2025 Staff Mentorship Group
UCSC Mentor Program Concept
The UCSC SAB Staff Mentorship Program is a volunteer program that pairs experienced UCSC staff from all campus units with newer staff who are seeking to develop themselves professionally. The program provides a supportive structure in which participants can cultivate contacts, explore challenges, and enhance effectiveness as they design their personal growth and career paths.
Once pairs are set, mentors and mentees will define the shape and scope of their personal experience. Some pairs may choose more reading suggestions, for example, where others may choose to rely exclusively on dialogue.
Program Cycles
The Staff Mentorship Program cycle will run for a total of 10 months. The current program cycle runs from February through November.
Who Can Participate
Mentors are experienced UCSC employees (3+ years of experience) and well-respected advisors, coaches, and colleagues that guide and challenge, and who are willing to share their experiences.
Mentees are UCSC employees interested in career development and who have relatively fewer years of service.
Eligibility requirements for 2026 program participants include:
- Career, Partial-year Career, and Contract Staff employees
- Successful completion of probation period by January 1, 2026
How the Program Works
- Mentees and mentors accepted for the program will be notified shortly after the application deadline.
- Mentees and mentors accepted for the program will be invited to a networking Program Kick-Off Mixer event which will take place during the afternoon with a date TBD. At this event mentors and mentees can meet in an informal setting. Mentees and mentors will receive the time and location of this ‘Program Kick-Off Mixer Reception’ via email.
- After the meeting, mentees and mentors will separately submit their match preferences in ranked order to the UCSC Staff Advisory Board Mentorship Committee. The committee will complete the matching process.
- Once matching is completed, pairs will be notified and the mentoring process will begin February 2026.
- Once matched, the mentor and the mentee establish mutually agreeable terms for the mentorship relationship. Mentors and mentees meet together on an established schedule for ten months.