Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Pathway Graduate Program null

About Us

Westpac Group is now on its third Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), its fifth RAP overall. Elevate RAP organisations have a strong strategic relationship with Reconciliation Australia and actively champion initiatives to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and create societal change. 

You can read more about Westpac Group’s Reconciliation Action Plan on our website. 

About the Program

Our program is structured to help you identify your focus areas. We’ll provide tailored training sessions to build and strengthen your technical and soft skills to help accelerate your personal and professional career development. 

You can explore a broad range of career pathways in areas across our Institutional Bank. You will also have the opportunity to join our Indigenous Mentoring Program where you will be tailor matched to mentors across the business.

Our Indigenous Careers Team in partnership with the Grad Programs Team will be there to support you throughout your journey, from application through to program completion.

Program Eligibility

You identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, AND you are in your final year of study of a university degree OR completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree no more than 3 years ago.

We welcome applications from all degrees of study.

IMPORTANT: When completing the application form, please ensure you EXPAND ALL SECTIONS to INCLUDE your EDUCATION details and UPLOAD your RESUME & ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT.

Your Grad Journey

You’ll start with us as a permanent employee commencing in February 2026. 

You’ll complete a rotational program to help you learn about different parts of your business area. It’s packed full of different roles, teams and project experiences.

As you near the end of your program, our team will provide you with a Career Transition Series to prepare you for the end of your Grad experience and assist you in putting your best foot forward when looking for post-program roles.

Pre-register now and we will let you know once this opportunity opens!

Reconciliation at Westpac Group

Our vision for reconciliation is an Australia where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have equitable economic participation and financial wellbeing. We seek to achieve this by listening to, learning from, partnering with, and elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices.

At Westpac Group our aim is to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians succeed by valuing culture, helping Indigenous employees build meaningful careers, providing better banking experiences for our Indigenous customers, and backing Indigenous business.

Westpac has been granted an S126 Exemption to sections eight (8) and fifty-one (51) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW); this allows us to advertise and recruit this role exclusively to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants.