Mentorship Manager: ChickTech Portland

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Job Title: Mentor Program Coordinator

Organization: ChickTech

ChickTech is a multi-generational community supporting women and girls to become technology creators.

We are dedicated to retaining women in the technology workforce and increasing the number of women and girls pursuing technology-based careers. We facilitate hands-on technology-centric events to empower, support, and increase the confidence of women and girls. Through our events, ChickTech builds community, empowers participants to see themselves as leaders, and provides networking and mentoring opportunities in the rapidly growing high tech industry.

We are looking for a Mentor Program Coordinator for the local chapter of ChickTech. This volunteer role would be responsible for recruiting, training, and managing mentors to our students.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Should have industry experience to be able to relate to mentors
• Strong communication skills, both with industry people and with adolescents

Key responsibilities include:

• Works with at least one support person to run the mentor program
• Be willing to tell their story about why they are volunteering with chicktech
• Check in with mentor/mentee pairs twice a month
• Work with Logistics Manager to plan for 70-80 person events depending on mentee sign-up
• Reach out to other mentor coordinators to exchange best practices
• Set success measures for mentor program and track them
• Attend industry events to recruit new mentors
• Conduct training events for mentors

Expected time commitment: 5-10 hours/week, with more time commitment in starting the mentor program up for the year (recruitment and training). We ask that all leadership team members commit to one year of being on the team if possible, although less can be negotiated! Please be honest about your time commitments, while we realize it is difficult to forecast what you may be doing four or five months out, we ask potential leadership team members to try their best to upfront with any conflicts, either work or personal. Thank you for your understanding!