We are looking for a Pathways Coordinator for Inverness Royal Academy, to work with young people, mentors and school staff involved in the MCR Pathways programme.

About the role:
You will be the key person delivering the MCR Pathways mentoring programme to young people within the school and form an integral part of the school community and wider MCR team. You will support volunteers from the local community who give their time to mentor a young person for an hour a week at the school.

Key responsibilities:
- Helping to build excellent individual relationships with young people across S1 to S6.
- Consistently supporting and engaging with volunteer mentors throughout their participation with the programme. Helping to drive volunteer recruitment in the local community.
- Actively support MCR young people in school as they follow their education and employment pathways.
- Evidencing progression, impact and best practice for the MCR programme in your school.

About you:
- Exceptional ability to build meaningful relationships with young people aged 11-18 years, education colleagues, volunteer mentors, local employers and community organisations.
- Awareness and understanding of the principles of safeguarding and child protection.
- Ability and confidence to present programme information and deliver prepared training sessions to groups of young people and adults.
- Ability to work well on your own initiative, as part of a team and on a flexible basis in response to the current needs of the programme.
- An understanding of the challenges and barriers that care-experienced and/or vulnerable young people may encounter.
- Experience or a knowledge of processes to document and evidence good practice and positive outcomes.
- Confident in the use of Google and/or Microsoft Word, spreadsheets and Teams.

You will be an empathetic person who is open minded, non-judgemental, resilient and who is driven to improve outcomes for care experienced and other vulnerable young people.

About MCR Pathways:
MCR Pathways is an award-winning charity established in Glasgow in 2007. We currently support over 7,800 young people across the UK who’ve had an unfair start in life, through our community of mentors, donors, staff, and partners. They are united by a shared belief: that every young person deserves someone to help them find their way. We believe in the power of mentoring and that a single connection can change a life.

We connect young people with volunteer mentors who offer support, encouragement and a listening ear. The aim is to empower young people to define their own ambitions, supporting them from aspiration to achievement. It’s more than academic success; it’s about instilling belief, resilience and the chance to thrive.

Mentoring is at the heart of what we do, but not all we do. We create opportunities like career tasters, job shadowing, and work experience helping young people access networks and pathways they might not otherwise reach. We support them into further and higher education, apprenticeships and employment and fulfilling careers helping them live their best life.

MCR Pathways’ values are Respect, Communication, Trust and Growth and they inform everything we do.

Benefits of working for MCR Pathways include: 33 days annual leave in first year rising to 38 days from 2nd year of employment, additional day off for your birthday, Living Pensions Employer, Life Assurance - 4 x salary.