FST Mentor Application Form 2023-2024 – Federation of Scottish Theatre

Name

First Last

Current Position:

Name of your organisation:

Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City County / State / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Phone

Time Commitment:

Mentors must be available to attend all of the training sessions as follows:

Wed 24th May - in person, 10 – 4.30 pm, Edinburgh Venue TBC. Tue 30th May - Zoom – 10 – 1pm. Wed 31st May - Zoom – 10 – 1pm. Mon 12th June - Zoom – 10 – 1pm. Tue 13th June – Zoom – 10 – 1pm. Tue 5th Dec - Mentor Catch Up.

Mentors must also commit to 6-10 mentoring sessions with each of their two mentees between August 2023 and October 2024, following the training. There will also be two supervision sessions, dates TBC.

Are you able to attend all of the training dates as listed?

Yes

Please confirm that you are currently an FST Member, and what type of membership you have (please note that there is a £200 + vat fee to access the programme for Associate members):

Career Summary

Please provide a career summary in the following format: Date, Job Title, and Organisation

What are your reasons for wanting to be a mentor?

Have you ever been a mentee or an informal mentor? Please describe the situation briefly.

What do you think you learnt from this experience?

What do you think is the most important quality for a successful mentor?

In the following section about skills and expertise, please select either 'Yes' or 'No'

Knowledge of wider sector

Yes

People management

Yes

Effective communication

Yes

Improving resilience, wellbeing and work-life balance

Yes

Management or transitioning into a management role

Yes

Leadership or transitioning into a leadership role

Yes

Workload management

Yes

Strategic thinking and implementation

Yes

Problem solving

Yes

Dealing positively with change

Yes

Do you use/would you be willing to join a WhatsApp mentorship support group?

Yes

Please list any other specific areas of professional knowledge and experience you have which are not mentioned above.

Do you have any additional support needs we should be aware of?

Yes

Do you have the support of your employer/manager (if applicable)?

Yes

Privacy Statement

Your personal information is important to us. The contents of this form are kept confidentially and will be read by Andonella Thomson, Amanda Liddle and Fiona McCurdy (FST) to enable them to select mentors for the programme using the criteria described above. Any unsuccessful applications will be destroyed once the application process is complete. Successful applications will be kept on record for the duration of the programme. FST is the data controller for this information, thus taking responsibility for data management in this case. We keep details of the names of those who have been mentored for our records and we may approach you in future, if successful, to ask for anonymous feedback on the medium-long term impact of the programme. If you would prefer us not to keep your name on record or to be contacted in this way, please let us know. Mentoring relationships are always confidential and we will not disclose the mentor/mentee relationship beyond FST.

Mentor Application 2023 - 2024

Time Commitment:

Mentors must be available to attend all of the training sessions as follows:

Career Summary

In the following section about skills and expertise, please select either 'Yes' or 'No'

Privacy Statement