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The University of NSW (UNSW) puts a weight of focus on diversity equity and inclusion, with a significant EDI Board presence and a detailed definition of its commitment to it, with actions and measures in its current strategy. We've found this narrative to underpin the UNSW's messaging and practices alike.
UNSW was established in 1949 and today sits at a 45th global ranking. It’s got an impressive profile which includes the 2022 AFR Top 100 Future Leaders Awards – with 42 winners out of 100! In fostering a culture of innovation, along with a lived value of diversity, UNSW sees 200+ startups form out of its communities every year and 42% of those are female co-founded.
“Our goal is to improve the quality of life for people in Australia and around the world, through partnerships, thought leadership, engagement with decision-makers, sustainable development, and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.”
In addition to UNSW’s strong and passionate Equity Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) team, led by Prof. Bruce Watson, Pro Vice-Chancellor Inclusion, the arrival of CIO Chrissy Burns in 2022 brought a fresh and gender-balanced leadership team to the IT division, which is around 10% of the total number of professional employees working at the University. Chrissy herself is a passionate advocate of gender diversity in the realms of technology and supportive of interrogating systems to identify systemic barriers for women and other marginalised groups in the sector.
UNSW conducts a short series of interviews for hiring within its IT division, typically as follows:
Note: UNSW ensure all interviews are conducted by a gender-balanced panel
The average time to hire within IT is 4-6 weeks from application to offer
The five core UNSW behaviours were developed by UNSW staff, as a way to live their Values in everyday actions. The Values in Action have been developed as a way for staff to talk about how they work together to support a positive environment, enabling them to deliver academic excellence, social engagement and global impact.
Each value comes with an excellent detailed descriptor, clarifying what these look like in action and also specifying what they are not.
Note that we've included the UNSW IT's specific GOALS which sit alongside these values and behaviours
UNSW is a place that values work-life balance and the benefits back that up, with a healthy focus on physical, mental and financial well-being too.
The working environment is buzzy and well equipped with retail and food outlets, banks, bars, cafes, and convenience stores on site and a the grounds include a natural leafy environment, so that staff can take advantage of healthy indoor and outdoor spaces to socialise and collaborate.
This short video gives insights into what it looks like to work at UNSW and some of the reasons you might want to consider a career there. It is a unique environment where purpose and impact on people and the world is front and centre
The University has placed equal 19th with the University of Sydney in the global rankings, reinforcing the city’s reputation as a top global city for higher education.
The Transforming Women's Leadership Pathways (TWLP) is an international initiative of the PLuS Alliance (Arizona State University, King’s College London and UNSW Sydney) to dramatically shift the dial on women’s equity, and to broaden pathways to leadership for women by 2030.
UN' SDG #5 is Gender Equality. UNSW is committed to gender equality and demonstrates this through a series of specific commitments to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Here are a few of the current opportunities in technology at UNSW.
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