SMN Network Development and Support Officer
25 October 2016
Scottish Mentoring Network is delighted to announce that we have appointed Amanda Skinner to this new post which she will take up on Monday 31st October. Amanda has extensive experience of mentoring and training with the Rock Trust during which time the organisation has twice successfully achieved the SMN Project Quality Award. A graduate of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Amanda will be responsible for the development and maintenance of thematic and geographic networks across Scotland. In this role she will be in direct contact with members enabling them to share good practice and experience and to benefit from the range of services which SMN can offer.
As some of you will be aware Sarah Barr, our Quality and Support Officer, has just gone on maternity leave and her second son, Ruairi, was born on Friday 21st October. We are really pleased at this good news and delighted that all are healthy and we give our congratulations to Sarah and Ewan who now have a younger brother for Nairn. Until Sarah returns to work next summer Amanda will cover the main aspects of Sarah’s work on the Project Quality Award, Training and Evaluation as well as starting on network development. Thereafter Amanda will work full-time in her new role.
There is now much more impetus behind the use of effective mentoring in Scotland and the Board of Scottish Mentoring Network has shown real commitment in agreeing to fund this new position. I am sure everyone will join with me in wishing Amanda every success.
Iain Forbes, Strategic Development Manager
