Job Title: Pathway Coordinator
Location: Southway, Guildford, Surrey
Start Date: September 2026 or sooner if possible
Contract Type: 2-year fixed contract
Weeks/Hours: 43 weeks per annum, 35 hours per week
Salary: LPT 4.2 (£25,867 - FTE, £24,063 – Actual per annum)
Are you searching for a position with purpose? A role to make a real difference, where your time can be transformational? Join us to work with 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. Their in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing, achievement and post-school progression.
About MCR Pathway
MCR Mentors make and experience a life changing difference.
At MCR, their 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.
They have had a transformational impact in schools and local authorities across Scotland and in England are looking for a Pathway Coordinator to work with their regional team in Surrey, based at Kings College Guildford. 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.
Why join us?
OFSTED “Good” school (June 2024)
Exceptional record of staff development
Positive, happy and uplifting culture and ethos
Research based approaches to assessment and feedback – co-designed by teachers
About the Role:
Helping build exceptional individual relationships with young people across
Years 7-11 and delivering group work to selected young people in Years 7 and 8.
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.
About you:
Experience of working with young people
Awareness and understanding of the principles of safeguarding and child protection duties
Excellent interpersonal, administrative, organisational report writing and presentation skills
Passionate, enthusiastic, energetic and proactive approach
What we can offer:
A caring and supportive working environment within a vibrant and diverse school community
Dedicated and hard-working teams committed to helping all children achieve.
Excellent networking and career progression opportunities across our collaborative Academy Trust
Extensive staff benefits including Support Staff Pension Scheme, Employee Assistance Scheme, Free Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme, and free will-writing service.
If you are ready to make a difference in students’ lives, we’d love to hear from you!
Closing date: 10am, Monday 22nd June 2026
Kings College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. All successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Diversity and Inclusion Statement
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of Learning Partners Academy Trust. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workforce and particularly welcome suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to join our trust.