REA Group is not your average digital media business.
From our humble beginnings in a Melbourne garage more than 20 years ago, today, REA Group is one of the great Australian start-up success stories. With more than 3000 people working across 3 continents, we’re re-imagining what’s possible and delivering exceptional experiences to both our customers and consumers every day. We help people at every stage of their property journey – from buying & renting to mortgage broking services to unparalleled data.
In Australia, our residential property platform, realestate.com.au, is the country’s leading place for property, news and inspiration. We also operate Australia’s leading commercial property site, realcommercial.com.au and the leading share accommodation site, Flatmates.com.au. We have also diversified into the financial services sector through our leading brokage mortgagechoice.com.au and data and insights powered by proptrack.com.au.
We’re excited by the future and how we can shape it. With high-performing individuals and empowered teams doing amazing things, our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a humanistic culture centred around high performance. We are purpose-driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to have an impact. Our people and culture are our competitive advantage. They are what differentiates REA to ensure we are successful now and into the future in our purpose to change the way the world experiences property.
Our commitment to our people has seen us introduce and variety of perks whilst also having a huge focus on sustainability and diversity – topics that our people hold as shared values.
Some of our Perks and Benefits include:
Bring your Dog to work at our Melbourne headquarters
A day of leave for your birthday
Access to discounted health and wellness initiatives including gym memberships.
Hybrid working policy, work from home or the office.
Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for when you need to talk to someone through work or life challenges.
As one of Australia’s most loved brands, we have a vital role to play in Sustainability + Diversity. Below are some of our key initiatives:
Gender equal parental leave offerings
Ability to contribute to a Reconciliation Action Plan
Volunteer leave
Employee networks for special interest groups (like Lego!)
Employee networks for LGBTQIA+, Neurodiversity, Women in Tech, Sustainability, Wellbeing and more!
Pronouns used on all communications channels (like Slack and emails)
Free period care items in bathrooms
Volunteering leave
Matched payroll giving to charities.
Committed to reducing and offsetting our emissions.
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Life at REA Group
At REA, our purpose is to change the way the world experiences property, and everything we do is anchored in this statement. Our people are connected by this intent, and we are proud to say we help millions of people find their next home every day. We are proud to be the market leading property portal in Australia.
We have a special culture here at REA Group. One that is driven by our people, our values, and our commitment to making a difference in the community. Please see our resources tab for more information on what life is like at REA Group.
Our Culture
We are purpose-driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. Our people and culture are our competitive advantage, they are what differentiates REA to ensure we are successful now and into the future in our purpose to truly change the way the world experiences property.
But that’s not by luck. We have a significant focus on culture, consciously nurturing and strategically designing an impactful, intentional and distinctive employee experience.
We continue to focus on leadership and the high-performing culture that drives us as well as the key levers of talent, experiences and sustainability:
Our investment in leadership capability and empowering our leaders and our people is crucial to REA’s performance and culture. Through our talent attraction & engagement practices, we are building REA’s future capabilities, retaining & rewarding our key talent, whilst fostering diversity and amazing careers at REA. We are constantly evolving our employee experience, it is timely, empowering, impactful and increasingly personalised.
Knowing our talent and investing in them is an essential part of how we make sure we not only ensure our people reach their potential but that we accelerate them in doing so. We have created a series of programs designed to accelerate the potential of our talent. Our Talent Acceleration Programs aim to identify, retain, nurture and grow REA’s talent. We want to ensure our people have meaningful and supported careers at REA. And with all our programs, we bring a DEI lens, making sure female talent is supported and we have a gender-balanced leadership team.
Graduate Programs
Our Grad Program is designed for you to learn, grow, and make an impact.
We invest in developing your talents with training and mentorship, and we challenge you with engaging work that ensures you can make an impact and build your skills.
We appreciate unique and independent thinking, so don’t be afraid to speak up. As a grad, you will be exposed to different projects, teams, and ways of working and will be fully immersed into the REA culture.
We offer graduate programs in software development & engineering, finance, and marketing. Our program has ranked seventh on the Australian Association for Graduate Employers’ top 75 companies list 2023 and has been running since 2014. We have seen over 100 Graduates kick start their careers through our program, over 60% of whom are still working with us.
