Description
Job Summary:
As a TFP Mentor, you join an educational community in a context of vulnerability, support teachers, and create projects that respond to the needs of the school and its students.
Key Highlights:
1. Carry out work that truly matters inside a classroom
2. Join an educational community in a context of vulnerability
3. Support teachers and develop locally impactful projects
**"A child's postal code must not determine their future.**"
**Apply here:** teachforportugal.outsystems.app/TFP\_Mentor
Imagine two years doing work that truly matters — inside a classroom, alongside children whose futures are still unwritten. As a TFP Mentor, you join an educational community in a context of vulnerability, support teachers, and create projects that respond to what that school, those students, and that place need.
And while you transform their lives, you transform your own.
What you’ll take with you
* **Full-time salary:** €29,000 gross, distributed over the 22-month contract
* **+300 hours of training**, including four intensive residential weeks
* A dedicated **pedagogical tutor** supporting your growth as a leader and educator
* **Job shadowing** during the summer between the two years — in education, social impact, or wherever your curiosity leads you
* **Career mentoring** for what comes next
* Benefits according to organizational agreements
We are looking for people who
* Have completed a bachelor’s degree by September 2026
* Are fluent in Portuguese and have intermediate English proficiency
* Bring a growth mindset, collaborative spirit, constructive nonconformity, and emotional intelligence — and identify with TFP’s mission
* Want to build a career in School Leadership, Social Innovation, Public Policy, or related fields
* Are geographically available for one of the regions listed below
**Where we are recruiting**
CIM Viseu, Dão e Lafões · CIM Alto Alentejo · CIM Alentejo Central · CIM Algarve · Lisbon Metropolitan Area · Porto Metropolitan Area · CIM Oeste · CIM Cávado · Alto Minho
Teach For Portugal is part of the global Teach For All network and believes diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental. We value diverse backgrounds, paths, and perspectives.
**Do you want to be part of the change? Start with yourself.**
**Questions?**: recrutamento@teachforportugal.org
**Register**: teachforportugal.outsystems.app/TFP\_Mentor
Work location: In-person