Join our team: Team Leaders (x2) – Peer Mentoring Programme

Join us and lead an innovative programme that will help transform lives across 9 London boroughs

Are you an inspiring leader who is passionate about helping people overcome barriers and fulfil their potential?

We have secured funding from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to deliver an innovative new Peer Mentoring Programme across our sub-region. We're looking for two Team Leaders to help shape and deliver this exciting programme, supporting residents experiencing drug and/or alcohol dependency to build confidence, achieve stability and progress towards employment.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a service that sits at the intersection of recovery, health and employment support, helping people who are often furthest from the labour market take positive steps towards a brighter future.

About the role:

• Job reference: RQ002626
• Application closing date: 17/08/2026
• Location: Hybrid – Home/ Lynton House, Ilford, with travel across the Local London sub-region
• Salary: £52,194.00 - £55,323.00 per annum
• Role type: full-time, fixed term contract until March 2027, with possible 2 year extension.

As a Team Leader, you will lead and support a team of Peer Mentors with lived experience of recovery from drug and/or alcohol dependency.

You'll create a supportive, reflective and inclusive environment where Peer Mentors can use their lived experience safely and effectively to support residents on their own recovery and employment journeys.

Alongside leading and developing your team, you'll drive programme performance, build strong local partnerships, oversee reporting and assurance requirements, and support the ongoing evaluation and development of the programme.

The Peer Mentoring Programme aligns closely with Local London's wider employment and skills offer, including Connect to Work, Employment Trailblazers and our broader portfolio of employment support programmes. This means you'll play a key role in creating joined-up pathways that help residents progress from recovery and stabilisation towards sustainable employment and independence.

What you’ll be doing:

You will be:

• Leading and inspiring a team of Peer Mentors with lived experience drug and/or alcohol dependency.
• Creating a positive, supportive and psychologically informed team culture.
• Building strong relationships with Jobcentre Plus, treatment providers, local authorities, health services and community organisations.
• Driving programme performance and ensuring residents receive high-quality support.
• Overseeing programme reporting, grant claims and evaluation activity.
• Supporting continuous improvement and helping shape the future development of the programme.
• Ensuring high standards of safeguarding, governance and compliance.
• Making a meaningful difference to the lives of residents facing some of the most complex barriers to employment.

Who we are looking for:

We're looking for someone who combines strong leadership skills with a genuine commitment to improving people's lives.

You may come from an employment support, health, recovery, substance misuse, social inclusion or related background, but most importantly you'll have experience leading people, building partnerships and delivering high-quality services.

You'll understand the importance of trauma-informed and person-centred approaches and be passionate about supporting both residents and staff to achieve their potential.

You'll be confident working in a partnership environment, comfortable using performance data to drive improvement, and motivated by the opportunity to build and lead a new service from the ground up.

Why join us

This is a rare opportunity to help shape an innovative new programme from day one.

You'll lead a lived-experience workforce, supporting Peer Mentors who use their own recovery journeys to inspire and empower others, while helping them build sustainable careers within employment, health and support services.

You'll also be joining an ambitious and collaborative organisation with a strong track record of delivering successful employment and skills programmes across London.

Working alongside nine boroughs, Jobcentre Plus, health partners and voluntary sector organisations, you'll be part of a team committed to reducing inequalities, improving outcomes and creating opportunities for residents and communities.

Discover more about us: Local.london

Read more about our Peer Mentoring programme.

How to apply

If you're looking for an opportunity to lead an innovative programme, develop a lived-experience workforce and help transform lives across Local London, we'd love to hear from you.

To apply for this post, please complete the online application form and attach your CV and a covering letter addressing how you meet the criteria for the role as stated in the person specification.

You will be employed by London Borough of Redbridge (on Local London’s behalf).