Our committment

Australia Post is committed to supporting an equitable representation of gender across the organisation, so increasing women’s participation across the business is a key focus area.

With a focus on gender equality we have the goal of 40% representation of women across our workforce and 40% of women in leadership positions by 2026.

We already have gender equality in our executive leadership team of 50% women and our gender pay equality results in 2021 showed that our gender pay difference was slightly favourable to female employees by just above 2 per cent.

We’re updating our recruitment processes, looking at how we develop talent and challenging role structures to create a working environment that helps our team members thrive.

Initiatives

As part of our commitment to Gender Equality there are several priority initiatives we focus on to bring our goals to life. 

International Women's Day (IWD)

Australia Post celebrates and participates in International Women’s day celebrations annually. Celebrated on 8 March, it is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. 

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Gender Equality Action Plan

The Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) is our public commitment to gender equality (similar to our Reconciliation Action Plan or our Accessibility Inclusion Plan) and will identify various actions we as a business will take to ensure that we are progressing gender equality at Australia Post. The focus of the GEAP is to increase representation of women in leadership roles, maintain gender pay parity and increase representation of women across our business, particularly in operations and technology. Our GEAP is currently under development and will be launched later in 2022.

Career development

Our programs continue to provide opportunities for women across our business to build insight into themselves, develop their careers and expand their networks. An overview of our programs are below:

ProjectME

This seven-week career and personal development program is designed to help inspire, energise and connect likeminded women across our organisation.

Run in conjunction with our partner Inkling, the program supports participants to:

  • increase self-awareness of strengths, values and personal barriers to success
  • increase resilience to manage change, pressure and stress in work and life
  • develop clear personal and professional goals to work towards
  • develop healthy and sustained habits to operate at their very best
  • develop a good network of contacts across the business
  • develop a clear legacy to contribute and impact more broadly.

Topics covered include understanding your strengths, managing pressure, adopting a growth mindset, unpacking unhelpful thoughts, the importance of authenticity, communicating your message, identifying your values, creating a ripple effect and making changes that stick.

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The ProjectME Program has honestly changed my life forever and I am now a better and more confident person because of this course.

I have a better understanding of myself and has given me the tools to help cope with change and to take the next step in my career and life.

I loved the support I received from my circle lead and fellow participants also.

ProjectME participant

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Emerging Leaders program

This program is aimed at Indigenous award-level employees who seek to become People Leaders.

All women participating in the program to date have been in operational roles.

The program runs for six months with a Certificate IV in Leadership & Management from TAFE NSW with C Beyond providing coaching and mentoring throughout the program.

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Elevate

Elevate is a personal and leadership development program for women across the Australia Post Group who want to lead with success, impact and spark.

Elevate is targeted at mid-level female managers (Band 5) who have been identified as high potential talent. In 2021 we refreshed our Elevate program, bringing it in house and heavily aligned with the new Activate program, to accelerate the path to leadership roles for women across our Technology and Deliveries business units – two areas where women are typically underrepresented.

As part of the program women participate in tailored workshops aimed at helping them to develop their leadership skills and form connections with other women across our business.

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Women@Post

Women@Post is a program that seeks to understand the experiences of our women in our workplace which then identifies and addresses opportunities to create a more inclusive culture for women.  Through facilitating this program, we then create an environment where we can attract, retain and uplift the representation of women across all areas and levels of our business.

Part of this program is also to connect more women across our business, through local forums and a social media connection, we create more opportunities for women to support and grow their career at Post.  If you would like to join our private Women@Post Facebook page, please send a request through the Facebook page to receive access.

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Post People 1st Workshops 

The Post People 1st team have developed a variety of workshops that have been designed to help our women develop new skills and provide the right tools to create future careers. Register by visiting the PP1st career events registration page.

PP1st Career events registrations

Resources & recordings

For any enquiries or updates on Gender Equality initiatives, career development and the progression of the Gender Action Plan you can join our Gender@Post Yammer group or email diversityandinclusion@auspost.com.au.

Support resources

A list of resources both internal and external to Australia Post which may be useful on your personal and professional journeys.

For parents or families who will need to take parental leave, you can find all the information in the Parental leave toolkit and policy.

If you or someone you know or work with is experiencing domestic and family violence find a list of useful support options in the Domestic & Family Violence Policy Guidelines.

For anyone in the LGBTIQ+ community who wants to find further support programs and networks visit LGBTIQ+ Diversity & inclusion.

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