MCR Pathways Programme Coordinator in Newcastle upon Tyne

This school has Academy status and is part of The Gosforth Group; the employer will be the Multi Academy Trust. Callerton Academy is a new secondary school that opened in September 2021 as one of two new schools within Gosforth Group. Our principal aim is to encourage high expectations and high standards of achievement, both academic and personal. We are driven by a desire to support young people to create their future and be successful in all they do. Our values embrace honesty, trust, reliability, respect for the legitimate rights of others, care for every member of society, regard for the environment, and kindness towards other people. We have high expectations of both ourselves and our students. Our exceptional, highly skilled, and dedicated staff strive to develop aspirational and confident young people who have a lifelong love of learning.

Currently, we are based in a state-of-the-art building in Newcastle’s Grainger Town with great links to metro and bus transport, until we move into our new school building located in Westerhope, which opens to students in September 2025, serving around 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 11. Callerton Academy is an exciting and thriving secondary school where staff are highly valued and invested in to be able to become exceptional practitioners.

We are excited to offer the position of MCR Pathways Programme Coordinator at Callerton Academy, in conjunction with our charity partner MCR Pathways. We are an award-winning charity dedicated to ensuring the country’s most vulnerable young people are defined by their talent and never their circumstances. In each of our partner schools, we have a MCR Pathways Programme Coordinator who works with staff and young people to facilitate the delivery of our mentoring programme. Our in-school mentoring has profound impacts on mentees in their confidence, wellbeing and post-school progression. MCR Mentors make and experience a life-changing difference and our Pathways Coordinators make this possible.

At MCR Pathways, 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 the South East of England, and are delighted to now be expanding our programme into the North East and are looking for a MCR Pathways Programme Coordinator based at Callerton Academy in Newcastle. 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.

WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN:

• Help build exceptional individual relationships with young people across Y7 to Y11 and deliver Y7 & Y8 group work to full year curriculum.
• Help drive mentor recruitment.
• Consistently support, actively engage and motivate mentors from training through the length of their engagement with the programme.
• Actively support MCR young people to identify their talent; build their self-confidence; develop their aspiration and fulfil their potential.
• Collate evidence of young people’s progression quantitative data and qualitative evidence such as young people’s voice and case studies.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• A competitive salary.
• Benefits including excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking.
• An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals.
• Enthusiastic and motivated students.
• An exciting and extensive commitment to professional development.
• A school with its community at heart.
• An exciting programme of staff well-being activities.
• Wider career development opportunities to be involved across the Gosforth Group.

If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, or you are unable to complete the online application form and require this in another format please contact us by email: hrcallerton@gosforthgroup.org.uk or telephone: 0191 285 1000. Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date. Following the shortlisting process, where applicable, candidates who attend interview will be reimbursed reasonable expenses for travel and accommodation.

The Trust is committed to equality, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This means certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide and you can view our Policy on the Employment of Ex-offenders here. Gosforth Group are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. References will be requested prior to interview for those candidates shortlisted. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, along with other relevant pre-employment checks.