NHMRC Survey on the Gender Equality Policy Requirements for Administering Institutions

Overview

With the release of NHMRC’s Gender Equality Strategy 2018–2021, it is timely that NHMRC again reviews how Administering Institutions (AIs) are meeting the seven gender equality requirements in the NHMRC Administering Institution Policy.

To avoid overly burdening AIs, NHMRC has streamlined the process for this review and responses will be submitted via this short online survey. Please note:

• NHMRC recognises that some AIs are members of Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) and have/will be applying for the Athena SWAN Bronze Institutional Award. Membership of SAGE as well as the application for and receipt of a Bronze Award will be considered as part of NHMRC’s assessment of relevant AIs’ gender equality policies.

• If your institution reports annually to the Australian Government Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) (non-public sector employers with 100 or more staff) on gender equality matters and is a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation holder, NHMRC will use these programs to inform our assessment of your AI’s gender equality policies.

• If your institution does not report to WGEA, the survey will ask whether your institution is currently meeting the seven gender equality policy requirements and for you to provide a description about how they are or are not being met. You can also upload documentation or include URLs to support your responses.

At the end of the survey, all AIs have the opportunity to provide any further comments or supporting documentation (either by uploading or including URLs). Please specify the relevant sections of the document(s) and how they relate to the requirements.

Instructions for completing the survey:

• The online survey questions have been provided in the Word document below. You can use this to draft answers to the questions and seek relevant approvals. However, your survey responses will only be accepted through the submission of this online survey.
• Once in the online survey, you will not be able to go back and review responses to previous questions.
• Clicking on the ‘First’ button will delete your previous responses and take you back to the first question.
• The survey can be completed in multiple sittings. To save your responses, ensure that cookies are enabled in your web browser. Then click on the ‘Save and come back later…’ button and input an email address. You will be emailed a link to come back to the last question that you answered.
• Once you have submitted the survey, you will be emailed a PDF copy of your responses.
• If you have any technical issues or queries about the survey content, please contact NHMRC at WiHS@nhmrc.gov.au or (02) 6217 9372.

All responses will be treated in line with NHMRC’s Privacy Policy. Privacy information about the survey platform (Citizen Space) is available on the Department of Health’s website.

We ask that all AIs please complete this survey by 11.59PM (AEDT), Monday 25 March 2019.