The primary purpose of the University of Liverpool Mentoring Network is to provide a whole institution approach to supporting staff to grow and develop in their role and beyond.  Although it is managed by the Organisational Development Team who promote the network, recruit mentors and mentees, develop members through training and events, and evaluate the value through monitoring success, its success depends on the contribution from those who put themselves forward to mentor others.

The network enables members of staff to offer mentoring locally where their department has its own scheme or across the university where there is no specified local requirement.  It is also at the discretion of the mentor, in agreement with their line manager, to choose how much time they wish to commit to mentoring.