Announcing the Launch of the 2016 Mater Research Mentoring Program

Mater Research strives to be at the forefront in both research output and support of its people.
Following the success of our Mentoring program last year, we would like to offer you the opportunity to enhance your skills at a workshop as part of our mentoring program renewal. The aim of our program is to provide an environment that fosters personal and professional growth at Mater Research through sharing of information, skills and experiences.

Our goals for this program include:

• Maximising your career success,
• Boosting staff confidence, self-awareness and leadership potential,
• Helping you build resilient and productive professional relationships,
• Fostering a secure, respectful and supportive workplace environment at Mater Research.

Having reviewed the Mater Research Mentoring Program run in 2015 we have honed the design of these sessions to provide maximum benefit to both Mentees and Mentors in a contained timeframe.

We will be conducting training for all research staff on Wednesday 13 July and Thursday 14 July 2016. For new employees, that will involve an ‘Introduction training session’ on Wednesday 13 July in addition to the relevant mentee or mentor skills training session as listed in table below.

Title:	Introduction training sessions	Mentee Deep Dive	Advanced Mentor Skills
Who:	New Mentors and New Mentees Mandatory for all Academic Employees)	All mentees. Mentee Training Session (Mandatory for all new and returning ECRs)	All mentors. Taking it to the next level. (Mandatory for all new and returning Mentors)
Topic:	What is the role of a mentor and why mentoring matters.	How to maximise opportunity and benefits of your mentoring experience.	How to build your leadership skills, manage relationships and support others.
Date:	Wednesday 13 July 2016	Date: Wednesday 13 July 2016	Date: Thursday 14 July 2016
Time:	9.30am-11am	Time: 1-2.30pm	Time: 9.30-11am
Venue:	PACE Level 5 Room 5034	Venue: PACE Level 5 Room 5034	Venue: TRI Seminar Room 2004

*New Early Career Researchers (Mentees) will need to attend both introductory and mentee deep dive sessions.
* New Group Leaders (Mentors) will need to attend both Introductory and Advanced Mentor Skills session.