they register an interest, through interview, training and to being matched with a young person.

The successful candidates will have excellent communication and administration experience, be highly organised, and have excellent desktop and database skills with a real attention to detail.

Key tasks will include:

• Providing excellent customer service to mentors, volunteers and partners using strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ensuring all our volunteer mentors are personally supported and engaged at every stage of their mentor journey
• Planning and managing information sessions, conduct mentor one-to-one conversations and facilitate mentor training sessions face to face and virtually
• Consistently and meticulously update our mentor database providing reports and information to ensure an accurate and up to date record of our mentor recruitment activity.
• Be a passionate champion of the MCR programme participating in local networks to raise awareness of MCR and increase mentor recruitment

Job description and person specification.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

At MCR, our driving force is simple – that young people who are in, or on the edges of the care system, will have the same educational outcomes, career opportunities and life chances as any other young person.

In 2021 MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice Award CSJ award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

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We have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and are looking for a Pathways Coordinator to join our regional team in Clackmannanshire, based at Alva Academy. In this role, you will be an integral part of the school community, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders, and delivering the programme to young people.

Click the Read the Person Specification to find out more but here are the key tasks of the role:

School Pathways Coordinator 4 part remit:

• Helping build exceptional individual relationships with young people across S1 to S6 and delivering S1 & S2 group work to full year curriculum.
• Helping to drive mentor recruitment. Consistently supporting, actively engaging and motivating mentors from training through the length of their engagement with the programme.
• Actively support MCR young people to set, experience then follow their education and employment pathways.
• Evidence progression, impact and best practice with YP input, quantitative feedback and qualitative case studies.

Are you searching for aposition with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for care experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life changing difference.

We are looking for two outstanding Partnership & Mentor Recruitment Managers based in the North (ideally Inverness) and East of Scotland (ideally Edinburgh). The roles will focus on forming pioneering partnerships with key public and private sector organisations to drive mentor recruitment and also help create other opportunities for MCR young people. You will help lead and represent the regional mentor recruitment teams, input to schools’ teams and ensure we have as many mentors local to each school as our young people need.

You’ll establish a deeply personal service that inspires every volunteer and individual to feel a hugely valued part of the MCR family and cause. This is exceptional relationship building and inspirational championing of the MCR cause in practice. You will be a motivated, committed, enthusiastic and resilient person with a strong and practical belief in addressing inequality. You will be the mentor champion for each of the young people, schools, ambassadors, mentors, their employers and the local communities we serve.

Key responsibilities:

- As a passionate MCR ambassador, develop and maintain strong and lasting partnerships with Local Authorities, businesses and schools to drive and sustain mentor recruitment.

- Manage organisational recruitment campaigns & lead on ensuring continuous engagement of prospective mentors (from the individual to their organisation) strategically & practically at each stage, with the highest service quality & response rates.

- Organise, participate in, and actively support, all forms of mentor recruitment, mentor and volunteer engagement, events, communities & marketing.

- Support all aspects of the recruitment channels to ensure individual mentors are fully and emotionally engaged throughout and an efficient pipeline flow through to effective mentor matches that meets the expectations of all participants.

- Work with our Programme Managers to deliver a tailored local approach for organisation and community engagement, and identify opportunities for mentor recruitment and support for other parts of the MCR model.

Read the Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for care experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage.

We are looking for two Programme Development team members to support the practice and development of the MCR programme in Aberdeen and the Central Belt. The role is a highly important one to build and maintain the confidence of the MCR frontline staff. Training and motivation skills are essential as is command of detail and empathy with the MCR cause and young people.

Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life changing difference. The MCR frontline teams are essential to the success and your job will be to ensure they have all the tools, understanding and support needed.

You will play a key role in the development of MCR overall, the implementation and evaluation of programme content, and the hands on training of school based staff. The role is diverse and challenging with highly effective relationship building and communication skills essential. It will involve a degree of travel to schools, therefore access to a car is essential.

Read the Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational?

Join an award-winning charity and passionate team dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.

But don't take our word for it, listen to one of our young people. MCR were winners of a prestigious UK Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) award. The CSJ produced this film about MCR young person Emily and her mentor Elaine.

mcrpathways.org/jobs/mentor-services-coordinator-aberdeenshire

MCR Pathways currently supports over 4,000 young people across Scotland and we’re expanding our team so that we can support even more. We are recruiting a Mentor Services Coordinator for Aberdeenshire, to manage and engage with all mentors at different stages of their journey. Specifically from when they register an interest, through interview, training and to being matched with a young person in Abderdeenshire schools.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, resilience and empathy, administration experience, be highly organised, and have solid desktop and database skills with a real attention to detail.

Key tasks will include:

• Providing excellent customer service to mentors, volunteers and partners using strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ensuring all our volunteer mentors are personally supported and engaged at every stage of their mentor journey
• Planning and managing information sessions, conduct mentor one-to-one conversations and facilitate mentor training sessions face to face and virtually
• Consistently and meticulously update our mentor database providing reports and information to ensure an accurate and up to date record of our mentor recruitment activity.
• Be a passionate champion of the MCR programme participating in local networks to raise awareness of MCR and increase mentor recruitment

Click to see the full job description and person specification.

