Gender equality is a core strategic pillar at WesCEF.

Gender diversity and pay equity are key priorities. Since 2010 WesCEF has conducted annual pay equity reviews and has set a gender balance target of a minimum of 40% males and 40% females across the organisation. In 2025, women represent 39% of our total workforce and 45% of our executive leadership team.

WesCEF measures and reports on progress and the effectiveness of our inclusive initiatives across all stages of the employee lifecycle including recruitment and career progression outcomes. Our gender inclusion goals are underpinned by practice, programs and policies that support gender diversity across our workforce, leadership teams and talent pipelines.

For further information on our workforce composition commitments to inclusive practice visit our Work180 Employer Profile page. You can also visit the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) here Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).

We know that flexibility in the workplace helps us to attract people from diverse talent pools and also supports our people to achieve satisfaction at work at all life stages. Flexibility comes in many shapes and forms and will mean different things to different people – and we encourage our candidates to talk about what flexibility means to them during the recruitment process.

WesCEF has a Flexible Work policy, and our approach supports our people and business through flexibility options such as Public Holiday substitution for cultural or religious reasons, remote work and work from home options, part-time work, flexible start and finish times, job sharing and flexible leave options (including employee-purchased leave) in addition to standard leave entitlements.

WesCEF offers 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers, which includes the payment of superannuation for paid and unpaid components of parental leave, and a return to work bonus for primary carers.

To support breastfeeding parents returning to work we have bookable and lockable quiet rooms available at our Kwinana and Murdoch sites.

Employees with parenting or other caring responsibilities can also purchase up to four weeks of leave per calendar year.

At WesCEF we want all our people to feel connected, included and to have a sense of belonging. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in occasions and events that acknowledge, raise awareness and celebrate the rich diversity of our workforce and the communities we operate in.

Activity is driven through our Employee Networks, and actively championed by WesCEF senior leader sponsors.

We offer a unique Aboriginal Awareness and Cultural Inclusion Program to raise awareness and celebrate the diversity and richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.