<aside> <img src="/icons/dance_gray.svg" alt="/icons/dance_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Mentor applications are open for OSP Fall 2025! **Apply by Wednesday 18th June.**

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Do you want to…

• Support up-and-coming organisers and multiply your impact?
• Work part-time with a high-impact organisation?
• Gain mentorship experience, strengthen your coaching skills, and get recommended for additional opportunities?

If so, consider mentoring for CEA’s Organiser Support Programme (OSP)!

Why do we think being a mentor is valuable?

<aside> 🙂 For many people working in EA, and other high-impact areas, early individual relationships with more experienced community members have been a big part of their path to impact.

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<aside> 💡 Mentors have been cited as providing lots of value via strategic advice, encouragement, and accountability.

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<aside> 📖 Mentoring can be a way to strengthen your coaching skills and gain a deeper model of the ecosystem of EA.

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<aside> 📈 Mentorship has repeatedly been cited as the most valuable aspect of CEA group support.

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<aside> 📄 You can get experience working with an EA organisation and potential recommendations for other opportunities and hiring rounds.

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<aside> 🌴 Mentoring can be a fulfilling way to help those now in positions similar to you in the past.

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What does being a mentor involve?

• Regularly meeting with mentees from different EA groups
  • Meet weekly with your mentees through our three-week mentorship programme (with the potential for semester-long mentorship).
  • In Spring 2024, 65% of mentees received mentorship for the whole semester.
• Relaying important information to your mentees
  • Occasionally, we might ask you to share opportunities or announcements with your mentees.
• Regular check-ins with CEA
  • Check-in after your first and third week, and monthly after that.
  • The check-ins allow you to discuss questions and problems with CEA staff, and help us keep up to date.
• Attending a one-off virtual mentorship training
  • At the beginning of the programme, mentors participate in a kickoff event to learn the basics of OSP, how to mentor organisers, and meet other mentors.

What are the requirements for being a mentor?

• Experience organising an EA or cause-specific group.
  • We might lift this requirement for applicants with equivalent relevant experience.