Gender Equality

4 November 2019

Gender equality - the aspiration for gender balance within Willmore Iles Architects. Willmore Iles recognises that the success of our business rests on the quality of our people – their commitment, expertise and professionalism. We want to be able to recruit and retain the very best people, regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability and age.

Review of Gender

Current Gender statistics collated by the Industry show that there is an imbalance. RIBA Future Trends Data shows the following gender analysis by practice size:

Practice Size	Mean % Female
1 to 10	27
11 to 50	33
51+	30

A comparison with WIA current status and RIBA Benchmarking Gender research shows that overall, we meet or exceed the Industry standard.

	Industry-wide permanent staff %		WIA %
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Non-shareholder directors	79	21	66	33
Associates	74	26	75	25
Architects 5 years +	67	33	100	0
Architects < 5 years	55	45	75	25
Technologists / technicians	82	18	0	100
Architectural assistant part 2	58	42	50	50
Architectural assistant part 1	56	44	50	50
Office management / support admin	22	78	0	100

However, we recognise that there is much more to do. As of August 2019, our latest financial year,

We are measuring our gender balance on a monthly basis at the Senior Management Team meeting.
We are training our management staff in equality and diversity.
We promote ourselves as an organisation, that observes the Equality Act Codes of Practice.

We are fully committed to creating an organisation where 50 / 50 gender balance is possible across all areas.

Written by Robert Posted in Studio news