The Bank of Queensland is removing gender from its job application process in an attempt to attract more women to senior roles.

All identifying factors – name, age, gender, address – will be removed from resumes submitted for senior and executive roles at the bank from now on.

The Bank of Queensland is attempting to tackle gender bias in applications for senior roles. Credit:Glenn Hunt

The bank's human resources general manager, Ian Doyle, said the move was designed to addresses unconscious bias in candidate selection.

“The primary reason for doing this is to make as much unconscious bias out of the selection process as you possibly can,” Mr Doyle said.