Did you know that women occupy only 22% of all tech roles across European companies?*
The underrepresentation of women in tech is not a new topic, but here at Nasstar, it is one we feel passionately about addressing.
Creating a diverse team and an inclusive environment that advances the progression of women in the IT industry is a key objective for the Nasstar Group.
We’re committed to ensuring that by 2030, 40% of our workforce are female, with a medium-term target of 30% by 2025.
To support this commitment, our Women in Tech Employee Resource Group (ERG) has done some incredible work since its inception in 2022, driving forward a set of key objectives, from early careers, wellbeing, allyship, and perimenopause/menopause support.
*McKinsey
Paul Cosgrave
CEO
"It’s no secret that I’m passionate about pioneering Women in Tech (WiT) and am proud of the work the Employee Resource Group (ERG) is undertaking. It’s crucial we see an improved gender balance across our industry."
Our work so far
- A commitment to gender diversity in our recruitment campaigns to ensure the appropriate steps are taken to ensure a gender balanced campaign.
- Generate a Gender Pay Gap Report in advance of requirements and have a detailed plan of the actions we’re looking to take.
- Launched an Early Careers programme, which focuses on attracting and nurturing young female talent.
- A new Health and Wellbeing Policy, including a special focus on menopause support.
- Increased our maternity pay policy to 14 weeks full pay, with further ambitions to increase this benefit to 21 weeks.
- Improving our return-to-work process, including a return-to-work induction and regular checkpoints, to ensure employees who take maternity leave have an incredibly positive experience in returning to the business.
- We actively support work-life balance through flexible working hours and remote/hybrid working.
- Committed to seeking opportunities to attract female talent and engage with female-owned consultancy firms, including Mumsnet, Workingmums, and Tech Returners.
- Held our first Women in Tech Summit, championing women in technology, educating on allyship and enabling our colleagues to share their experiences.
- Highly commended in the 'Diversity Employer of the Year' category at the Women in Tech Excellence Awards 2024.
Kathleen Peters
Head of People and Culture
"Nasstar’s Women in Tech ERG has played a really critical role in the progress we’ve made in recent years towards our gender balance targets, and they continue to make significant contributions towards us becoming a workplace that women want to join and develop their careers in.
"Empowering women and allies at all levels of the business has allowed us to drive meaningful change internally, and that in turn is supporting positive changes in our industry. I’m proud to be involved in supporting the work that this group does."
