Back to Search ResultsBuilding Women's Careers Program
ClosedGrant
Closed: 2nd of December 2024 - 5:00 pm
Value: $500,000 to $5 Million
Run By: Australian Government Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Further Information: https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=cbae5781-f3ca-4808-afd3-dc760f83e05e
The BWC Program seeks to sustainably address structural and cultural barriers to women’s participation in Vocational Education and Training (VET) and employment.
The intended outcomes are:
- strong, diverse and enduring partnerships to develop and deliver innovative, scalable partnership projects to drive structural and cultural change in women’s participation in VET and the workplace
- increased access for women to higher-paying and skilled VET-based careers in male dominated occupations as measured by:
- the availability and use of policies and strategies to implement and embed gender equality in VET and the workplace
- improved availability and use of employment conditions and arrangements that support people to balance work and caring responsibilities
- reduced and removed structural and cultural barriers, (for example poor access to ‘good flexibility’ or employee-oriented flexibility, an excess of ‘bad’ flexibility or employer-oriented flexibility, gendered occupational and industry segregation, and disrespect and discrimination) that prevent women from accessing and participating in VET and the workplace
- an increase in the recruitment, promotion and retention of women in male-dominated occupations
- an evidence base of practical changes that can be implemented across the broader economy to reduce occupational gender segregation and increase women’s participation in VET and male-dominated industries, sectors and occupations.
There are two streams of funding available.
For Stream One, you must apply as a partnership that has the following 4 organisation types as a minimum (including the lead organisation):
- an industry employer
- a registered union
- a TAFE or not-for-profit Registered Training Organisation (RTO) (not eligible to be the lead applicant)
- a community organisation, registered charity or not-for-profit organisation.
Stream One partnerships (including the lead applicant) must collectively employ more than 1000 employees within the construction, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and/or digital and technology industries/sectors.
For Stream Two, you must be a partnership that includes the following 3 organisation types as a minimum (including the lead organisation):
- a place-based community organisation, registered charity, or not-for-profit organisation (must be the lead applicant)
- an industry-based employer within the construction, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and/or digital and technology industries/sectors
- and one of the following organisations:
- an industry-based employer/s within the construction, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and/or digital and technology industries/sectors
- an industry body within the construction, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, digital or technologies industries
- a registered union
- a TAFE or not-for-profit RTO
- a not-for-profit organisation
- a GTO
- a local government body
- a community organisation
- a registered charity
- an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
- an ACCO.
Last Updated: 26th of October 2024