• You have worked for at least two years in your field/profession/industry in Australia.
• You can commit to a minimum of 24 hours of your time over three months for mentoring.  

Why Choose to volunteer with Red Cross?

• You can help improve lives and create a positive impact in your community
• It’s an opportunity to enhance your skills & knowledge & gain new experiences
• You’ll be helping Red Cross to support vulnerable people across Australia

The program 

A Kaleidoscope Mentor Program Mentor is a professional who provides support, industry related guidance and advice to a skilled migrant to help them build professional networks, their knowledge of recruitment practices and have a better understand of their profession locally to secure well-matched employment. It is not the responsibility of the mentor to find their mentee

The opportunity 

To participate as a mentor you must:

• Have worked for at least two years in your field/profession/industry in Australia.
  
• Commit to a minimum of 24 hours of your time over three months for mentoring (18 hours of mentoring + 2 hour and training session, and attend the end of cycle events)
  
• Want to share your industry knowledge and contacts with others.
  
• Be thinking about your professional legacy and what you will contribute toward your organisation and the people who worked with you.    

The impact 

As a mentor in our Kaleidoscope Mentoring Program (KMP), you have the opportunity to:

• Share your knowledge about your industry/profession based on your own experiences.
  
• Help a newcomer in your field put their skills and experience to work for a Western Australian business or company.
  
• Motivate and support a skilled newcomer professional to realise their full potential in Australia.    

In return, you will benefit from:

• Developing your own mentoring, communication and leadership skills.
  
• Enhancing your cross-cultural competence by working with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
  
• Improving your understanding of the issues and barriers experienced by newcomers in Australia.
  
• Connecting yourself to an untapped migrant resource.

Application requirements

For this role you will be required to undertake a National Police Check, which will be organised through Red Cross.   

Further information 

To find out more about this opportunity please contact Sobia Shah at 0450 148 936 or mail soshah@redcross.org.au 

Thank you for considering volunteering at Red Cross. We also have great career opportunities, please visit our website https://www.redcross.org.au/careers/