Women in Leadership Program Scholarship

**Don't miss out on this opportunity to accelerate your career with a scholarship to the hipages Empower, women in leadership program**

Empower exists to accelerate the careers of emerging and experienced female leaders by giving them the training, support and network to progress into the next stage of their careers.

**Why does this program exist?**
Women are consistently underrepresented in leadership positions with the proportion of women in leadership roles decreasing as levels of leadership increase. Data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) shows that women in Australian companies make up just:

- 22% of CEOs
- 37% of key management personnel
- 42% of managers.

In ASX300 companies only 34% board members are women and 25% of boards have no women at all.

**Our 2024 program achieved remarkable success**:

- 100% of participants reported personal and professional growth
- 12.5% of participants secured promotions during the eight month program.

**Join our 2025 cohort of approximately 14 hipages employees and 7 external participants**

**About hipages Group**

If you haven't heard of hipages before, we're a proud Australian technology company with 200 team members in Australia and another 100 overseas. Founded 20 years ago, we're transforming the trades industry, building better lives for everyone.

Our commitment to our customers starts with supporting and developing our people, where we've built a family-like environment where we encourage everyone to come as they are. We've been ranked in the Top 3 Best Places to Work in Australia 2021-2023 and are an accredited Great Place to Work in 2024. We're also proud to be leading the way in building a more diverse landscape in the technology industry, with 50% female representation on our Board of Directors, team members ranging in age from 20-70 who represent over 45 different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.

From Harmony Day to Pride Month and everything in between, we love the chance to come together to celebrate and learn about each other's cultures. Our DE&B Committee are a group of passionate team members who work together to identify and execute our key initiatives in this space.

hipages Group acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land in all states and territories on which we work. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past and present and emerging, honouring their history, cultures, and traditions of storytelling. hipages is in the initial phase of developing a Reconciliation Action Plan, which we are looking forward to launching shortly.

**Scholarship details**

We're offering 7x fully sponsored scholarship positions.

**What's included in the scholarship?**
- Personal and professional development
- International Women's Day event
- 1:1 career development coaching session
- Gallup strengths assessment
- Gallup strengths 1:1 coaching session
- 7x half-day in-person group training sessions
- Opportunity to learn from and share experiences and challenges with other emerging and experienced female leaders
- Opportunity to build a support network.

**Scholarship eligibility**:

- Must identify as
- **First Nations Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women** and/or
- **A female tradie**
- Empower is a 100% in-person program. Applicants must be based in Sydney and able to attend half-day sessions at our Sydney CBD office on the following dates:

- Wednesday, 19th March: Strategies for navigating the challenges female leaders face
- Friday, 11th April: Your career
- Friday, 16th May: Personal brand and networking
- Friday, 18th July: Emotional intelligence and having hard conversations
- Friday, 15th August: Communication
- Friday, 12th September: Elevating your leadership presence
- Friday, 10th October: Program reflections and presentations.
- Strong leadership potential with a proven track record of achievements, the ability to inspire others and a commitment to growth.
- Be new to leadership, or be in a leadership role no higher than middle management
- Be able to commit time to attend sessions and engage in cohort discussions about their experiences and challenges as women in leadership.

**Want to nominate someone for a scholarship?**

**Who will be in the Empower cohort?**

Scholars will join a cohort of approximately 14 hipages employees to complete the 2025 cohort.

We look forward to hearing from you

The hipages Group team

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