Rise (MENTOR NEW ENTREPRENEURS IN TRAINING – Remote Across Canada)

Organization Name: Rise
Opportunity Title: MENTOR NEW ENTREPRENEURS IN TRAINING – Remote Across Canada
Category: Counselling / Support / Mentoring
Commitment: Less than 6 months, 6 months to 1 year, Ongoing Opportunity (> 1 year)
Start Date: September 11, 2023
End Date: December 11, 2023

Email: mentor@risehelps.ca
Website: https://www.risehelps.ca/
Details:

• Background/police check required
• Appropriate for volunteers aged between 18 and 55
• Appropriate for volunteers aged 55 and over
• Training or orientation required

Opportunity Description:

 
Role Description
Volunteering as a group mentor with one of Rise’s Entrepreneurship Training Programs (training programs) is the opportunity to share your professional knowledge and experience to help empower new and aspiring entrepreneurs of all ages and at all stages of their business journey. 

Currently, Rise is looking for volunteers who have extensive skills and knowledge to share in critical business areas, such as coaching, e-commerce, digital marketing, online branding and communications, finance and accounting for small business, and/or general expertise in small business and entrepreneurship.

Training programs run for eight (8) to 10 weeks during which you will work with small groups of entrepreneurs with varying levels of experience to help them build the confidence and skills to turn their business idea into a business plan. Whether in-person or virtual, you will create a space to encourage open, constructive peer discussions and give your mentees personalized insight and support. As a volunteer mentor, you will have ongoing support from Rise program facilitators and Volunteer Program staff to help make your experience as productive and fulfilling as possible. 

Volunteering with Rise is an opportunity help to empower individuals with mental health and addiction challenges to build small businesses that can improve their lives and help communities across Canada thrive.  

“I really believe that the one-on-one time that I had with the volunteers who supported me has been such a game changer for me as an independent artist looking for ways to actually make my career something fulfilling and something long-lasting. And believe me when I tell you, it’s been super impactful.”

 – Rise Client

 
Benefits to Volunteer 
Becoming a Rise Mentor is a way for talented professionals across Canada to use their knowledge and skills to benefit others, while fostering personal growth. 

As a group mentor to a Rise training program, you will have the opportunity to:  

• Support new and aspiring entrepreneurs to develop their ideas, formulate practical business plans, and launch/grow small businesses;
• Put your skills and experience to work to provide impactful, real-life support that will have a tangible impact in individuals lives;
• Learn from a wide range of youth and adult entrepreneurs pursuing businesses in various industries and with a variety of lived experiences to share;
• Develop your communications skills and build your experience as a mentor;
• Join the national Rise community of philanthropists, professionals, volunteers and clients!  

“The most rewarding parts of volunteering with Rise … have been to see how individuals’ businesses have grown from ideas to fruition … and just to see how the individuals themselves seem to change in terms of their self-confidence and their self-esteem.” 

 – Rise Mentor