Did you know that Bridge Housing is one of the leading and most successful community housing providers in Australia? We are committed to social inclusion and the provision of social and affordable housing to people on low-to-moderate incomes. Bridge Housing offers you the opportunity to be engaged in work that makes a difference to people’s lives.
- Where we work
- Our culture
- Inclusive employer
- Employee Opinion Survey
- Careers pathways
- Total Rewards Program
Where we work
Operating in the Sydney metropolitan area across 21 local government areas from the City of Randwick to the City of Blacktown, we have people who work as housing managers, in maintenance, allocations, customer service, development, finance, IT and HR.
Our staff are based between our Head Office in Haymarket and our Northern Beaches Office in Brookvale. Housing Managers also provide regular outreach services from offices in South Coogee, Glebe and Mill Hill.
Our culture
Bridge Housing has a fantastic corporate culture recognised by many of our staff, partners, contractors, and other stakeholders. It's a great place to work and we are keen to recruit talented team players who want to make a difference.
With the work we do, you can expect lots of variety and opportunities to learn. We operate a comprehensive learning and development program.
We are value driven and our strong values and positive culture mean we have a really positive working environment, which brings our team together and drives our business performance.
Inclusive Employer
Bridge Housing is an employer which actively fosters an inclusive workplace culture. We have a Diversity and Inclusion Committee which has helped us to develop a Diversity and Inclusion Policy and are members of the Diversity Council of Australia.
Employee opinion survey
Bridge Housing has also won a prestigious award for giving staff a real voice in our organisation for the fourth year in a row in 2022. The prestigious Voice Project award recognises best workplaces who have excellent management practices and a highly-engaged workforce.
As of 2022 Bridge Housing is a four-time winner of Voice Project’s Best Workplace Award. Our organisation has been identified as an exceptional place to work through this award every year since 2019. This award recognises best workplaces who have excellent management practices and a highly engaged workforce.
In our most recent employee opinion survey, Bridge recorded staff satisfaction of 81.68% on average across the survey.
- 79% of staff indicated they felt engaged.
- 88% of employees feeling a sense of pride, commitment, and attachment to the organisation
- 95% of employees have a positive perception around Bridge Housing’s ability to meet organisational objectives (15% higher than the industry benchmark)
- 96% of staff believe in believe in the mission and values of Bridge Housing
Bridge is committed to listening to staff feedback and has worked with Voice Project to conduct annual employee engagement surveys since 2011.
Read the featured case study by the VoiceProject on our organisation about how we have used employee engagement surveys to crate the great culture at Bridge we have today: Employee wellbeing: How Bridge Housing grew a Best Workplace culture.
Career pathways
We provide a career pathway for our all staff through the organisation and to enhance their industry skills as community housing professionals. We strive to create opportunities for additional responsibilities, recognition and higher duties. Our managers work in a collaborative, respectful way with their teams.
Read Jessica's story about her temporary role as Assistant Technical Officer
My highlights so far during my temporary position as Assistant Technical Officer are definitely the change in my personal time management; I have had the freedom to plan my own schedule for the week as I have been out of the office a lot, being trusted to do so from my manager has given me confidence in the work I am doing.
Applying my current technical knowledge and putting it practical use has been encouraging for me. I have been taking full advantage of the knowledge our Contractors and Technical Officers have shared with me whilst out onsite, it has been continuous learning and training, which I am lucky to have had.
Most of all, the opportunity I have been given to throw myself into this role has made it clearer for me which type of career I would like to follow. Although taking a step into such male dominated industry, it has made me more motivated to pursue it. I hope to further my training and apply for a permanent job in the future.
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