Peer Support Trainer
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Position Overview & Specifications
Closing Date: 28/02/2023
Location: Remote
Contract Type: Zero Hours
About the Role
Our Recovery College was the first of its kind for veterans and their families. Our free courses provide students with education on a recovery focussed topic plus tools, tips and strategies to self-manage. We enable people to develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence to help them on their recovery journey and to live independently. Veterans and family members with lived experience of the subject matter help design and deliver the courses alongside their Help for Heroes colleagues, and where necessary external experts.
To see all our current courses please click here: Learn life skills ¦ Help For Heroes
As part of this committed and energetic team, your role will be to provide credibility and authenticity to Help for Heroes Recovery College courses through relevant and relatable lived experience. We care deeply about the student experience and are committed to ensuring this is at the heart of every decision we make or process we design. You will use your lived experience to co-design, co-deliver and co-review our courses, and support students in maximising this offer, ensuring they feel comfortable and confident in their ability to engage with their learning throughout their Recovery College journey.
Peer Support Trainers are engaged on a zero hour’s contract, however the expected commitment is:
- A weekly planning call, 2 hours admin time per week, monthly one to one’s
- A minimum of 2 courses to co-facilitate
- Co-production of new courses / co-review of existing courses
- Quarterly face to face team meetings in various locations
- Bi-annual full face to face charity meeting, quarterly virtual all charity meetings
- Induction process and ongoing training throughout the year
- Shadowing and stepping in to cover courses at short notice when required
Please see Job Description below for more details.
About Us
Help for Heroes believes those who serve our country deserve support when they’re wounded. Every day, men and women have to leave their career in the Armed Forces as a result of physical or psychological wounds. The Charity helps them, and their families, to recover and get on with their lives. It has already supported more than 26,500 people and won’t stop until every wounded veteran gets the support they deserve.
Our ValuesInnovative
Collaborative
Authentic
Resourceful
Energetic
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Grantmaking & Charitable Foundations
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Peer Support Trainer roles across Help for Heroes's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Grantmaking & Charitable Foundations.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £11 - £11 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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