Professional Mentoring Program

Participation in the Professional Mentoring Program is open to professional staff.

• Mentees will be drawn from the HEO4 to HEO8* levels
• Mentors will be drawn from the HEO5 to senior professional levels

* Please note that inclusion of HEO8 mentees in the program will be dependent on suitable mentors being identified.

It is likely there will be more nominations than places available. If you are not offered a place, you will be able to nominate for any future programs.

Once we have received nominations we will undertake a structured matching process. Consideration will be given to skills, knowledge, goals and expectations to obtain an appropriate match between mentee and mentor. Your professional mentoring partner will be from a different part of the university to enhance your internal network and organisational understanding.

Once confirmed in the program, you are required to attend an introductory workshop and invited to the formal program launch. See the required attendance dates for more information.

From there, you will enter into a mentoring agreement, and will work with your mentoring partner to determine how your sessions progress.

The Mentoring Program will be offered for a 12 month period, from program launch to program close. Actual mentoring sessions will take place during 10 months of that period, allowing for administrative processes at either end of the year.

Regular mentoring conversations are up to an hour long, with some form of communication recommended at least every 4 weeks. Different pairs will have different expectations about preparatory and follow up tasks, and will negotiate this at the beginning of the relationship. 

Both mentors and mentees are required to participate in an information workshop prior to entering into a mentoring relationship. See the required attendance dates for more information

The workshop will provide an opportunity to meet your peers, discuss your role and responsibilities, and ask lots of questions.