Our culture

AMSA is an organisation that provides opportunities, supports staff professional aspirations and celebrates success."
– Jenet, Vessel safety team
Our values
Our staff look to our values to guide their work. Our values provide a common ground for our diverse team. Our values represent our people:
- Professional - we act with integrity and are pragmatic in our approach.
- Collaborative - we value and respect others and work together to achieve our objectives.
- Dedicated - we are committed to AMSA's mission and responsive to the needs of ourcustomers and stakeholders.
- Accountable - we take responsibility for our decisions and actions.
Diversity and inclusion
Diversity and inclusion are a priority at AMSA.
We're focussed on providing an environment that fosters belonging and respect and enables everyone to reach their full potential. Through our strategies and action plans, such as our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, Reconciliation Plan Reflect 2022 - 2024 and Gender Equity Action Plan, we're actively working towards ambitious goals around Indigenous engagement and gender equity. As we look to the future, we're committed to developing targeted actions plans around accessibility, cultural and LGBTQIA+ inclusion.
We're honoured to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer by Diversity Council Australia.
This designation highlights our dedication towards embedding an inclusive culture within our organisation and demonstrates our commitment to being transparent and benchmarking ourselves against other organisations.
Diversity working group
Our Diversity Working Group is an important employee-led group that works collaboratively across AMSA to drive diversity and inclusion progress. The group works to promote the benefits of an inclusive and diverse workforce, and supports AMSA in achieving its diversity objectives outlined in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and action plans.