Life as a Grad at REA is quite diverse. Depending on your speciality, you could be working with latest full-stack tech and best practices like TypeScript and Functional Programming with Scala, gaining experience in commercial finance, or building your skills in both B2B and B2C marketing. Throughout the program, you’ll rotate through different areas of the organisation, supporting different customers and consumers in our mission to change the way the world experiences property, learning from senior leaders and subject matter experts along the way.
With high performing individuals and empowered teams doing amazing things, our people are the key to our success. Our commitment to developing our graduates is an important part of this success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving performance-oriented culture that ensures our graduates enrolled in all programs are supported by the REA community right through to ELT members. We are purpose-driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. Our people and culture are our competitive advantage, they are what differentiates REA to ensure we are successful now and into the future in our purpose to truly change the way the world experiences property.
The experiences we provide for our graduates are designed to nurture and create an impactful and distinctive employee experiences, focused on creating shared value for REA and for each of our exceptional graduates.
We purposefully provide a psychologically safe, inclusive and diverse environment for all REA employees, and welcome the valuable thought leadership and innovation our graduates bring. Our value ‘Inspire It’ is centred on knowledge sharing and curiosity, whether you’re a graduate or ELT member, we actively encourage ideas to be shared and listened to. One Delivery Lead and graduate People Leader shared that “I love having grads because it infuses a new energy into the team… Grads are the most networked individuals at REA. They know everything about what’s going on in every team”
W.i.S.E. – Women in System Engineering
If REA was a house, System Engineering would be the electrical wiring and plumbing. Our system engineers provide the framework needed for our developers to build apps and website for our customers and consumers. It’s a crucial technical function, but one missing adequate representation from half the population. Currently, only 13% of system engineers are women, industry-wide. We’re looking to give women a taste of the exciting world of system engineering and illuminate a career pathway open to them after graduation.
Our new internship program will launch in November 2023, open to women in their penultimate year of study. This is a twelve week paid program that will see participants immersed in all that system engineering and tech infrastructure at REA has to offer. They’ll spend the first three weeks completing an onboarding project while rotating through different system engineering squads. The next 8 weeks will be on-the-job learning embedded in a squad and supported by a dedicated People Leader and Tech Mentor. In the final week, participants will present their learnings to our tech leaders and celebrate completion of their program alongside our graduating cohort of Tech Grads.
Springboard to Tech
Women belong in tech careers, however are underrepresented throughout the tech industry. As a successful tech business, we recognise our opportunity and responsibility to reduce barriers for women to transition to tech.
Our Springboard to Tech Program offers women and gender-diverse folks a personalised program that helps them transition into (or back into) a technical career. It’s a 12-month paid program offering on the job, formal training, mentoring and coaching opportunities. At the end of the program, participants are offered ongoing full-time roles within the REA business.
We offer two program streams for Springboarders:
Women and gender-diverse people who are completely new to tech, and will be supported to undertake a nine month course in software engineering at Holberton School before commencing the program
Those who have already invested in tech learning and are ready for on-the-job learning as an Associate Developer
If you are curious, love to learn and are ready to challenge yourself, REA is the place for you. REA is a dynamic environment where you will never stop learning and we’ll back you all the way.
The program is completely personalised to the individual as we recognise everyone comes from different backgrounds and has different skill sets. The year is all about learning and being immersed in the world of tech. You’ll work with the best and brightest in each field and be surrounded by down-to-earth people who want to see you grow and succeed.
Sustainability
We believe that everyone deserves a safe, secure and affordable place to sleep every night.
At REA Group our purpose is to change the way the world experiences property, and this includes members of the community who are at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness. This is why our multiyear charity partnerships in Australia are with organisations working towards ending homelessness, and supporting disadvantaged members of our community who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness, such as those experiencing domestic violence.
Our charity partners include Launch Housing, Orange Sky Australia, andThe Big Issue.
Because We Care
Our people are passionate about their communities and like to give back to causes close to their hearts. REA’s Because We Care program enables our people to support causes they are passionate about through volunteering, matched payroll giving, employee community grants and fundraising.
