Consulting
Jen is the partner you need to progress your gender, diversity and inclusion agenda. Jen provides the best possible mix of leading edge theory and practice to assist organisations in moving ahead.
Consulting
The primary focus of Jen’s consulting work is gender strategy – assisting organisations to be strategic in building gender equitable, inclusive and diverse organisations. Her contribution is most effective when helping organisations who are frustrated with their current slow rate of progress and are keen to notch it up a level. Jen is adept at partnering with senior executives, HR teams, Equity and Diversity practitioners and Advisory Committees to achieve the desired progress.
Principles underpinning Jen’s consulting approach
Qualitative and quantitative data driven approach
Collaborative capacity building approach - building in house expertise
Broad consultation with stakeholders and including management/executive
Deliberate inclusion of men
Focus on understanding how gender inequality is produced in the organisation and strategies to address this
Recommendations framed and designed to ensure they address organisational change processes
For example, Jen recently completed a Gender Equity Strategy Review with an Australian University. The review included desktop analysis of existing documents, policies and reporting requirements, re-analysis of existing quantitative and survey data, identification of strengths and weaknesses, gathering qualitative data through the use of targeted focus groups and interviews, consultations with the VC, Executive members and Deans and delivery of a Gender Equity Strategy.
An expert gender equality partner
Despite the current abundance of activity and information there are no ready-made solutions.
Jen argues that without coherent frameworks to underpin their efforts organisations are in danger of being overwhelmed, adopting ad hoc strategies 'borrowed' from elsewhere and putting in a lot of time and resources for little gain.
Her role is to filter and curate the information overload and to partner with in-house leaders and practitioners to ensure a strategic, data led and research informed approach to gender equality and diversity.
Services
Testimonial
"The key strategic leaders from both the Academic and Professional Support Services found the time spent with her to be both thought provoking and challenging."
- Joanne Race
HR Director
Durham University
Contact Jen
jen.devries@me.com
+61 (0) 412 806 377