What are the benefits of AIMMS Mentoring Mentoring?
For mentors
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personal fulfilment, particularly satisfaction from seeing junior staff progress
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developing mentoring/coaching skills
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recognised involvement in a scheme of strategic importance to your Faculty
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potential for networking
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additional experience in staff management and development
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opportunity for self-reflection and personal satisfaction
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funding bodies increasingly value an active mentoring programme and often encourage senior staff to be mentors
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career rejuvenation
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increased confidence
For mentees
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increasing your confidence
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being encouraged and empowered in personal development
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being helped to identify and achieve career goals
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being helped to identify and take steps to fill gaps in skills and knowledge
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developing and maintaining a broader perspective on career options and opportunities
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having access to a role model
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having open and honest conversations with someone who may have faced similar challenges to yourself
How to join AIMMS Mentoring
We aim to launch the programme in Spring 2021. Anyone interested in joining the programme as either a mentor or as a mentee can do so by expressing their interest through the contact details provided below.
Finding a mentor
The AIMMS Mentoring scheme will match mentees to mentors based on the information you provide us with to make sure that you are paired with the most suitable mentor based on your individual circumstances and needs.