Mentoring

Mentorship Programme 2026

Running from May to November

Why Mentorship?

The benefits of career mentoring in the workplace are proven for both mentor and mentee.

IIBA UK’s professionally is built by BAs, for BAs - providing a structured mentoring programme supports you in developing both yourself and your career.

IIBA UK's Mentoring Programme is specifically designed for our profession: it is aligned to the BA capabilities and helps you develop in your role.  This 6-month programme will run from May to November 2026 and will be delivered by the Professional Development team.

Who is the Programme designed for? 

For Business Analysts

  • Who want to develop their career and themselves 

or 

  • Who feel they are “in a rut” and would benefit from pairing with a peer from a different organisation or industry 
  • Who are looking to invest in their own growth and that of others.

A call for Mentors

We are encouraging more mentors to come forward. You can be a mentor, even if you haven't tried it before. You just need at least 3 years BA experience and a desire to help others.

 

We will provide you all the support materials to step into your role as a mentor by:

  • Breaking down the mentorship process
  • Helping you hone the skills to be a world-class mentor, and
  • Providing a platform with all the resources at your fingertips.

What’s in it for me as a mentor?

  • A professionally developed, structured mentoring programme to follow with your mentee

  • Training in the mentoring process 

  • 1-to-1 mentoring sessions with a fellow BA 
  • Support sessions to discuss how things are going (with other mentors and our professional coach and mentor)
  • Regular newsletters to support your capability development 
  • The chance to learn through discussion and sharing 
  • The opportunity to enhance leadership skills 
  • Development of facilitation and listening skills 
  • Personal satisfaction through supporting the development of others 
  • CDU opportunity, where related to BABOK.

What’s in it for me as a mentee?

  • A professionally developed, structured mentoring programme to follow with your mentor 
  • 1-to-1 mentoring sessions with a fellow practitioner 
  • Impartial support and sharing the learnings of an experienced BA 
  • Support sessions to discuss how things are going (with other mentees and our professional coach and mentor)
  • Professional development and help with problem-solving 
  • Regular newsletters to support your capability development 
  • CDU opportunity, where related to BABOK.

What's the timeline?

  • 02 March: Registrations open for mentees and mentors - visit our calendar of events to register as a mentee or a mentor
  • 28 March: Registrations close
  • April: the IIBA UK team will match mentoring partners and confirm participation in the scheme to participants.
    • Registrants book onto kick-off session
  • 07 May: On-line kick-off mentoring session: please make sure that you can attend it.

How is it structured? 

  • Mentors and mentees are matched by the programme team 
  • All support and training meetings are held online 
  • The programme runs for 6 months 
  • The kick-off meeting will be on Thursday 07 May
  • Mentors and mentees arrange meetings at a mutually convenient time.

If accepted onto the scheme you agree to

  • Meeting with your mentoring partner on a regular basis
  • Following the mentoring programme framework shared with you by IIBA UK
  • Completing the full 6 months of the programme

What does it cost?  

  • £59 (IIBA members), £79 (non-members): paid upon registration.

What does 'accepted onto the scheme' mean?

We aim to accept as many people onto the scheme as possible. Until registrations close we don't know the distribution of people wanting to be mentees and mentors and if we can match everyone with a partner.

This means that, occasionally, we are unable to accept people onto the scheme. In this scenario, any payments made will be fully refunded.

Terms & Conditions

  • We refund your payment only if the scheme is cancelled or you are not successfully matched.
  • This is a peer mentoring scheme: both mentors and mentees are from the BA community and apply to be on the scheme
    • No guarantee can be made on the skills or experience of your mentor or mentee, matching is performed based on a completed set of registration questions.
    • If a mentor or mentee drops out, then the IIBA UK mentoring team will endeavour to find another partner.
  • CDU credits are available if the mentoring topic is BABOK related.
  • Both the Mentor and Mentee are ultimately responsible for the commitment needed to achieve successful mentoring.
  • Participants in the scheme could be living in the UK or not; however, all activities scheduled in the programme will run in GMT.