Job Description

Senior Peer Mentoring Coordinator

Location

University of Leicester Students' Union, LE1 7RH

Contract Type

Full Time - Permanent

Salary

27,953

Hours

34.5 hours a week (excluding half an hour unpaid lunch break a day)

Are you passionate about supporting students to thrive and succeed whilst at university? If so, we're looking for a dedicated

Senior Peer Mentoring Coordinator

to lead and develop our Peer Mentoring Scheme at the University of Leicester Students' Union. We're committed to making a positive difference to every student's experience and this role will give you the opportunity to be part of a friendly, supportive team that values inclusivity, collaboration, and innovation.

In this important role, you'll be responsible for planning, delivering, and evaluating our Peer Mentoring Scheme. You'll supervise a team of Lead Mentors, student staff, and our Peer Mentoring Coordinator, ensuring high-quality training, engagement activities, and ongoing support for students across the university.

Your key responsibilities will include building partnerships with university departments and key stakeholders and delivering evaluation reports that showcase the impact of the scheme on the student experience.

We're looking for someone who is:

Experienced of working in a professional office environment, ideally within Higher Education. Skilled at supervising and enabling staff/volunteers to be effective in their roles. An excellent communicator with strong organisational and project management skills. Confident working with diverse student populations and multiple stakeholders.
A strong knowledge of trends and issues affecting higher education students, as well as a genuine passion for student development, will also be key to your success in this role.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to establishing a positive working environment for all of its staff members that is fair, equitable and free of discriminatory practice. We welcome applications from individuals regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, or disability status.

If you would like to apply for this role you will need to send in a CV and a covering letter showing how you meet the criteria within the Person Specification. This can be emailed

to su-vacancies@le.ac.uk

For a full job description and person specification for role, please see the Leicester Students' Union website.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, if you have not heard back from us , unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Closing date:

Wednesday 8th October 2025

Interviews:

Friday 17th October 2025
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 27,953.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Enhanced maternity leave Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Private medical insurance
Work Location: In person