A place for everyone

To build tomorrow's bank today, we continue to maintain our focus on nurturing an inclusive workplace, grounded on the foundations of equality, care and respect.

We believe in the positive that comes when all our people feel supported and cared for at work, especially in those moments when you need it most.

Caring for each other is a keyway we ensure everyone feels that they belong and are safe and comfortable to bring their whole selves to work every day. We do this by looking out for each other, speaking up when things don’t feel right and respecting each other’s differences, while celebrating what we have in common. 

Being a better bank 

Our people are encouraged to bring their unique perspectives, insights, and ideas to enhance the quality of the decisions we make and strengthen our ability to step into our customers’ shoes.

It is why we’ve made commitments to continue our path to increasing diversity in leadership roles for both cultural diversity and gender diversity and to maintain our focus to be Australia’s most accessible bank and close the Indigenous employment gap. 

Making a difference

Our six employee-led diversity networks play a key role in shaping our inclusive culture and fostering equality, care and respect by:

• Elevating the voices of our employees of diverse communities to inform design of strategy, policy, and processes to foster a more equal and respectful workplace  
• Delivering campaigns, including diversity events, to build awareness and advocacy and, drive positive change 
• Informing solutions for our customers and people, and connecting with the community.

Yana Budjari

Yana Budjari means 'Come Together You Mob' in the Dharawal language from the South Coast of NSW.

Our employee network, Yana Budjari, is an important part of delivering CommBank’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which aims to promote social, economic and financial inclusion to help close the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians. It provides a way for our people to engage with our reconciliation programs by getting involved and bringing the programs and supporting partnerships to life. 

Cultural Diversity

At CommBank, Mosaic - our Cultural Diversity employee network, is focused on embracing and leveraging cultural diversity to realise our business goals to improve our customers’ financial wellbeing. Mosaic provides thought leadership and leads a wide range of initiatives to build cultural awareness and respect, from an ambassadors program to training and even cultural celebrations.

Accessibility and inclusion

Our accessibility and inclusion network, ENABLE, is committed to increasing awareness and fostering inclusion for people with disabilities by engaging employees with disability and allies of people with disability to act as champions of change. 

LGBTI+ Inclusion

Unity is CommBank’s vibrant LGBTI+ community and allies network. The network works on initiatives to foster a culture of inclusion and respect, empowering our people to bring their whole selves to work each day and celebrate sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

We have a number of initiatives to support LGBTI+ inclusion, such as:

• LGBTI+ internal hub helping our people navigate the many policies, tools and resources available to support them
• LGBTI+ champion and ally training rolled out across Australia including policies and benefits 
• Support guides for transitioning in the workplace, coming out and intersex inclusion
• LGBTI+ FAQs and support for leaders with questions
• Networking events in all major geographies for events such as Wear it Purple Day & IDAHOT day (International day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia).

AdvantAge 

AdvantAge’s purpose is to create a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel valued, respected and able to do their best at every age and life stage.

The network represents employees in all aspects of age and life-stages and recognises that effective problem solving, customer service and decision making comes from a multi-generational workforce. 

We Can

WeCan, CommBank’s gender equality network, recognises that everyone is affected by gender inequality and we all play an important role in advancing gender equality, at work and in society.

WeCan supports delivery of CommBank’s gender equality strategy, with activities directly focused on:

• championing equal participation at work 
• challenging gender stereotypes 
• strengthening positive and equal relationships between genders 

Find out more about our commitment to Inclusion & Diversity.

Developing the skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

At CommBank, we believe our staff should reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. As Australia’s largest financial services organisation, we can offer excellent employment opportunities to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians across the country.

We have a set target to reach employment parity – three per cent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation across our domestic workforce – by December 2026. In order to achieve this target, our Indigenous Careers team is working across the business to ensure we’re growing talent internally and continuing to maintain an inclusive workplace where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees can thrive.

In addition to our Graduate and Summer Intern programs, we offer a range of employment programs to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Australians including:

AIME and AIEF

We support the important work of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF) and the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) to ensure indigenous youth have the right foundations for a prosperous career.

School-based traineeships

Our School Based Traineeship Program provides a minimum of 70 new positions each year for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in Years 11 and 12. With School Based Trainees (SBTs) that transition onto university, we will continue to work closely with them through the CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship program. The program helps young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people build a career in the financial services industry, with vital on-the-job experience.

CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Program

Recognising the importance of internships to attracting top university graduates, we became a partner of the CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Program, offering a program tailored for Indigenous university students. Through our partnership we’re committed to providing at least 25 internship placements a year to Indigenous university students until 2025.

Full-Time Traineeship Program

Our Full-time Traineeships Program helps adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander job seekers to develop into a role over 12 months. We provide participants with training and support with the aim to offer them a permanent position once they complete the traineeship. We’re currently working on expanding the program across the organisation. 

Group-Wide Graduate Program

We’ve worked closely with our Campus Talent Acquisition team to develop a transition process to support CareerTrackers Interns into our Summer Intern Program during their penultimate year. This will provide them with the best opportunity to secure a position on our Graduate Program on completion of their studies.

Future Leaders Program

Our Future Leaders Program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees to develop their leadership skills and experiences to progress their careers to management level. We also recognise that building leadership skills benefit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities more broadly. We are committed to supporting employees to be role models in the community.

Direct Recruitment

The Group continually seeks to directly employ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into permanent positions through:

• Recruitment and employment agencies
• Pre-employment programs
• Employment expos
• Online sources.

Click here to find out more about our Indigenous Careers Programs.