Matched Payroll Giving – Our people can donate to the charities that matter most to them out of their pre- tax salary. And we match their donations, dollar for dollar, up to $500 a year.
Volunteering– Our volunteer leave policy offers up to 7 days paid leave to every employee every year.
Employee Community Grants – Each year we award 45 community grants, up to $1000. These grants supportcommunity groups our people and their families are involved in.
Our Community Café – The Community Cafe in Melbourne provides our people with coffee in return for adonation to charity. All funds are matched dollar-for-dollar as part of our Matched Payroll Giving program.
Hack it Forward award – Part of our regular hack-a-thons the Hack it Forward award recognises innovation with a community-first mindset
Environment
REA Group’s Climate Change policy was first published in October 2020, with a focus on accounting for climate change in our own operations, as well as how we can play a role in addressing global greenhouse gas emissions in the broader property sector.
REA Group has committed to reducing and offsetting our emissions each year and have been certified carbon neutral by the Australian Government’s Climate Active program since FY20.
To ensure REA Group does its fair share of tackling climate change, we have developed science-based emissions reduction targets (SBTs) in line with approved methodologies. REA Group commits to reducing our absolute scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by 42% and scope 3 emissions by 25% by 2030 from an FY20 base year.
More on Sustainability at REA Group can be found here.
We Celebrate Diversity
At REA your lived experience is your superpower.
The diverse and unique perspectives of our people are what help us change the way the world experiences property.
At REA we encourage diversity of thought and celebrate people for who they are and what they contribute to our communities.
REA Group is a place where all people belong.
Our inclusive hiring process
Candidates are empowered to design an interview process that will give them the best chance to succeed. This includes flexibility around how and when you interview, and how you complete tasks (where relevant). If you’re offered a role at REA you’re supported encouraged to share the accessibility requirements and accommodations that will help you do your best work.
When you join REA you’re encouraged to get involved in as much activity as you want, and if you’re passionate about Diversity & Inclusion then our D&I Guild might be right for you.
This group gets together to plan content and celebrate key diversity dates on the calendar each month of the year.
From IDAHOBIT Day to Ramadan, and Chinese New Year to Holi, there’s always something to learn about and celebrate at REA.
Our Reconciliation Action Plan
In the 2022-2023 Financial Year, we started work on our very first Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan. This saw us bring together people from all around the business along with a First Nations RAP Advisor to make plans for what we wanted to achieve as a business.
In the 2023-2024 Financial Year, our Reconciliation work will include:
Cultural awareness and capability training
Building relationships with local First Nations communities
Scoping our employment opportunities for First Nations peoples within REA
Looking at our suppliers and how we can engage more First Nations businesses
We’ve also connected with Ingeous Studios, a 100% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned and operated business to work on artwork for our Reconciliation Action Plan, which is going to be deadly!
Neurodiversity & Disability
Our people bring incredible talent to REA, and to ensure they can do their best work, a few adjustments or accommodations might come in handy.
This is why we’ve partnered with two exciting organisations – The Field and Amaze – to help us understand how we can be a disability and Autism inclusive employer.
The Field
The Field was founded by Dylan Alcott OAM during his time as Australian of the Year, and is a job platform to connect people with disability to jobs from inclusive employers, like REA Group.
Our partnership with The Field was led by CEO Financial Services, Anthony Waldron who is so passionate about this space, he attended Parliament House alongside Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, in Canberra to celebrate the launch of the ground-breaking new job site and show our support!
Through The Field we have access to all kinds of inclusive features like job ads in different formats (PDF, audio, video), and the ability to share an office tour video so job seekers can see whether REA offices are right for them.
Amaze
Amaze is a leading autism advocacy and support organisation that we’re working with on the delivery of their brand new A Plus Employment program. This program aims to make it easier for Autistic and neurodivergent people to feel included and do their best work at REA.
Across the business, teams will attend workshops to learn about neurodivergence, and we will make positive and inclusive changes in hiring, onboarding and the performance cycle. We’ll also make it easier for people to access modifications and adjustments that will help them manage their work days. This includes things like the hours you work, flexibility around when you can work from home, how and when team meetings are run, and more.
