Job Description

Are you experienced at developing programmes to meet need? Do you have the passion to improve young people’s lives? If so come this is a fantastic opportunity for you to lead a creative, dynamic and friendly team who are driving a revolution in drug prevention in the UK.

The Role

The role will support the delivery of Mentor’s strategic aim to understand what works in prevention, to develop and evaluate a range of universal and targeted based programmes and to disseminate those findings.

The Director of Programmes will develop and lead innovative strategies across the organisation to oversee the efficient and effective delivery of services and implementation of new projects. They will have a lead role in identifying new opportunities, developing approaches and ensuring that we are continuously developing and improving our policy and practice.

Organisation Profile

At Mentor, we think young people are awesome. We love their passion and curiosity. We believe in their judgement and we trust their ability to shape their worlds as they grow up. But we know from listening to them they face any number of challenges on the way to adulthood, including how to deal with exposure to alcohol and other drugs. We know too that, the poorer the community they come from, the bigger these challenges become. Our role is to be the trusted voice that shares knowledge and builds skills and self-confidence – and to help all those with a stake in their future to do the same. So young people are in a position to make the best choices for themselves, regardless of the challenges they might face.

To not judge. To not preach. To just give simple, practical advice and support wherever and whenever it is needed.

How to apply: Please click on the apply button to submit your CV along with a short covering letter to say why you are ideal for this role.