Early Careers Coordinator and Mentoring Apprentice
HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES
East Molesey, London
Closes on Thursday 7 May 2026
Posted on 23 February 2026
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Summary
The Early Careers Coordinator and Mentoring Apprentice will support the delivery and development of Historic Royal Palaces’ early careers programmes, including apprenticeships, work experience and mentoring initiatives.
- Wage
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£25,328 a year
- Training course
- Learning and skills mentor (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, times to be confirmed.
36 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Alongside day-to-day coordination responsibilities, the post holder will complete the Level 4 Learning and Skills Mentor apprenticeship standard, developing the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to support and mentor learners in the workplace.
While completing your apprenticeship, key responsibilities will be:
- Early Careers Coordination
- Mentoring and Learner Support
- Mentoring Programme Coordination
- Engagement and Communication
- Learning and Development (Apprenticeship)
This role plays a key part in ensuring early career participants have a positive, inclusive and well-supported experience at Historic Royal Palaces.
Due to the nature of this role, awareness of apprenticeships or work-based learning environments (preferably 1st hand knowledge of undertaking an apprenticeship recently).
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Historic Royal Palaces, Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, KT8 9AU
- The Tower Of London, Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4AB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SKILLS RECRUITMENT LIMITED
Training course
Learning and skills mentor (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Conduct sustainable mentoring practice within organisational and professional boundaries, and legal and ethical requirements, including safeguarding
- Establish and maintain mentoring contracts with mentees and where relevant, other stakeholders
- Conduct mentoring sessions according to agreed plans
- Implement established mentoring tools and techniques to help the mentee work towards agreed outcomes
- Maintain records of mentoring practice, complying with quality, confidentiality and data protection requirements
- Establish and use assessed starting points to establish agreed outcomes of the mentoring process
- Assess and review progress and achievement of agreed outcomes and revise action plans as appropriate
- Maintain mentoring relationship through a non-judgemental and objective approach
- Use questioning techniques to encourage reflection and progression
- Provide feedback to the mentee to inform progression
- Inform, advise and guide the mentee to support development toward agreed outcomes
- Apply theories and models of evaluation and reflection to support mentee development
- Monitor and reflect on own mentoring practice, including feedback from supervision, to develop self
- Apply evidence based mentoring practice informed by own research
- Conduct sustainable mentoring practice within organisational and professional boundaries, and legal and ethical requirements, including safeguarding
- Establish and maintain mentoring contracts with mentees and where relevant, other stakeholders
- Conduct mentoring sessions according to agreed plans
- Implement established mentoring tools and techniques to help the mentee work towards agreed outcomes
- Maintain records of mentoring practice, complying with quality, confidentiality and data protection requirements
- Establish and use assessed starting points to establish agreed outcomes of the mentoring process
- Assess and review progress and achievement of agreed outcomes and revise action plans as appropriate
- Maintain mentoring relationship through a non-judgemental and objective approach
- Use questioning techniques to encourage reflection and progression
- Provide feedback to the mentee to inform progression
- Inform, advise and guide the mentee to support development toward agreed outcomes
- Apply theories and models of evaluation and reflection to support mentee development
- Monitor and reflect on own mentoring practice, including feedback from supervision, to develop self
- Apply evidence based mentoring practice informed by own research
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- english (grade 4)
- maths (grade 4)
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
About this employer
Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) is a team of people who love and look after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. We create space for spirits to stir and be stirred.
After this apprenticeship
This role plays a key part in ensuring early career participants have a positive, inclusive and well-supported experience at Historic Royal Palaces. The successful completion of this apprenticeship will give the learner a rounded experience in early careers programmes and mentoring techniques.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HISTORIC ROYAL PALACES
Dave Jones
david.jones@hrp.org.uk
07972773776
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000017392.
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Closes on Thursday 7 May 2026
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