Interested in working at Oppidan? 

Our mentors are role models to children.

Through working with children, mentors at Oppidan are offered a pipeline to future careers, with the chance to help themselves and those in their charge. Whatever you choose to do in life, working with children is a catalyst to a fulfilling career. Our mentors are self-starters, empathetic, creative and with a deep interest in the development of young people.

  • We pair mentors with families, both face-to-face and online.

  • We send mentoring teams to schools all over the UK.

Oppidan Careers

Becoming a mentor

Increasingly we curate a small team of mentors, with a mix of self-employed and full-time salaried mentors. Applying to work at Oppidan is competitive, with a detailed application process. Application windows open 2-3 times a year.

Applications are now closed.

We expect to open our next application window in the summer. Please keep a close eye on our LinkedIn and Instagram to hear more in due course.

  • Complete our application

  • Be invited for a 30-minute Teams interview

  • Receive provisional invitation to join Oppidan

  • We’ll invite two references to share their comments

  • We’ll arrange a DBS check for you

  • Take part in a face-to-face onboarding at our office

  • Complete further video training

  • Start working with families

Freelance mentors

The majority of our mentor team balance Oppidan work with other part-time or full-time work. At present we have around 150 freelance mentors. Typically in their 20s and 30s, mentors come from diverse professional fields, working 5-70 hours each month with Oppidan families.

Benefits to becoming a freelance mentor include: 

  • Ongoing training, resource and professional development support

  • Hourly rates of ÂŁ45-60

  • Occasional community events and socials

  • A flexible approach to taking on mentoring work

  • Access to Oppidan’s open-plan working space in Hammersmith

  • The chance to travel and work with families on holidays

Professional mentors

Professional mentors

Though some of our mentors remain self-employed, we are gradually moving to an employment model of full-time, salaried mentors. Salaried roles will be made clear on this page with the opportunity to apply.

Benefits to becoming a professional mentor include: 

  • Guaranteed hours

  • Guaranteed fixed monthly income (ÂŁ17,500 - ÂŁ35,000 pa)

  • Regular CPD and team socials

  • Flexible time off

  • Access to Oppidan’s open-plan working space in Hammersmith

  • The chance to travel and work with families on holidays

If this is of interest please send a copy of your CV to Henry Grace below.

Office roles

As and when full-time roles are available with Oppidan, we make those clear on this page. Many of our full-time team have come through the ranks as mentors; it’s the best way for us to know our team and to trust their vocational ambition to support young people.

Benefits to full-time work at Oppidan: 

  • Hybrid working (three days in the office, two at home)

  • Regular CPD and team socials

  • Youthful, energetic team

  • 20 days each year of fully remote working (overseas)

  • 25 days’ holiday, increasing by a day each year after two years with us

  • Company closed for last week of July: five days additional free holiday

  • Commission structures added to basic salary

  • EMI share option scheme

Join us at Oppidan.