Staff Ambassadors are champions for Women in Engineering and IT in their work and networks, and support our activities, by facilitating workshops, interview panels, and offering skills-based help.
UTS Women in Engineering and IT Staff Gender Equity Ambassadors
The Gender Equity Ambassador Leadership Program
The Gender Equity Ambassador Leadership Program aims to equip our community of undergraduate and postgraduate students, staff, alumni, and industry professionals with the skills to be social change agents.
Participants join training in gender inclusion, leadership, communication, being an ethical bystander, and change agent to distil and enhance practical and cultural understandings of gender in study and work in Engineering and IT. The program will support participants to lead the transformation towards gender equity in their areas of work and study.
What is a Gender Equity Ambassador?
- A role model for WiEIT and the broader university community through behavior and language.
- Proactively addresses gender prejudice
- Attends WiEIT training and workshops when possible
- Utilise opportunities to provide information about the different gender equity programs at UTS and appropriate 2-way referral
Staff Ambassadors roles
Staff Ambassadors have access to events, workshops and activities to actively contribute to gender equity. Staff Ambassadors champion for WiEIT in their work and wider networks and support WiEIT through offering skill-based help such as workshop facilitation and being part of interview panels.
- Community: Facilitating workshops and events, as well as building community of new academic staff
- School outreach: Developing workshops and projects for school outreach (academic), consultation (professional)
- Communications: Sharing WiEIT content on social media and with FEIT schools, providing input for content, suggestions on topics covered
- Lucy Mentoring and industry events: Connecting us to industry partners and potential mentors and network on behalf of WiEIT
- Collaboration: Bringing in new opportunities, reviewing WiEIT new initiatives (consultant role), scholarship interview panellists, etc
- Engagement: Encouraging their students to get involved in WiEIT programs.
Become a Staff Ambassador!
The Gender Equity Ambassador Leadership Program equips our community with the knowledge and skills needed to become social change agents in their circles of influence.
Ambassadorship hours can count towards 20% of the service and engagement workload.
Meet our Staff Ambassadors!
