About Debate Mate
Debate Mate is a social business that uses debating to deliver key skills to young people in areas of high child poverty. Focusing on developing communication, interpersonal and higher-order thinking skills, and building confidence and self-esteem, Debate Mate uses university student volunteers to deliver a range of innovative, cutting-edge educational programmes.
Debate Mate works with young people of all abilities, providing opportunities to children in some of the UK’s most challenging schools.
Based in the Brixton area, our Core Programme runs in person in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, Wales and online across the UK. Debate Mate also operates in USA, Jamaica, Africa, Nepal and the UAE, and are a rapidly expanding organisation. 6000 young people take part in Debate Mate clubs each week, 800 university students currently mentor on Debate Mate programmes, and Debate Mate runs some of the biggest debating competitions in the UK. Debate Mate is supported by Bank of America, Deloitte, UBS, Goldman Sachs, the BBC, Comic Relief, NOW: Pensions, Slaughter and May, Simmons and Simmons, Shearman and Sterling, major hedge and investment funds, and others.
Positions Available
Debate Mate Schools (Debate Mate’s charitable arm) is looking to fill the following position:
Please pass this information on to anybody you think might be interested. The full information is included in the linked Job Description and Person Specification below.
Programme Directors
Location: Based in London, Manchester or Liverpool.
Salary: £27,000
We are looking to fill a few Programme Director positions and would be delighted to accept applications from people who have experience with social media, video editing and Photoshop.
Programme Director for Education UK
Location: Based in London, Manchester or Liverpool
Salary: £27,000
Assistant Programme Director
Location: London
Salary: £21,000
All posts will begin on Thursday 28th August 2025. To apply, please send your CV and cover letter (each should be no more than two pages in length) detailing your experience and suitability for the role to Funke Otufale-Lawal: Funke@debatemate.com
The deadline for applications is 12 noon on Monday 19th May 2025.
Interviews will take place via video conferencing the week commencing the 2nd of June 2025. There will be a second round of interviews for candidates who are successful in the first round. All candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check as per our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and our Safer Recruitment Policy.
We are aiming to inform candidates of the outcome of the interviews by mid-June.