GirlBoss, Engineering NZ Careers Evening, Shadow Tech and Shadow a Leader. We have also provided our under-30- year-old employees with development opportunities such as the RYLA and Smartseeds leadership programmes and the sponsorship of the internal GenR8 team to work on cross-functional projects. Further information about these programmes is available on the company’s website. We are pleasingly seeing the positive impacts of these initiatives in the number of job applications, as well as the proportion of women in STEM roles in our digital business increasing from 25% to 41% since 2018. Progress towards a more diverse workforce has been slow and steady, but we are satisfied it is heading in the right direction. In the past four years, we have seen a gender composition shift, with the number of female employees increasing from 29.5% to 34.4%. Age-wise, our employees aged 20 to 39 years have increased 7.8% and those 40-years-old+ have decreased by 7.5%. Our ethnicity profile has moved only slightly, with Māori and Pasifika representation up only 1 to 2%. Supporting all employees Vector’s proud reputation as a diverse and inclusive organisation was further enhanced in 2018 when it became New Zealand’s first business to gain the Accessibility Tick. The accreditation followed a review of our policies, practices and working environment for people with disabilities, including mental health. A 12-month action plan is now underway to further improve the accessibility and support for people with disabilities within the company. Vector’s leadership in employee diversity and inclusion has been recognised externally. We were a finalist at the Rainbow Excellence Awards (Leadership category) and a finalist in two categories at the Diversity Works
4.9 % rise in female employees, up from 29.5% to 34.4% in four years
first New Zealand business to gain the Accessibility Tick
EMPLOYEES BY AGE AND GENDER Age MALE
FEMALE
DIVERSE
TOTAL
UNDER 20
2
2
4
20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59
17
25 41 45 49 44 54 39
42
58 93 88 84 77 82 64 70
1
100 138 137 128
131 121 85 84
21 14
Awards (Empowerment – Women in Leadership; and Diversability – Accessibility programme).
60+
Total
635
334
1
970
EMPLOYEES BY AGE
EMPLOYEES BY ETHNICITY
EMPLOYEES BY GENDER
.%
. %
.% . %
. %
. %
.%
.%
. %
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. %
.%
. %
.%
.%
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UNDER 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
ASIAN
EUROPEAN
MELAA*
FEMALE
MALE
DIVERSE
50-59
60+
NZ EUROPEAN
NZ MĀORI
OTHER
PASIFIKA
UNKNOWN
* Middle Eastern, Latin American and African.
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