RIC employee group

Careers at the RIC

Join our diverse team making a difference to Australian agriculture.

Our why

"We're all here for the same reason: to help our farmers."

Meet our team

Discover what inspires our dedicated team members in their roles.

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Speaker 1
I think working at the RIC, the thing I enjoy the most is the people, the culture we all are here for the same reason: to help our farmers.

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Speaker 2
It's just a really good team environment to work in, it’s a real diverse group of people.

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Speaker 1
We have got a really good work life balance. You can do a couple of days at home, a couple of days in the office.

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Speaker 3
The flexibility is really good, but I like the newness of it. It's a new organisation.

00:00:43:02 - 00:00:48:03
Speaker 4
Yeah, it feels impactful. It feels meaningful, and it's close to my heart.

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Speaker 5
What I really enjoy working at the RIC is our customers having our conversations together, seeing everybody in drought itself, seeing them 2 years down the track. It's just incredible where they're up to now and it's just so passionate. I love it.

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Speaker 6
It gives a step up to our rural producers when they need it. And the people that work at the RIC seem passionate about delivering the program with that spirit in mind. But I think all of us that live and work in the regions have family and friends that are tied to the land.

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Speaker 5
So my connection to ag is actually initially [as] a veterinary nurse.

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Speaker 2
I’ve grown up in mixed cattle and cropping country.

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Speaker 9
Well, I'm actually a first generation farmer and we've got Angus beef cattle and Aussie white sheep.

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Speaker 8
So I have a small hobby farm and I'm also a beekeeper.

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Speaker 4
I grew up on a farm out in the central west. You know, coming back later in life to be able to help primary producers is fantastic.

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Speaker 3
I've worked in agriculture all my working life, but I grew up in the city. I worked in orcharding, so macadamias, avocados, on the Far North Coast.

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Speaker 1
My partner does hay contracting as well. And we've got some Angus cattle and a few sheep and an emu.

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Speaker 7
I enjoy the diverse nature of all the staff’s background where they come from not only banking and farming, it's quite a broad spread of people.

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Speaker 10
Everybody has a sense of positivity around the business, which is really inspiring and makes it satisfying to work in the RIC.

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Speaker 8
I feel that it's got an excellent sense of purpose and it's meaningful looking after regional communities and agribusiness in regional Australia.

How we help

Regional Investment Corporation (RIC) is an Australian Government-backed specialist finance provider for farmers and farm-related small businesses.

Our purpose is to provide loans that support the long-term strength, resilience and profitability of Australian farm businesses.

As part of the planned evolution of our operating model, we are expanding our in-house team, which includes building capability and capacity within existing functions, implementing a new loan management system, and establishing a new contact centre to deliver an end-to-end customer experience from initial inquiry, loan application, decisioning, approval, settlement and ongoing through the life of the loan.

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Benefits, flexibility and wellbeing

Benefits

We offer generous employment and leave conditions including: 

  • competitive pay rates with structured performance-based pay point progression 
  • paid Christmas shutdown leave
  • up to 18 weeks paid parental leave 
  • 4 weeks secondary carer leave
  • 3 days cultural leave
  • paid community services and defence force leave
  • 1 paid moving house day per year
  • relocation assistance may be provided for candidates considering relocating to our regional head office in Orange, NSW.
     

Flexibility

The RIC has a genuine commitment to flexibility in workplace practises that are family friendly including:

  • flexibility in the span of working hours
  • hybrid working options for all employees 
  • full work from home arrangements for selected positions
  • ability to purchase additional annual leave

Wellbeing

The RIC believes that the physical and psychological health safety and wellbeing of our employees is an essential part of how we undertake our business.

Our team members have access to the following initiatives:

  • Employee Assistance Program
  • annual health and fitness reimbursement program
  • annual flu vaccination program
  • mental health and wellbeing training programs 
     

Benefits

We offer generous employment and leave conditions including: 

  • competitive pay rates with structured performance-based pay point progression 
  • paid Christmas shutdown leave
  • up to 18 weeks paid parental leave 
  • 4 weeks secondary carer leave
  • 3 days cultural leave
  • paid community services and defence force leave
  • 1 paid moving house day per year
  • relocation assistance may be provided for candidates considering relocating to our regional head office in Orange, NSW.
     

Flexibility

The RIC has a genuine commitment to flexibility in workplace practises that are family friendly including:

  • flexibility in the span of working hours
  • hybrid working options for all employees 
  • full work from home arrangements for selected positions
  • ability to purchase additional annual leave

Wellbeing

The RIC believes that the physical and psychological health safety and wellbeing of our employees is an essential part of how we undertake our business.

Our team members have access to the following initiatives:

  • Employee Assistance Program
  • annual health and fitness reimbursement program
  • annual flu vaccination program
  • mental health and wellbeing training programs 
     

Where we work

Our head office is based in the regional city of Orange, in the central west of New South Wales.

Yet many of our team work across Australia in home offices, hybrid arrangements or remotely. 

We come together regularly online and face-to-face during team planning days and annual events.

Our team also connects with customers and the community at regional shows, events and industry conferences nationally.

Most of our RIC team live in regional Australia. Many have a unique connection to agriculture, coming from the land or running their own farm enterprise.
 

Collage of images showing Orange location

Culture Statements

Our RIC Culture Statements guide our beliefs and behaviours for how we interact with our colleagues and go about our work.

  • Be bold and act with purpose
  • We are down to earth
  • We embrace difference and act as one
RIC Culture Statements