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PEOPLE A N D CU LTU R E ACHI EVE M E N TS , 2020 – 202 1 INCREASING CAPABILITY OF OUR WORKFORCE
focused on upskilling our leadership competency and
A strong focus for Evolve Housing during 2021 has
and productive. The leadership program involves
been to increase the capability of our workforce
a twelve month program with a combination of inter-
through education and training. We increased our
active workshops, mentoring through interactive
benefits to our employees through implementing
group coaching and allocated support partners and
a Continued Education Program, providing funding
self-reflection.
in turn ensuring our employees are highly engaged
of external training and education up to the value of $5,000 for each employee per annum. Currently
The program is centred around the impact of lead-
74% of our employees possess tertiary qualifications.
ership styles in influencing individual employee performance, team cohesion and the overall organi-
During the financial year, a total of 67 training events
sational culture.
were undertaken, with a total in excess of 6,000 hours of training completed. This equates to an average of
COMPLIANCE TRAINING
50 hours of training per employee during the financial
Evolve Housing is committed to ensuring all of our
year. The competency areas of training completed by
employees undertake compliance training to increase
our employees included:
awareness of critical aspects of obligation and
• Mental Health
responsibility. A total of 1,368 compliance training
• Emotional Intelligence
events were undertaken during the annual period.
• Resilience • Impacts of diet on wellbeing
The knowledge areas covered in the compliance
• Client Services
training include Work, Health and Safety, Infection
• Hoarding
Control in the Workplace, Discrimination, Bullying
• Disability Awareness
and Harassment, Zero tolerance to Violence, Code of
• Domestic and Family Violence
Conduct, Conflict of Interest, Privacy, Corruption and
• Identifying and Responding to Financial Abuse
Bribery, Diversity and Cultural Awareness of our First
• Real Estate certification
Nations People.
• Board and Company Directorship • Governance, Accounting and Legal
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
• Tender writing
As a not-for-profit, Evolve Housing is passionate about
• Business case writing
supporting and contributing to the community we
• Cyber security
live in. Many of our staff offer their time, services and expertise to other organisations outside the scope of
LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
their work duties.
During 2021 Evolve launched a leadership program
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for all people managers and employees identified
Evolve Housing offers all team members paid volunteer
for succession into management roles. 31 employees
leave each year. The volunteering contribution our
are participating in this ongoing program, which is
employees support include mentoring with Women’s
