Last chance to register as a MENTOR

EIANZ WA Division's 2025 Mentoring Program aims to connect experienced environment professionals with early career mentees seeking to further their professional development.

Professional mentoring is a powerful tool for environmental professionals at any stage of their career. For experienced professionals, being a mentor improves leaderships skills and instils confidence in their leadership ability. The responsibility of helping guide someone’s career and goals requires the mentor to teach, motivate and offer honest feedback in difficult conversations.

There is no charge for mentors to be part of this program.

Benefits of professional mentoring

As a mentor, you can:

• Build confidence in your leadership skills
• Support the next generation of practitioners
• Work towards your CPD hours and points
• Transfer your skills and knowledge
• Reflect on your own practice and re-energise your career objectives

Who can participate?

The following eligibility criteria is proposed to ensure that the purpose and objectives of the mentoring program are more likely to be met:

• Mentors should have a minimum of 8 years of working experience in a variety of environmental, social, sustainability and heritage roles, in private and/or public practice. Mentors will have excellent communication skills, particularly listening, a desire to contribute to the future of the planning profession and the time to commit to several 1 hour meetings for the duration of the program.
• Mentees should have at least 2 years of working experience in private and/or public practice.

Registration is a 2-part process.

1. Register as a mentor via the blue registration box below; and

2. Complete the mentor pairing survey here →

You need to complete both parts of the registration process on or before Friday 14 February 2025 to be considered for this program.

What happens next?

Eligible mentors will be invited to an online Speed Pairing event in March 2025.

The results of the pairing survey will help us match you with a suitable mentee. You will be notified of your mentee pairing by March 2025.

If you are not successfully paired, mentees who paid a participation fee will receive a refund.

For information relating to the program please review the FAQ document here →

We look forward to having you as part of this very rewarding program.