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Applications for our Tech Associate Program are now open until 27 February.
At CommBank we want to create a real difference for Australia’s first peoples. We’re committed to growing meaningful careers for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples through our traineeships, internships, graduate opportunities and experienced hire opportunities. Here you will belong to a community where you’re supported professionally and personally, every step of the way.
We’re striving to grow a culturally safe environment where everyone appreciates the importance of our Indigenous communities and their histories. Through our Indigenous Careers Programs, we’re helping to build strong, independent communities while also ensuring that our business reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.
We are constantly on the lookout for experienced Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to join our teams.
Our dedicated Indigenous Careers Team are available to provide guidance and support with your application at every step of the way.
We provide Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander university students with an opportunity to gain first-hand experience that’s aligned to their degree, plus a pathway onto CommBank’s Graduate Program.
Our pathways into tech careers for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people include:
This 12 to 18-month program offers Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people the opportunity to grow and develop through ongoing training and support.
Along with building skills and confidence, there is potential for trainees to be offered a permanent position at the program’s conclusion.
This program gives Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students in Year 11 and 12 a taster of a career in the financial services industry and allows us to discover the best and brightest young talent and help them to grow.
Along with on-the-job experience, the program offers the opportunity to gain valuable skills and confidence in a safe and secure environment.
Our Indigenous Careers team is made up of passionate and highly skilled team members, dedicated to culturally informed support of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The team can support you with:
When you start your role here at CommBank, our Indigenous Careers team will support you. We deliver a broad range of cultural initiatives to help Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees throughout their whole career journey at CommBank.
CommBank’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) sets out our ambition to be a trusted partner to First Nations peoples as they achieve their social, cultural and economic aspirations. We aim to create meaningful opportunities for First Nations people through targeted employment pathways, cultural capability initiatives, and creating strong relationships with First Nations businesses. By joining us, you’ll be part of a team working towards a future where reconciliation is deeply embedded in everything we do.
40.4% of employees completed one or more forms of Indigenous cultural development in FY24. This included 902 employees who completed a training program offered by BlackCard and 14,489 employees who completed an online learning program. In addition, 18 employees completed a Jawun secondment.
We spent $62.69m with First Nations businesses in FY25, representing growth of 177% on our FY24 spend of $22.65m. This significantly exceeded our FY25 target of $24.92m (10% increase on FY24 spend).
In 2023, we proposed a remote banking model to the Indigenous Advisory Council to improve access to banking services for customers in remote communities and to facilitate processes that require in-person interactions. The First Nations Reach program subsequently launched in 2024 in four regions. Delivery of the program continues as part of our FY26-28 RAP.
174 external offers for roles across CommBank and Bankwest being accepted by First Nations peoples in FY25. During 2024, seven of our First Nations interns graduated university and became eligible for the CommBank Graduate Program, with all seven securing a position on the program. These students commenced the CommBank Graduate Program in February 2025.
Co-created by Kuku Yalanji and Woopaburra artist Leona McGrath, Indigenous organisation Yerrabingin, CommBank’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous employees, and members of the community, the creative design visually expresses our refreshed brand and values.
The artwork is designed to symbolise the Bank’s respect for and celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures as part of our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
The design conveys three central themes: Community, Connections and Wellbeing, and pairs some of the CommBank colours with traditional Aboriginal designs to create an artwork and narrative that will conjure connectedness and pride with our customers, communities and our people.
Artist Leona McGrath is a proud Aboriginal woman who is originally from Queensland from the Woopaburra People of Great Keppel Island and Kuku Yalanji People of Far North Queensland, and has been painting for over 30 years.
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