MENTORING PROGRAMME

 These are designed to enhance participants’ professional development and assist in identifying career aspirations.

• Develop self-awareness and resilience
• Build networks: both internally and externally to council
• Create career development opportunities
• Engage with senior leaders
• Foster your own personal culture of continuous learning

The Mentoring Programme Brochure for 2025 will be available soon.

Programme Outline

This five-month programme includes:

• Personalised mentor/mentee matching
• A monthly, one-hour meeting with your mentor (usually phone, skype or similar)
• Five online learning modules for mentees

Module 1: Introduction to Mentoring

This initial module sets the scene for the Programme as it outlines roles and responsibilities, expectations, setting up regular meetings and reviewing meeting agendas, reflection and journaling.

Module 2: Vision, Goal-setting and Career Planning

You will learn to identify a vision and path that reflects your values and passions and will create a strategic map for personal growth and the accomplishment of that vision. This includes building self-awareness and understanding of your own preferences.

Module 3: Managing performance 

Managing your own performance is critical to developing any career.  This section will consider how to quantify your performance, receive and provide feedback and take ownership of your outcomes.

Module 4: Personal Branding

Your personal brand is your key to the future career you desire.  Understand what your brand is and learn how to manage it to ensure the best possible outcomes.

Module 5: Networking

The ability to develop networks is critical and allows you to learn from others, develop support mechanisms and maintain perspective.  This session will consider how to develop effective networks and focus on quality rather than quantity in maintaining the right connections.