Development that reaches the whole payroll.
Councils, trusts, agencies and departments run the same maths. A leadership programme for a handful of people, and nothing for everyone else. mentorhero gives every colleague 30 minutes with an expert mentor, for a figure you can put in a budget line.
Five organisations, one recurring line item.
Every grade can talk to someone who made the move.
30 minutes booked around a shift pattern.
Practice with people who have sat on the other side.
Mentors from the roles they are aiming at.
Specialist mentors on demand, no cohort waiting list.
Move the slider. That is the whole procurement.
No cohorts, no waiting list, no per-department negotiation. You set the workforce number, we open the booking link to all of them.
colleagues eligible on day one
sessions in a typical first year
of expert time into your workforce
The questions a training catalogue has no page for.
“I have been a band 4 for nine years and no one has ever told me how to move.”
“I want to go from housing into policy. Who has actually done that?”
“My promotion board is in three weeks and I have never sat one.”
“I lead a team of eleven and I learned all of it by guessing.”
“Everything digital gets sent to one unit. I want those skills too.”
Every one of these is a 30-minute conversation away from an answer.
Agree the workforce
One directorate or the entire organisation. We set eligibility and numbers before anything is announced.
Launch inside your comms
A branded invitation that drops into the channels colleagues already read. Nothing new for your team to run.
Colleagues book directly
Each person is matched to a mentor with real experience in the area they want to move into.
Report the outcomes
Uptake, topics and feedback in a dashboard shaped for social value and workforce reporting.
A career support programme you can stand behind in public.
Partnering with us gives your residents, students or service users access to professionals nationally and abroad, with the checks, records and reporting a public body needs.
Live delivery, not a build
No platform to procure, no scheme to design, no coordinator to hire before anyone is helped.
Access beyond the local market
People get advice from the industries and cities they are aiming at, not only the employers nearby.
Checks and records that hold up
Identity checks, a code of conduct, consent rules for 16 to 18 and an auditable record of sessions.
Reporting for committees and funders
Sessions, hours, topics and reach, presented in figures you can take into a review.
- Cost to residents
- Free
- Time per session
- 30 minutes
- Countries covered
- 43
WHERE IT LANDS
Career access as public infrastructure.
One delivery model, used across the programmes you already run.
- 01Schools and collegesIndustry conversations for students with no professional network at home.
- 02Employment servicesPractical advice alongside the support your teams already give.
- 03Regional skills plansReach and topic data you can put in front of funders and committees.
- How does this sit with procurement?
- One licence for an agreed number of colleagues, priced per head and renewable annually. No per-session invoicing and no variable spend to reconcile.
- Does it count towards social value?
- Yes. Uptake, topics and feedback are reported by directorate, and mentors given by your own people can be reported as contributed hours.
- Who are the mentors?
- Vetted professionals from public service, industry and the third sector, including people who have made the exact moves your colleagues are considering.
- What does our people team have to run?
- Nothing operational. We handle matching, scheduling, reminders and reporting. Your team approves the launch and reads the dashboard.
- Is it accessible to shift and frontline staff?
- Sessions are 30 minutes, booked by the colleague, held digitally, and available outside standard office hours.
- How quickly can it start?
- Most organisations are live within two weeks of agreeing the workforce number.