How we support women and other genders
We’re proud to be within 1% of a 50/50 gender split at REA, as well as having strong female representation in our Executive Leadership Team.
This has been achieved by focusing on supporting women into our Tech community and nurturing the careers of females and female leaders at REA.
We’re proud to offer generous, gender agnostic parental leave offerings for people who are bringing kids into their care in lots of different ways – adoption, surrogacy, birth, etc, and when our people become parents or caregivers, we support them and their people leaders through our partnership with Circle In, to give them the tools and resources to tackle this transition head on.
We also offer flexible return-to-work options like flexible working arrangements.
While much of our work in this space has been around attracting female identifying people to our business, we believe that gender isn’t binary and support our people to share their preferred pronouns and be their authentic selves when they’re at work.
Endless research points to the power of diverse teams in creativity, decision making and team performance. We need to increase the number of women entering technical careers to help us make the best products we possibly can and continue to be a great place for all people to work. We’re also committed to developing the amazing women already working at REA, by giving them the opportunities to upskill, support and coach each other, and take their careers to the next level.
Our Women in Tech (WiT) initiatives include:
Springboard to Tech – a 12 month program to support women and gender-diverse people transition to a techcareer
WiSE – Women in System Engineering internship program launching November 2023
WiT Coffee Roulette – a monthly social networking program that helps women across REA connect.
WiT groups where we can connect and support each other throughout big career moments.REA Communities
Spectrums – our network for people who identify as LGBTIQA+ and their allies.
Diversity Guild
Tech Guilds – numerous communities of technologists and tech enthusiasts sharing their skills, industry news,and coaching each other in best practices of their discipline.
Women in Tech
Neurodiversity
Parents – supported by an internal network and through our partnership with Circle In
#SIG – special interest groups! We have so many informal communities for our people to share their love ofanything and everything they love. From cooking to home renovations to mechanical keyboards, there is a tribe for everyone.
And as we love food and animals, we have plenty channels to get your new restaurant recommendations or your cute puppy photo fix.
Partnerships and Sponsorships
Tech Diversity Awards
Grad Girls – sponsor of this program supporting women studying STEM since 2018
Forage
The Field
Wellbeing
The wellbeing of our people is important at REA Group, so we support our people to achieve holistic wellbeing in many different ways.
People leaders & teams
We know that people leaders have the greatest impact on our people’s ability to achieve wellbeing at work, so we’re supporting our leaders to have wellbeing conversations and structure workload in a way that allows our people to thrive.
We coach our leaders on the importance of trust and psychological safety in teams so all people can feel safe to share what’s happening in their lives with their people leader, and to feel safe being themselves and asking for what they need.
Mental Health
We have an Employee Assistance Program – Telus Health – available 24/7 for our team members and their immediate families. This allows our people to get in touch with a mental health professional whenever they need it.
Telus Health also provides our people with tools and resources to help navigate different physical and mental health challenges, as well as wellbeing check-ins, and discounts for leading health and wellbeing brands.
Mental Health First Aid
We offer Mental Health First Aid training to build the capability of our people to have mental health conversations at REA. MHFA trained people are listed on our intranet and are always available for a chat. They’re also empowered to take proactive steps to check-in on their peers if there’s a need.
Corporate Mental Health Australia Alliance (CMHAA)
We’re members of CMHAA and regularly connect with businesses all over Australia to learn from each other about how we can achieve mentally healthy workplaces. CMHAA offer access to webinars, tools and resources to help our people achieve wellbeing, including a Wellbeing Week each year which gives REA people access to five full days of wellbeing content!
Wellbeing Champions
All around REA we have wellbeing champions who are leading the charge for wellbeing in their teams and communities. They’re advocating for people to get involved in events, sharing resources and encouraging our people and leaders to have wellbeing conversations all-year-round.
Wellbeing Benefits
We also offer discounts for private health insurance and a whole suite of health and wellbeing offerings through our discount platforms Red Hot Rewards and WHEREFIT.
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