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for care experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life changing difference.

MCR Pathways’ Marketing and Communications team works to increase engagement with, and knowledge of MCR Pathways’ award-winning mentoring programme across new and existing audiences and stakeholders. Based in our Glasgow office, the Graphic Designer supports the National Marketing Manager and wider team by creating and developing marketing materials to support our recruitment of volunteer mentors across the country, and will design materials aimed at communicating MCR’s brand values and visual identity.

You will be responsible for creating and developing marketing materials for internal and external audiences, including staff, mentors, businesses, partners, stakeholders and media. This will include a combination of print and digital design e.g. posters, flyers, social media assets, digital banners, presentations and more.

You will also help with other branded materials, such as reports, to help evidence the impact of the programme.

The role demands a solid understanding of designing marketing materials, creative flair and a professional approach to process, deadlines and internal communications. The Graphic Designer is required to produce fast and accurate work, undertaken with a keen eye for detail, and work on multiple projects simultaneously.

Read the Person Specification

Are you passionate about supporting young people and searching for a role where you can make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. We are looking for Regional Pathways Coordinators to support our secondary school teams based in the North of Scotland.

This is a key role working in schools with the young people, mentors and school staff involved in our programme. The successful candidates will divide their time working across schools in Clackmannanshire, Dundee, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Fife and Perth & Kinross to provide additional cover, support, training and encouragement. The role requires flexibility, enthusiasm and the willingness to travel between locations (travel expenses will be reimbursed).

Responsibilities will include delivering group work, coordinating and supporting mentor meetings with their young people and being a go to person in school for the MCR programme. In times where school cover is less intensive you will form part of the regional team supporting local mentor recruitment, training and events depending on local circumstances. You will be an integral part of the schools community and wider MCR team, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders but the most important part of this role is delivering the MCR programme to young people.

Please note: A driving licence is essential for this role.

Read the Person Specification

Are you passionate about supporting young people and searching for a role where you can make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. We are looking for Regional Pathways Coordinators to support our secondary school teams based in the North of Scotland.

This is a key role working in schools with the young people, mentors and school staff involved in our programme. The successful candidates will divide their time working across schools in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire to provide additional cover, support, training and encouragement. The role requires flexibility, enthusiasm and the willingness to travel between locations (travel expenses will be reimbursed).

Responsibilities will include delivering group work, coordinating and supporting mentor meetings with their young people and being a go to person in school for the MCR programme. In times where school cover is less intensive you will form part of the regional team supporting local mentor recruitment, training and events depending on local circumstances. You will be an integral part of the schools community and wider MCR team, liaising with education colleagues and external stakeholders but the most important part of this role is delivering the MCR programme to young people.

Please note: A driving licence is essential for this role.

Read the Person Specification

Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference? Where your time can be transformational? MCR Pathways is a national, award-winning mentoring programme dedicated to addressing the long-standing inequality in education outcomes, career opportunities and life chances for care experienced young people and those experiencing disadvantage. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression. MCR Mentors are volunteers who make and experience a life changing difference.

We are looking for two outstanding Partnership & Mentor Recruitment Managers based in the West of Scotland (primarily in and around the Greater Glasgow area) and East of Scotland (primarily in and around the Greater Edinburgh area). The roles will focus on forming pioneering partnerships with key public and private sector organisations to drive mentor recruitment and also help create other opportunities for MCR young people. You will help represent the regional mentor recruitment teams, input to schools’ teams and ensure we have as many mentors local to each school as our young people need.

You’ll establish a deeply personal service that inspires every volunteer and individual to feel a hugely valued part of the MCR family and cause. This is exceptional relationship building and inspirational championing of the MCR cause in practice. You will be a motivated, committed, enthusiastic and resilient person with a strong and practical belief in addressing inequality. You will be the mentor champion for each of the young people, schools, employers and the local communities we serve.

Key responsibilities:

• As a passionate MCR ambassador, develop and maintain strong and lasting partnerships with Local Authorities, businesses and schools to drive and sustain mentor recruitment.
• Manage organisational recruitment campaigns & lead on ensuring continuous engagement of prospective mentors (from the individual to their organisation) strategically & practically at each stage, with the highest service quality & response rates.
• Organise, participate in, and actively support, all forms of mentor recruitment, mentor and volunteer engagement, events, communities & marketing.
• Support all aspects of the recruitment channels to ensure individual mentors are fully and emotionally engaged throughout and an efficient pipeline flow through to effective mentor matches that meets the expectations of all participants.
• Work with our Programme Managers to deliver a tailored local approach for organisation and community engagement, and identify opportunities for mentor recruitment and support for other parts of the MCR model.

Please note: A driving licence is essential as travel throughout the area for face to face meetings is integral to the roles.

full job description and person specification