Specialist Mentor (Casual Post) in Brighton

Student Operations and Support Location: Brighton - City Campus, Moulsecoomb and Falmer

Salary: Circa £32.96 per hour plus 12.07% uplift for annual leave entitlement

Closing Date: Sunday 02 August 2026

Reference: SOMENTOR-26-162

Join our team of Specialist Mentors offering individual support for students to gain equal access to their studies by helping them to overcome academic and psychological barriers to learning—such as anxiety, time management, and workload prioritization—without acting as a counsellor or tutor.

You will have proven and demonstrable experience of working individually with adults with mental health conditions and/or autistic students, as well as a high level of analytical and problem solving ability. We require mentors across our Brighton sites (Falmer, Moulsecoomb and City Centre) and ideally you will be able to commit to a minimum of two days a week, providing regular and consistent support.

Each mentoring session will consist of mentoring and preparation work. Mentors can provide support in-person on campus and also remotely via video calls. Ideally we are seeking mentors who can do some in-person work as this is in high demand from students.

PLEASE NOTE due to government legislation all mentors must have membership of certain professional bodies and/or specific qualifications to work with a) Students with Mental Health conditions and b) Autistic students, so we cannot accept applications from those that do not meet this criteria. Please check pages 9-12 of the DfE qualification and professional body membership requirements.

In addition, a DBS check will be required for this role. Interviews will be held on Thursday 27th August 2026. This role is paid at spinal point 47, equivalent to circa £32.96 an hour, plus an additional 12.07% uplift for statutory annual leave.

One session with a student, including writing up action-plans and arranging the next session should all be completed within one hour.

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system, with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK. Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.