Branch Manager

Branch Manager – Central London
 
We are currently hiring for a Barclays Branch Manager to support out Central London Community.
 
As a Barclays Branch Manager, you’ll use your business aptitude and your team’s unique understanding of local customers, competitors and trends to deliver the right products and services every time. You can count on plenty of respect from the local community, as well as the backing of a global leader in financial services. Best of all, you’ll have the chance to run the branch as you see fit, making your own day-to-day decisions. Include the market-leading training, competitive salary and benefits and outstanding chances for career progression, and it’s clear this is a tremendous opportunity.
 
About us:
Everything we do at Barclays starts and ends with helping people move forward in their lives. From helping them move forward in the digital age through Digital Eagles, to getting them started in their first home with one of our mortgages.
Whatever the future holds, we want to be there for our customers every step of the way. In the Barclays Community Banking teams, we know how important it is to reflect the communities we serve. Our customers really value meeting people who understand their lives, and where finances fit into them.
If you’re looking for a career full of excitement, challenge, purpose and opportunity, we should be your first choice.
 
As a Branch Manager, your main responsibilities will involve:
• Lead and grow a highly engaged and high performing team to deliver excellent service that supports our customers with their financial needs, interacting with them where and when they need us most 
• Setting the pace, tone and standards for your team  and coordinating the efforts of all your Branch staff
• Helping deliver a seamless service to your customers, whatever their needs may be
• Using your local insights and commercial acumen to help develop your area’s business plan
• Ensuring your branch is fully equipped to reach its goals
• Being an inspirational leader, providing clear direction, coaching and support to build a committed team that delivers seamless, high-quality customer service
 
As a Branch Manager, your skills and qualifications will include:
• Proven and extensive experience as a people manager, leading teams (including leaders) that combine strong sales focus with high standards of customer service
• A background of managing a large team (ideally 15+ employees) in a customer facing role, where delivering outstanding service is paramount
• A broad knowledge of banking products, services, and regulations to enable you to run your branch like your own business
• The ability to develop and execute clear, commercially astute business plans driven by your customers’ needs.
   
The Benefits:   
Our customers deserve the best. The same goes for our people. That’s why at Barclays you’ll receive a range of benefits including a competitive salary, flexible hours and all the tools, technology and support to help you become the very best you can be.
 
Our Culture:
Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our employees. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.
 
Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.
 
Diversity:
At Barclays, we recruit based on merit and are committed to promoting diversity throughout our organisation.
 
We will consider applications from job share applicants.
 
Ready to apply?
There are up to five stages to our application process:
1. Application: On your application we’ll ask for information like your contact details, education and work experience. You’ll also be required to upload a CV, so it’s a good idea to have it ready.
2. Online Assessment: We’ll then ask you to complete an online assessment exercise which we will send to you via email. Our assessments are carefully designed to measure the skills and capabilities necessary to be successful in our roles, but they’ll also provide you with some insight into what our roles entail.
3. Application Review: We will review your application along with your responses to the online assessment exercise. Depending on the type of role you are applying for, we may contact you to arrange a brief telephone interview to discuss your experience in more detail.
4. Interview: If your application is progressed, we’ll invite you to attend a face-to-face interview. We want you to be free to choose an interview time that suits you, so we’ll provide some options and ask you to select your preferred timeslot.
5. Outcome: We will keep you updated throughout the process. If you attend an interview, we’ll be in touch within five working days of all interviews being completed to advise you of the outcome.
 
Visit our website for tips and advice on each stage www.jobs.barclays.co.uk/advice or click below to apply now.
 
We encourage applicants to apply as early as possible in the recruitment period. Barclays recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert during the recruitment process.