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Women in Construction

“The success of the career changers programme is a direct result of focusing not only recruiting female career changers into construction roles but addressing the structural and cultural barriers that prevent women from entering or remaining in the workforce.”

Helping Women into Construction

  • Engaging with women where they are at, rather than where we expect them to be – a grassroots approach
  • Proving consistent pastoral care and a single point of contact throughout the programme
  • Upskilling leaders and managers in Agile organisation & Unconscious bias
  • Working with Housing associations & contractors to embed the programme into their procurement process
  • Creating a community of female mentors at all levels of the industry to serve women throughout their career – supporting retention
  • Secured fair payment from contractors that make transitions for adult women with caring and other financial responsibilities possible
  • Provided enhanced CPD and pastoral care to women throughout their first 2 years in industry.

During the recruitment phase of the project we directly engaged over 200 women who were interested in a career in the construction industry. The reason we were so successful was down to the grassroots engagement approach that targeted women where they were at.

 

Rather than holding one large recruitment event, we held a series of smaller events in local communities for accessibility. We also provided a creche to ensure that any women with preschool age children were still able to attend.

 

We promoted the event at local community centres, schools, libraries, shopping centres and via social media groups such as Cardiff Mums. We directed our advertising to the needs of women, actively promoting flexible opportunities. A video about the project can be viewed here alongside a film we put together about the project for Women’s International Day 2020 here.

 

In 2020 we were awarded the Constructing Excellence People Development and SME of the Year Awards as recognition of our commitment to equality and diversity within the construction industry and success of the Women into Construction Career Changers project.

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