EESA Mentoring Program 2024

About the EESA National Mentoring Program

The 2024 Electric Energy Society of Australia (EESA) National Mentoring Program empowers young and upcoming engineers to flourish in the ever-challenging and rapidly evolving Australian and worldwide Electric Energy industry.

It provides mentees with the opportunity for professional development, reflection, challenging the status quo and raising self-awareness. As a national organisation, with members in all Australian states and in all areas of the Electric Energy industry. EESA’s Mentoring Program is an opportunity to build your networks within that industry.

EESA provides this mentoring program as a benefit to its members which is one of the many reasons for joining EESA.

For this year’s program, we aim to connect mentees with mentors in the same state.

You can be sure it’ll be a positive experience as we know some mentees continue to seek advice and guidance from their mentors, even after the program is finished!

To participate in the program, mentees will need to complete an Expression Of Interest (EOI) which we’ll review to determine who will participate in the program, as places in the program are limited.

Don’t hesitate. Complete your EOI today. We look forward to welcoming you to EESA’s Mentoring Program - you’ll be glad you applied!

Eligibility

To be eligible for the EESA2024 Mentoring Program, you need to be a member of EESA and to satisfy one of the following criteria:

• Undergraduate Electrical Engineering student.

• Postgraduate Electrical Engineering student.

• Electrical Engineer with less than 5 years of Graduate work experience.

To confirm your intention to participate in this program and to confirm that you’ll attend all program sessions, you need to complete an Expression of Interest (EOI) form.

The EOI will ask for:

1. Your full name

2. Your date of birth

3. Current career status - Student, Recent graduate (< 2 years), Experienced (2 to 5 years)

4. Email address

5. Mobile number

6. Australian state or territory in which you live

7. Your confirmed commitment to participate in all sessions of the program

8. In 250 words or less we’d like to know:

   • (a) why you have applied for the program and

   • (b) what you hope to get out of it. 

9. Anything else we should take into account when considering your application.

Benefits of being a mentee:

• Build professional networks and a support system.

• Increase confidence and self-esteem.

• Learn from industry leaders, experts and peers.

• Receive support and guidance to achieve career goals and acquire workplace skills and industry knowledge.

• Enjoy the space and opportunity for professional reflection, and conversations.

• Accumulate CPD points.

Mentee responsibilities

• Explore all personal strengths and development needs.

• Have a positive attitude and be open to developing self-awareness, personal growth, seeking constructive feedback.

• Take responsibility for their decisions and actions.

• Be clear about their goals for the mentoring relationship.

Session dates and times

*Links for the web meetings will be emailed to participants before each meeting.

How to apply

Register via the online Expression of Interest form.

Positions in the program are limited. Registrations close on 6 September 2024 at 5 PM AEST.

Successful applicants will be contacted by 13 September 2024.

Free for EESA members

Registration for this program is free for EESA members fitting the eligibility criteria.