If you would like to prepare for the next step in your career, then you can make use of the experience of a senior colleague of another service or faculty who makes him or herself available as a mentor. This senior colleague will help you achieve your learning goals or think along in taking concrete steps in your career.
About the programme
As a mentee, the mentoring programme starts at the beginning of October 2024 with a workshop in which you are invited to think about your development question and how you can get the most out of the conversations with your mentor. In the second week of October, an intake interview takes place in which we will discuss your personal goals and your wishes with regard to your mentor.
At the beginning of October, mentors who have participated before will receive supervision for the input of case studies, followed by a joint workshop for both new and old mentors.
Mentors and mentees rated the programme with 4.1 and 4.7 respectively on a five-point scale. This is according to the summary of the evaluation of the program edition 2022 - 2023 (pdf).
Quotes mentees:
- ‘As a role model, my mentor showed very directly how he makes choices in certain areas’
- ‘Coaching on styles in particular was very enjoyable and insightful’
Quotes mentors:
- ‘Insight into the challenges our organization sometimes poses to employees. A peek into another unit's kitchen, fun in supervision‘
- ‘Reflection on my own career. Development or sharpening of my own coaching skills’
Topics for discussion
Each mentee has 5 meetings with his or her mentor. In the meetings, mentee and mentor address topics focusing on the achievement of the mentee's learning goals, for example:
- Visibility and networking
- Personal effectiveness
- Work-life balance
- Giving direction to your career
For whom?
In the mentoring programme, we pair you as a mentee (salary scale 10 or 11) with a senior colleague (starting at salary scale 12). The matching between mentor and mentee goes beyond the borders of faculties or service departments. Mentor and mentee have 5 conversations in approx. 10 months.
You as a mentee are motivated and have a clear development question. Seniority, motivation and coaching skills are important for the mentor.
About the trainer
The workshop for mentors is given by Erik de Haan, director of the Ashridge Center for Coaching and professor of Organisation Development and Coaching at VU Amsterdam. The workshop for mentees is given by Manon de Haan, HR-advisor School of Business and Economics. The intake interviews with the mentees also take place with her.
Practical information
This programme is provided in Dutch.
If you are interested in participating as a mentee, please contact your HR Advisor. The department or faculty is responsible for the selection of the mentees. Mentors are approached by or on behalf of the director of the service department or the director of operations of the faculty.
Registration for the 2024 program is open until 9 September 2024.
After you have been registered, you will receive an automatic confirmation of your registration. VU Learning & Development will send a separate e-mail to mentors and mentees asking you to fill out a mentor profile or intake form respectively.
There is a maximum enrolment of 25 people.
Costs
As a compensation for programme costs, we ask mentees for a contribution of € 25. This contribution is automatically charged to your department.
Contact
Would you like to know more about the mentoring programme for talented professionals in operations of the departments and faculties of VU Amsterdam? Then please contact the HR Advisor of your faculty or service department or Manon de Haan.