The Royal Meteorological Society Mentoring Scheme - Coming in 2025
The Royal Meteorological Society recognises the wealth of expertise amongst our membership and that mentoring from someone outside your organisation can be of great value. The mentoring scheme is a benefit included with membership, as well as a way for members to support those in the RMetS community
WHAT IS THE RMETS MENTORING SCHEME?
Having someone, a mentor, can have a significant impact on your future.,
To support our members and as part of our long-term commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) RMETS offers its own Mentoring Scheme. We aim to support professionalism within our sector through RMets members knowledge and expertise.
WHY IS IT BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR CAREER DEVELOPMENT?
Having a mentor enables the mentee to develop skills they don’t currently have that can benefit their career. The mentee gets the benefit of someone else’s experience and skills. The mentor is able to provide advice and guidance at a distance to help solve problems in the short term or to develop their career in the long term.
THE MENTORING SCHEME CURRENTLY OFFERS THREE MENTORING PROGRAMMES SCHEME DESCRIBED BELOW.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Discuss Professional accreditation and career development
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Discuss skill-related topics, such as bringing up the skill areas you already possess but want to develop and improve.
NETWORKING
Grow Your professional networking opportunities. Mentors can help mentees expand their professional networks opening up new opportunities.
How does it work?
After your initial enquiry you will be introduced to a mentor with the expertise in the area you are looking for mentoring in. Having a mentor that has the right skills and experience that will benefit the mentee is important so it is important to take some time to think about whether you want a mentor that can help with short term challenges or longer-term career development. Or both!
Mentors and mentees decide between themselves how they want to work together and how often. This can be face to face or an exchange of emails or telephone calls. How often they talk are also discussed in advance: will it be a regularly once a month chat or ad hoc when a question arises? It’s important that both people are happy with the level of input and frequency of meetings in order to maintain the mentoring relationship .
The best mentoring relationships happen with someone that does not work for the same company as they can provide an objective viewpoint. A mentor that works in at a level above, for example, can also give an oversight of skills they may not already have. A mentor that has the job level or is working in a sector that the mentee wants to move into can help to pick up guidance to get promoted or another role.
Interested in being mentored by one or our experience mentors, email us directly at membership@rmets.org to express interest