MRS Mentors must be senior professionals holding MRS Membership. Selected Mentors undertake professional Mentor training either at MRS, or via webinar, to qualify. You will then be matched with a suitable mentee usually close to your geographic location, however many of our partnerships choose to conduct meetings via video call.
As a mentor you will offer support to enable your mentee to explore their professional situation and work towards pre-determined goals and objectives. However, mentoring also provides many benefits to mentors too:
To apply to become a Mentor please complete the form below as well as read the Mentor handbook.
If 'No' please give contact details below
(Please note that we typically share the mentor’s LinkedIn profile with the potential matched mentee, this helps mentees confirm the match and to check whether there are conflicts of interest. If you do not use LinkedIn or if your details are not up to date, please provide an alternative).
Please complete the following sections with enough details to enable us to find you a suitable match.
At MRS we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion. We recognise the importance of matching people that have faced similar challenges or have experienced similar environments. There should be no other reason for an individual not to progress in their career other than personal choice or professional competence.
White
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups
Asian/Asian British
Black/ African/Caribbean/Black British
Other ethnic group
*This data request is optional but will assist us in our commitment to support inclusivity and diversity within the scheme and additionally to support any mentees making specific matching requests, if circumstances allow.
Where a mentee is not available in a location nearby, MRS will endeavour to make a pairing via e-mentoring).
Once matched and we have ascertained that there are no conflicts of interest for either party, an extract of the mentee’s application will be securely sent via file transfer to you to review. We will omit any address details, the only contact details you will receive are those that have been listed for the scheme correspondence.
Please review the MRS privacy policy
MRS agrees to facilitate a mentoring scheme through the voluntary and non-compulsory introduction of parties, and provision of a suggested nonobligatory framework within which to conduct a mentoring relationship. MRS takes reasonable steps to ensure the quality and accuracy of the information provided to the parties during the mentoring scheme but MRS, will not be responsible for the suitability of the introductions or the framework nor of the completeness or accuracy of any information whether provided by MRS or by a third party. Further, MRS and its employees will not be responsible for the success or otherwise of any mentoring partnership or relationship, nor any loss, damage, cost, expenses or claims for compensation howsoever arising from the performance or non-performance of the mentoring relationship. Except in respect of death or personal injury cause by MRS’s negligence, MRS shall not be liable to any mentor or mentee by reason of any representation (unless fraudulent) for any indirect, special or consequential loss or any other loss however caused under the mentoring scheme.
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