If so join us and offer your expertise to our members. As a mentor, not only will you be part of an extremely exciting and positive movement, benefiting women from all walks of life and in all stages of their career but you will have the opportunity to earn money in doing so.
What Mentors gain from Mentoring
People who act as mentors generally report it as a very enjoyable and rewarding experience. It can offer:
- Satisfaction in seeing someone else grow and develop
- challenge and stimulation
- learning and development for the mentor
The skills used in mentoring are useful in many different areas of work and life. Being a mentor enables people to practice and hone these transferrable skills.
Am I mentor material?
Anyone thinking about becoming a mentor, should ask themselves if they possess the kind of traits and aptitudes that good mentors need.
• Self Awareness – aware of your own strengths and development needs
• Credibility – ability to inspire belief
• Accessibility –willing and able to commit time to support and guide a mentee
• Communication –excellent communication skills, empathetic and a great listener
• Ability to empower –able to create an environment where it is safe for mentees to try out different things
• A desire to help others develop – an understanding of how individuals develop and have experience, either formally or informally, of developing others
• Inventiveness – be open to new ways of doing things and different ways of working
• Empathy – Ability to understand and share the feelings of others
• Understanding –You should be prepared to try to understand different perspectives, approaches and backgrounds
Will I get paid ?
All mentoring will be paid for, Mentors for Women take the payments upon engagement and pay mentors after each mentoring session. Taking the responsibility for managing the money out of your hands and putting a value on the work you do. If you decide you don’t want to be paid then that money will go into The Foundation to be used for mentoring bursaries and women centric projects.
| Competency Level | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
| £ Per Hour | 80 | 125 | 250 | 400 |
These fees include 20% contribution to Mentors for Women and are inclusive of VAT. Fees are held in a client account until they are paid to the mentor.
If you want to work out were you think you are on the competency levels we are working with, take a look here.
If this is of interest to you sign up as a member and when you have completed your profile open the Apply to be a Mentor Tab and start the Certification process. If you want to talk to us first then Contact Us and we will can answer all your questions. Take a look at out Training page for all the courses which are currently available. Once you are a member you can book your training courses from within the system at the members rate.
If you want to do the training without being a member the book here.
