CIPR x Taylor Bennett Foundation 2024 BME Reverse Mentoring Scheme (Mentor)

The CIPR & Taylor Bennett Foundation are delighted to announce the launch of the 2024 CIPR & Taylor Bennett BME Reverse Mentoring Scheme.

The BME Reverse Mentoring Scheme pairs TBF alumni PR professionals from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds with senior PR leaders, both in-house and agency side.

The aim of this 10-month scheme is to offer mentees insight into challenges faced by those from ethnically diverse backgrounds and also into possible ways to make workplaces more inclusive, as well as support in areas identified by the mentees as key to their learnings.

By the end of the scheme, mentees will be able to address inclusion issues, to make positive changes to tackle culture, practices and policies, and behaviours in their own companies.

Criteria:
We ask that applicants meet the following criteria.

Mentors:
- Five + years’ experience working in PR/Communications
- Committed to investing time and effort to D&I initiatives and programmes
- Willing to have open, non-judgmental conversations

Key Information:
The scheme will officially launch on May 1st 2024 with a cohort breakfast. Additionally, all participating mentors and mentees will be invited to attend our scheme events on:

- May 1st 2024 (Launch Breakfast)
- October 1st 2024 (Mentee and Mentor Virtual Event)
- December 5th 2024 (Christmas Networking Event)
- February 6th 2025 (Programme Closing Event)

The deadline to apply for the BME Reverse Mentoring Scheme is 22nd March 2024.

Confirmation (required)

I confirm that I have read the key points of the BME Reverse Mentoring Scheme (and event dates) and I am happy to proceed.I confirm that I can commit to mentoring sessions every 4-6 weeks

Contact details

Name

Email address (required)

Mobile number (required)

Location (required)

Job Title

Name of organisation

What is your ethnic origin? (required)

Supporting Information

What does ED&I in the PR industry mean to you? (required)

What are you hoping to learn/achieve from the reverse mentoring programme? (required)

How active are you or your organisation in improving diversity and inclusion? Please provide an example (required)

Have you mentored before? What worked for you and made it a successful relationship (if you have not mentored before, please cite what you think what make it a successful relationship) (required)

With mentoring sessions being structured over a 9-month period, how would you prefer to communicate with your mentee? (required)

When thinking about communicating with your mentee, please explain how you envision this relationship? (required)

Please explain what would make you a suitable mentor? (this can cover knowledge, industry experience or particular approach) (required)

Do you have a preference as to what sort of person you mentor, eg from a particular industry or area of focus? (required)

Next steps

The deadline to apply for this scheme is March 22nd. The Foundation will contact all shortlisted applicants for a interview (on the week commencing March 18th) where we will talk through the scheme in more detail and answer any questions you may have.

Mentors and mentees will then be matched by the Taylor Bennett Foundation and the CIPR, with the BME Reverse Mentoring Scheme starting on May 1st 2024.

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