Data Ecologist (Data Science & Governance Focus)
If you’re looking for great work culture, great work life balance and flexible working, and opportunities to continuously learn and get involved with enhancing our culture – this is the role for you!
Rabobank is the world’s leading specialist in food and agribusiness banking. One of our key strengths lies in our people who have a deep understanding of agriculture and are committed to adding long-term value for clients. Our commitment to our employees and clients is at the heart of everything we do.
About the Role
Rabobank Australia & New Zealand is seeking a Data Ecologist to strengthen our sustainability capability and support our clients’ transition to a net zero and nature positive future.
This is a data-focused role, responsible for designing, managing and evolving the data ecosystem that underpins sustainability insights, reporting and decision-making. You will lead the development of scalable, high-quality data solutions that capture, integrate and analyse climate and nature-related data across multiple sources and embed these into core banking systems.
Working closely with sustainability, data and technology teams, you will enable insight-driven decision-making, ensuring sustainability metrics are robust, governed and aligned to business outcomes.
Key Accountabilities
In this role, you will:
- Lead the design and delivery of data-driven solutions supporting sustainability reporting, analytics and decision-making
- Build and manage data pipelines, models and datasets for climate and nature-related metrics
- Develop scalable approaches to sourcing, structuring and integrating sustainability data into enterprise systems
- Work closely with the Data Systems & Governance Lead to ensure strong data governance, quality, lineage and controls
- Translate complex datasets into clear, actionable insights for business and client engagement
- Support portfolio analysis, reporting and performance tracking across sustainability KPIs
- Ensure alignment of sustainability data with enterprise data models and reporting frameworks
- Drive continuous improvement across data quality, standardisation, transparency and usability
- Support capability uplift across the business in data literacy and sustainability metrics
- Ensure data is managed in line with security, audit and regulatory requirements
- Collaborate across teams to embed sustainable data practices into core processes
About You
You are a data-driven problem solver with strong analytical and governance expertise, and an interest in sustainability outcomes. You are comfortable working across complex data environments and translating technical outputs into meaningful business insights.
You bring a pragmatic, structured approach to building high-quality data assets and are motivated by using data to influence real-world outcomes.
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Data Science, Analytics, Statistics, Information Systems, Finance, Business, or related field
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualifications in data, analytics, or sustainability
Experience
- 5+ years’ experience in data science, analytics, or data management roles
- Proven experience in data modelling, data pipelines, and systems integration
- Experience implementing data governance frameworks and controls
- Strong track record delivering data-driven insights and solutions at scale
- Exposure to sustainability, climate or ESG data (preferred but not essential)
- Experience working across cross-functional teams in complex environments
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong data analytics and problem-solving capability (e.g. SQL, Python, or similar)
- Experience with data architecture, integration and data lifecycle management
- Solid understanding of data governance, quality, lineage and controls
- Ability to translate complex data into clear business insights and narratives
- Understanding of sustainability, climate or ESG reporting frameworks (advantageous)
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Project delivery and prioritisation capability
- Ability to operate between technical teams and business stakeholders
Note: This role does not require deep geospatial or remote sensing expertise.
What we're proud to offer you:
Rabo@Anywhere is our hybrid way of working at Rabobank and for Australia, that means we have a blend of time working between the office and home.
A competitive remuneration package, will be offered for the successful candidate.
Wellbeing leave. These leave days support greater work/life balance and is just another way we are helping our employees to lead happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives.
Education Assistance Program. Rabobank values the development of its people and has a great Education Assistance Program to assist with professional development.
Parental Leave that supports you and your family while giving you the freedom and flexibility to enjoy this special time (up-to 14 weeks paid leave)
Bonus and Additional Leave. We realise sometimes 4 weeks Annual Leave isn't enough! At Rabobank we provide an incentive for eligible employees to receive 1 extra week Annual Leave and an option to purchase another 2 weeks Annual Leave.
Extra Insurance. Rabobank recognises that employees need to protect their financial wellbeing, in the event of serious illness, injury, or even death. Rabobank provides eligible permanent employees with employer-funded Death, TPD and Income Protection Insurance.
Rabo Workplace Giving program. As part of Rabobank's global Corporate Social Responsibility, Workplace Giving aims to encourage employees to contribute to our community. Rabo Workplace Giving program matches employee donations to selected Social Partners.
Our Values
Rabobank Australia values inclusion, belonging, and positive experiences for all. Our work environment, our benefits, and the way we live our values, “Client Driven”, “Responsible”, “Professional” and “Cooperative” make it a great place to work. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds.
Please let our Talent Acquisition team know if you need any accommodations to make our opportunities more accessible to you.
Rabobank is not accepting submissions from recruitment agencies for this role.
Applicants must hold valid work rights for this role
