Gender Equality Action Plan

GMCT’s Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) formalises our commitment to creating a fair and equal workplace.

About the Gender Equality Action Plan

GMCT’s Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) formalises our commitment to creating a fair and equal workplace. It helps us identify areas for improvement and guides the steps we take to make those changes.

The GEAP applies an intersectional lens to provide greater equality outcomes for everyone. This involves understanding how multiple factors such as gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation or background interact to create unique advantages or barriers for people in the workplace.

Our requirements under the Gender Equality Act 2020 are to:

  1. Promote gender equality

  2. Conduct gender impact assessments

  3. Undertake a workplace gender audit

  4. Create a Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP)

  5. Report on progress


Progress in gender equality at GMCT

Gender Equality Progress

  • The gender pay gap has shifted from +5.2% (favouring men) to -1.4% (favouring women), based on median total remuneration.

  • The percentage of women employees has increased by 4% (from 34% to 38%).

  • Recruitment and internal secondment opportunities are split 50/50 between men and women.

  • Career development training for women in junior roles has increased (+25% at level -3 and +23% at level -4 from the CEO).

  • Women employees have increased in roles such as gardener (+3%) and project administrator (+17.5%).

Results are from the 2021 to 2023 reporting period.

How is progress measured?

Progress and areas for improvement are evaluated through seven workplace indicators:

  1. Gender composition at all levels of the workforce

  2. Gender composition of governing bodies

  3. Gender pay equity

  4. Workplace sexual harassment

  5. Recruitment and promotion

  6. Leave and flexibility

  7. Gendered workforce segregation


GMCT’s next areas of focus

We have identified some key areas for improvement in the future.

These include:

  • Increase opportunities for women in senior leadership by improving learning opportunities, high duties and succession planning.

  • Address a gender imbalance in permanent promotions.

  • Improve access to higher duties for women, particularly at lower levels.

  • Support and improve training for leaders who complete Gender Impact Assessments, and evaluate gender equality in our policies, programs, and services.


Progress report

You can download a copy of our complete GEAP progress report by clicking the link below.

Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) progress report 2024 (XLS file)

Download the Gender Equality Action Plan (2021-2025) here (PDF file)