Employees and volunteers of Cancer Council Queensland believe in the organisation's purpose, values and priorities. They believe the services provided to the community are of a high quality and feel personally engaged and committed.

It is a strong belief from the leaders within the organisation that flexible work arrangements be encouraged and supported and that providing employees with access to work and family friendly programs and options helps the transition between work and lifestyle responsibilities.

This philosophy allows us to support our employee's work/life balance and our workplace is recognised for this achievement. We're especially proud that the awards we have won are based on what our people say about working for Cancer Council Queensland.

• Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency  Employer of Choice for Women 2009 - Employers are required to meet stringent criteria which include offering a minimum of six weeks paid maternity leave after 12 months of service; providing the ability for female managers to work part-time; ensuring the percentage of female managers is the same or greater than 28 per cent or the industry average, and ensuring a pay equity analysis has been undertaken and any gap identified is less than their industry average. In 2009, 111 organisations were included with only 12 of these from Queensland.
• National Finalist and Winner Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency 2008's Business Achievement Award – Leading Organisation for the Advancement of Women (less than 500 employees).
• National Finalist and Winner of the 2007 Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Business Council Australia (ACCI/BCA) National Work & Family Awards - Community Sector Award, and Gold Award - Public or Community Sector for overall outstanding achievement in providing flexible work-life initiatives, policies and practices in a public or community sector workplace.

What we've achieved:

• High participation of women on our management team, at a rate of 70 per cent, compared with a national average of 28 per cent. 
• One of Australia's highest rates of return to work from maternity leave, at 94 per cent. 
• Development of Indigenous women, through our Indigenous Education Program developing courses and specific cancer resources for the Indigenous community. 
• Ability to manage work and family responsibilities with 82 per cent of employees are happy with their work-life balance. 
• High job satisfaction and engagement with the organisation with 89 per cent employee commitment to the organisation.