Dear Colleagues:

The Boston University School of Public Health is excited to announce the launch of the 2024 Mentorship Program for Staff. The goal of this program is to support and enhance our staff’s leadership and professional development, providing a confidential space for discussion around topics related to career growth, institutional knowledge and development, upward mobility and more.

In designing and establishing this program, we solicited feedback from our community vis-à-vis particular skillsets they would like to develop, key areas where they hope to gain more knowledge in, as well as future goals for career development and advancement. The program is designed to formalize relationships between more senior professionals (mentors) and more junior ones seeking to learn and enhance skills that will help further their career (mentees). The program includes features that are associated with successful mentorships, such as providing an opportunity for the mentee to play a role in the selection of their primary mentor, the engagement of a mentoring team, and the use of a mentoring agreement to articulate the goals and process of the mentorship. A Mentee Action Plan, a Mentoring Log as well as a Program Review (both mid-point and final) are available mechanisms to help guide discussions and regularly adjust processes to fit participant needs.

The application deadline for both mentors and mentees is February 16, 2024.

Staff interested in serving as mentors may submit an application here.

Staff interested in participating as mentees may submit an application here.

Participation is completely voluntary. Once participants are selected, they will be notified via e-mail and subsequent to an orientation session, the program launch will be in full gear.

Following two successful years of the Mentorship Program for Staff, we are excited to commence another round of the program and are available to meet with you to discuss any questions you may have, as mentees or mentors.

We would like to thank the Administrative Council, the Staff Senate Chair and Dean Galea for their important contributions to the development of this program.

We look forward to further enhancing our portfolio of staff development initiatives so that our staff are better positioned to succeed in a dynamic academic environment of increasing complexities and professional demands.

Sincerely,

Ira Lazic, MPA
Associate Dean for Administration and Finance

Melanie Gilreath Chaisson
Director of People Services

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