From CEOs for Gender Equity

Make job sharing work in your organisation

The complete toolkit for designing job-share arrangements that hold up: diagnostics, budgeting tools, templates and practical guidance, built from real workplaces.

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A4Leader Readiness & ReflectionNot started
A5Role Suitability AssessmentIn progress
My readiness result
Organisational Readiness Diagnostic
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readiness
Job share ready
Strong foundations across strategy and leadership. Two areas to develop.
Section scores
Strategic alignment92
Leadership & culture88
Policy & governance79
Systems & capability67
Communication & change62
Why this exists

Built by the people doing the work

Created by CEOs for Gender Equity, an organisation of leaders who use their leadership to drive gender equity in Australian workplaces. Toolkit content coauthored with Reimagine HR and grounded in survey and focus group evidence.

“We built this toolkit because job sharing is one of the most untapped workplace design tools for the modern workplace.

From expanding leadership pathways to strengthening succession planning, reducing risk and retaining critical expertise, the benefits for organisations and people are undeniable.”
Dr Ashley McGrath
Dr Ashley McGrath
Chief Executive Officer, CEOs for Gender Equity
Dr Ashley McGrath

How ready are you for job-sharing?

Complete the two-minute diagnostic to assess your readiness across five key areas and receive a clear starting point based on your results. No account, no email, nothing stored.

Area 1 of 5

Organisational Readiness

Job-sharing is recognised as a legitimate workforce design option
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The toolkit

Everything you need to design a job share that holds

A licensed platform for your whole organisation. Six diagnostics, a budgeting tool, twenty-five modules of practical guidance and every template you need to put it into practice.

Diagnostics

Know where you stand

Six diagnostics score your readiness across strategy, systems, leadership and culture, with a clear result band and next steps.

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Ellenvale Health
42 seats active
My diagnostics
A2
Organisational Readiness
24 questions · 6 sections
81% · Job share ready
A4
Leader Readiness & Reflection
16 questions · 4 sections
In progress
A5
Role Suitability Assessment
24 questions · 6 sections
Start
A3
HR & Systems Readiness
20 questions · 5 sections
Start
A6
Individual Readiness & Reflection
20 questions · 5 sections
Start
Budgeting tool

Put numbers on it

The budgeting tool models any arrangement against a single full-time role, including the retention savings most business cases miss.

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Scenario · Director of Nursing
SM
Sarah Mitchell
0.6 FTE · Mon–Wed
JT
Jess Tran
0.5 FTE · Wed–Fri
Potential retention saving
$0
vs recruiting a replacement at 1.5x salary
Sarah 0.6 Jess 0.5 Overlap 0.1
Guidance library

Read what matters

Access 25 modules of practical guidance, tools and templates. Browse the full library or filter content by organisation, people leader or individual perspective.

toolkit / myths-vs-reality
Introduction · 1.2
What is job-sharing? Myths vs reality

Job-sharing is one of the most misunderstood forms of flexible work. The myths below persist in most organisations, and each one falls over on the evidence.

Myth
Job-sharing always costs more
Many arrangements operate within a total of 1.0 FTE. Even with paid overlap, the investment is often outweighed by retention and continuity gains.
Myth
Leaders will spend twice as much time managing two people
When expectations are set clearly, partners self-manage and present a united approach.
Templates

Use it today

Twenty-one templates, agreements and guides, ready to download and put in front of people.

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Downloads library
21 templates, agreements and guides
DOCX · PDF
B1
Business Case Template for Embedding Job-Sharing
Strategic & governance
C1
Multi-Party Job-Sharing Agreement
Role design & implementation
C3
Weekly Handover & Continuity Planning Template
Role design & implementation
E2
Job-Sharing Proposal Template
Proposal & adoption
F1
Partner Compatibility & Alignment Checklist
Partnership foundations
Smart search

Find it fast

Ask a question in plain English and get an answer grounded in the toolkit, with links to the source.

toolkit / search
Does job sharing cost more?
Smart answer · grounded in the toolkit
Not automatically. Many arrangements operate within a total of 1.0 FTE, and where paid overlap is used the investment is often outweighed by improved retention, reduced burnout and continuity of service.
Read more
2.1 Making the Strategic Case
1.2 What is Job-Sharing? Myths vs Reality
Related download
B1Business Case Template for Embedding Job-Sharing
Three lenses

One toolkit, three perspectives

Organisations

Make the strategic case, align policy and systems, and embed job sharing as a workforce design choice rather than a favour.

People leaders

Lead a shared role with confidence: clear expectations, steady communication rhythms and performance measured on outcomes.

Individuals

Work out if job sharing is right for you, find and assess a partner, and set the arrangement up to last.

A promise built in

Your results are yours. Share them when you're ready.

Everything you create in the toolkit is private to you by default: diagnostic results, notes, saved items and budget scenarios. Sharing is always your choice, and that's the point. Honest self-assessment comes first, then the conversation, with individuals, people leaders and organisations each bringing their own picture to the table and driving the change together.

Your organisation's administrator looks after seats, invitations and billing. Your results, notes and scenarios stay with you until you choose to bring them into the conversation.

Simple licensing

One licence. Every seat gets everything.

Annual seat packages from single-seat to organisation-wide. Pick your seats and see the price; CGE members save on every tier, applied automatically with a work email.

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Just want the templates?

The toolkit's practical documents, the templates, agreements and guides, are available individually or in bundles from the resource store. No account required, delivered by email. The interactive platform, with its diagnostics, budgeting tool and smart search, comes with a licence.

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Frequently asked questions

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