Overview
Learning Support Mentor - Science, Engineering and Computing
Salary: £20,436
Working term time only - 38 weeks per year
Hours: Full time and part time hours available (37.5 or 14.5 hours per week)
Location: Cambridge
Meridian Business Support is currently recruiting for a Learning Support Mentor to work in a Cambridge based college.
Are you passionate about empowering others and making a real difference? Our client is proud to be a vibrant, forward-thinking place to work—and are growing. As part of the dynamic Engineering, Computing and Science Team, they are looking for a Learning Support Mentor who is caring, personable, and empathetic, with a natural talent for uplifting and guiding others.
The team supports learners aged 16 and up, including adult students, across a wide range of subjects. Every day brings something new, and your role will be central to helping students build confidence, independence, and skills for life and work. You’ll also have the chance to contribute to the wider community initiatives for an organisation who believe that learning doesn’t stop at the classroom door.
As a Learning Support Mentor, you will:
* Support students with diverse learning needs and disabilities
* Help implement reasonable adjustments to ensure full engagement
* Mentor students to stay focused and motivated
* Demonstrate tasks and model skills to aid understanding
* Champion CRC’s core values in everything you do
Qualifications and attributes
* Hold GCSE English and maths at grade C / 4 or equivalent—or be willing to work towards it
* Be open to relevant training and development
* Enjoy working across different faculties and supporting students on varied courses
* Have experience working with individuals with special educational needs (desirable but not essential)
* Be patient, reliable, and sensitive to others’ needs
* Thrive both independently and as part of a team
* Communicate clearly and connect easily with others
Rewards and benefits
* Supportive and friendly team. We’ll also set you up with a Buddy as well as a Line Manager
* 27 days annual holiday leave entitlement, plus bank holidays (to be pro rata for part time)
* Generous pension scheme (22.7%)
* On site restaurants, retail and coffee outlets (Costa Coffee at Cambridge Campus and Starbucks at Huntingdon Campus)
* Free on-site car parking
* BUPA Health Expenses cash plan and Occupational Health services
* Discounted rates on Apple products
* Free gym membership option and discounted classes
* Discounted rates on college courses
* Exclusive discounts for high street and online stores with Rewards
* Free independent telephone counselling service with our Employee Assistant Programme
* Staff Development opportunities
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
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