FAQs

Applications will close on 5 March 2023.

All applicants will be notified by 25 April 2023.

When you apply for the NURTURE mentoring program, your skills and experience, as stated in your application, will be looked at alongside our selection criteria. If we believe your aims and learning objectives as a mentee meet the criteria alongside one of our mentors who has relevant experience and skills, then we can match you both. The types of matches made could be between people around the same functions or job areas, or they may relate to a particular objective or issue that the mentee articulates either in the application form or during the training session. This is all completed in a bespoke and individual way.

An email will then be sent to both the mentee and mentor, confirming your participation in the NURTURE programme and informing you of your partner.  

Visit our NURTURE webpage where more information on our criteria for being a mentee or mentor in the NURTURE mentoring programme can be found.

NURTURE has been designed specifically for the RTPI by Women in Transport, a non-profit professional network that supports the professional development of women working in transport. The Membership Team will be working closely alongside Women in Transport to deliver the programme.

With Women in Transport being involved in this mentoring programme, this does not mean that it is only open to women. The NURTURE programme has been designed for Chartered RTPI members in the UK or Ireland at the mid-point in their careers, looking to progress, regardless of gender. Read the full eligibility requirements here.

We received positive feedback from all participants involved in the first pilot of the NURTURE mentoring programme. Mentee and mentors provided us with feedback in how the programme could be improved moving forward, however overall, participants achieved what they hoped to from the experience. Read more about the first mentoring programme here.

We have taken the feedback given to us by previous participants on board and this year will be introducing peer to peer support sessions to mentees and mentors selected for the programme. This will enable participants to network, share knowledge, best practice as well as support one another through this unique experience. This new intervention has been created directly from the feedback from our first mentoring pilot.

We will also be providing more information to those that are selected, as to how the matching process takes place. Participants fed back to us that more transparency was needed regarding this process, therefore we have worked hard to include this in more of our communications as well as our upcoming training for mentees and mentors.

No, to ensure that all mentees have the full freedom to express their career aspirations and to avoid and conflicts of interest, mentees and mentors will be chosen from different organisations. Becoming a mentor through NURTURE does not exclude you from mentoring others within your organisation separately. Mentoring qualifications do not exempt from the NURTURE mentoring training.

No, the NURTURE programme is designed to support mentees who are mid-career level planners who are already Chartered, but not yet eligible to apply for RTPI Fellow membership.

For information on mentoring to support you in your APC, please click here.

The NURTURE programme is designed to support mid-career level planners with mentors who are in highly senior positions. Designed for mentees who are already chartered and are looking for that next step in their career, but not yet eligible to apply for RTPI Fellow membership.

To read more about the eligibility for mentees and mentors for the NURTURE program, click here.

To find out about how to find a mentor while working on your APC, please click here.

Yes, you will need to have maintained your membership active for at least a year continuously and throughout the programme.

You are eligible to apply. The criteria states you should have one year of continuous membership.

Mentors will be required to have more years of experience and seniority than the mentee. This should include currently having, or in the past, have had at least five years of strategic level experience. Eligibility to become a mentor in this programme can be found here.

Yes, taking part in NURTURE either as a mentor or mentee can be counted towards as part of your CPD.

The NURTURE programme does not allocate mentors on the basis of their previous mentorship experience solely, other factors included are taken into account before matches are made.  To view a full list of our criteria, please visit our NURTURE webpage.

No, to ensure that all mentee’s have the full freedom to express their career aspirations and to avoid any conflicts of interest, mentees and mentors will be chosen from different organisations.

Becoming a mentor through NURTURE does not exclude you from mentoring others within your organisation separately.

Each mentor and mentee will need to have access to a PC/Laptop/Tablet that can be used to virtually attend training and meetings. All of the mentoring sessions and trainings are scheduled to be held virtually so a stable internet connection is required.

You must be a current member and should have a minimum of one year of continuous membership.

This programme will take place from February 2023 – January 2024 and we hope that many mentees and mentors will gain from it. The feedback from this years programme, as well as the first year’s pilot, will help to determine mentoring for the RTPI moving forward.