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ACT Government

3.9
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Diversity at ACT Government

8.5
8.5 rating for Diversity, based on 26 reviews
Please provide further information on diversity with respect to women, ethnic minorities and LGBT. Please comment on issues such as recruitment, retention, promotion, child care, maternity leave, etc.
I think there is an emphasis on diversity in the workplace. All teams I have been in have been diverse culturally and gender wise. I think the graduate cohort was very diverse. However, there is still an underrepresentation of indigenous team members in the branches I have worked in.
Graduate, Canberra
There are targets for employee quota diversity, as well as diversity groups. Recruitment seems okay.
Graduate, Canberra
The above mentioned are well taken care. ACT government prioritizes on diversity inclusion.
Graduate, Canberra
This varies a lot in different areas of the ACTPS. Overall there is a very strong commitment to diversity, in particular gender equity and LGBT inclusion. However in some teams, and at senior levels, there appears to be much less diversity.
Graduate, Canberra
good environment for female in engineering
Graduate, Canberra
The ACT PS prides itself on diversity and has one of the most accepting workplaces I've ever worked in.
Graduate, Canberra
ACT government is very generous and welcome all diversity.
Graduate, Canberra
ACTPS is great. MPC has a far way to go. Little to no support for LGBTIQ community. I was lucky enough to be in a great team, and it's Canberra so people are good and knowledgeable to some extent. But organisationally, there are some teams and people who certainly have outdated views on the LGBTIQ community and need educating. There is no appetite at an executive level to change this holistically.
Graduate, Canberra
The company seems to have a solid commitment to diversity, and it is obvious that the company does not discriminate with its employee workforce.
Graduate, Canberra
Leave is the most progressive in the government sectors in the whole of Australia. A lot of CALD, LGBTQI+, ATSI, disability networks. Big group of advisory councils of diverse groups (disability, aging, multiculturalism). Good diversity training. Great acknowledgement of diverse cultural festivities / holidays.
Graduate, Canberra
It's better than other comparative agencies.
Graduate, Canberra
I see the attempt to hire diversity into the organisation, although the inclusivity of that diversity is very low from my experience. I have watched and waited and have been disappointed. I can see people think they are being diverse, but they are not. This diversity is not only culturally but lived experience and areas subject expertise as well. In the directorates that have a higher percentage of women, I see women are far more supported than in the directorates with lower percentages of women. For LGBTIQA+, I have been to numerous events organised within the ACTPS and the turnout of people who attend is minimal to say the least.
Graduate, Canberra
What does your company do to attract applicants from less privileged backgrounds?