VP, Citizenship

The VP, Citizenship will help bring to life Barclays’ role in society by showcasing how we support communities, to strengthen how the bank connects with colleagues, customers and clients. You’ll be working with teams across Barclays to surface powerful stories and lead standout campaigns that inspire pride and engagement.

To be successful as a VP, Citizenship, you should have:

• Proven internal and external communications experience, leading high profile campaigns across multiple audiences and channels

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, influencing effectively to gain buy-in and support across all levels of the organisation

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to create and deliver impactful messaging to engage audiences

Other highly valued skills include:

• Track record of strategic thinking translated into high quality delivery against plans, with exceptional attention to detail

• Proactive mindset that identifies new opportunities and embraces innovation, including championing new channels and technologies

• Hands-on experience of delivering communications for Citizenship (CSR) campaigns that engage and inspire participation

This role calls for someone that’s a great collaborator and ready to balance big-picture thinking with first rate execution.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This is a full-time role located in Barclays’ London office.

Anchor days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week.

Purpose of the role

To support the design and delivery of Barclays’ Citizenship strategy, furthering Barclays’ efforts to make a positive impact on the communities in which it operates.

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of impactful Citizenship partnerships, programmes and colleague engagement opportunities.
• Management of relationships with non-governmental organisations, non-profits and other external organisations or industry groups to align and support community impact objectives.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to maximise engagement in Barclays’ Citizenship agenda.
• Development of initiatives that support and educate relevant stakeholder groups on Barclays’ Citizenship programmes to build trust and credibility with clients, employees, and shareholders.
• Evaluation of programmes and partnerships to evolve and enhance Barclays’ approach to Citizenship.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.