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Why join DCA?

We are a small team of dedicated professionals with a passion for D&I. DCA employs a diverse and enthusiastic bunch of people. We believe strongly in DCA’s purpose, vision and values. Our shared mission and continuous learning culture unite us as a team and set the tone of our working environment.

At DCA, we’re proud to foster a supportive and inclusive culture. We encourage true flexibility and aim to create a work environment where every member of our team feels valued and empowered to contribute and progress fully. DCA understands and celebrates that our strength as a team lies in our diversity of lived experience and expertise that we bring to the group. We strive to be an employer of choice, and offer employees the following benefits:

  • salary sacrificing
  • above standard super contributions
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave, superannuation for 6 months
  • EAP services
  • hybrid working environment
  • learning and development budget and opportunities
  • a unique independent support service for families planning their ageing care journey through Care and Living with Mercer.

Unique development opportunities

DCA has a culture of continual learning and improvement, and we support your development in a number of ways. Your individual learning is harnessed through frequent development-focused one-on-one meetings with your manager. You have the opportunity to access formal training or attend external events and conferences, and you can take advantage of DCA’s extensive research and resources on workplace diversity and inclusion. This includes innovative research and inspiring events featuring industry leaders. We also encourage and support learning from others, learning-by-doing and stretching outside of your everyday role to take on new challenges.

We encourage you to work to your strengths through our partnership with Gallup Clifton Strengths Finder. Every employee has an opportunity to take a Clifton Strengths Finder assessment so that as individuals and as teams, we can understand and work to each other’s strengths in a way that bolsters teamwork and a collaborative growth mindset.

DCA employee diversity overview

DCA’s outstanding team is representative of many diversity dimensions, as outlined in the infographic below.

0% of our team identify as being an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

0% of our team identify as being an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person

69% of our team report having one or more non-main English-speaking backgrounds

Non-Main English-Speaking Background

69% of our team report having one or more non-main English-speaking backgrounds

38% of our team are a person from a Culturally and Racially Marginalised (CARM)1 group

CARM1

38% of our team are a person from a Culturally and Racially Marginalised (CARM) group

63% of our team are multilingual

Multilingual

63% of our team are multilingual

36% of our team were born overseas

Born Overseas

36% of our team were born overseas

11% of our team have a non-Christian religious affiliation

Non-Christian Religion

11% of our team have a non-Christian religious affiliation

21% of our team have a Christian religious affiliation

Christian Religion

21% of our team have a Christian religious affiliation

64% of our team have caring responsibilities

Caring Responsibilities

64% of our team have caring responsibilities

33% of our team identify as a person with disability

With Disability

33% of our team identify as a person with disability

30% of our team identified as neurodivergent and/or have lived experience of cognitive differences

Neurodivergent

30% of our team identified as neurodivergent and/or have lived experience of cognitive differences

15% of our team are over 55

Older Workers

15% of our team are over 55

0% of our team are under 30

Younger Workers

0% of our team are under 30

35% of our team describe themselves as LGBTQ+

LGBTQ+

35% of our team describe themselves as LGBTQ+

Gender

74% of our team describe their gender as a woman

Women

74% of our team describe their gender as a woman

23% of our team describe their gender as a man

Men

23% of our team describe their gender as a man

3% of our team describe their gender as non-binary

Non-Binary

3% of our team describe their gender as non-binary

Social Class2

4% of our team ranked their social standing as class marginalised

Class Marginalised

4% of our team ranked their social standing as class marginalised

73% of our team ranked their social standing as middle class

Middle Class

73% of our team ranked their social standing as middle class

23% of our team ranked their social standing as class privileged

Class Privileged

23% of our team ranked their social standing as class privileged

  1. CARM people in Australia are people who are typically racialised as Black, Brown, Asian, or any non-white group, who face discrimination or marginalisation due to their race and/or racialised religion.  
  2. Measured using an adapted version of the MacArthur Scale of Subjective social status where social standings of 0-4 are class marginalised, 5-7 are middle class, and 8-10 are class privileged. See Class Inclusion at Work.