Barclays

Retail Designer

Job posted: Oct 17, 2024
Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
  • Salary average
    -
  • Type of employment
    Permanent, Full-time
  • Remote
    No

Company

Our vision is to be the UK-centred leader in global finance. We are a diversified bank with comprehensive UK consumer, corporate and wealth and private banking franchises, a leading investment bank and a strong, specialist US consumer bank. Through these five divisions, we are working together for a better financial future for our customers, clients and communities.

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business
  • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment
  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does
  • 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
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies
  • Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes
  • Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda
  • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives
  • Management of project budget for real estate and physical security projects by tracking expenses, forecasting costs and identifying cost saving opportunities
  • You will apply practical and technical knowledge of construction methods and ensure compliance with Building Regulations
  • Identification of potential risks and issues associated to capital projects and development of risk management strategies to mitigate them by monitoring risk exposure and taking corrective action
  • You will deliver consistent roll-out programmes, present and articulate design challenges, solutions and utilise Adobe suite applications
  • Identification of opportunities to improve the delivery processes for capital projects and implement best practices to enhance project performance
  • Management of planning, design, procurement, resourcing, reporting and construction processes to ensure deliverables are completed on time and within budget

Contract

40 hours per week

Candidate requirements

  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business
  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does
  • Some other highly valued skills may include
  • Technical Knowledge, practical and technical understanding of building and fit-out construction methods, along with a good working knowledge of Building Regulations
  • You will apply practical and technical knowledge of construction methods and ensure compliance with Building Regulations
  • Organisational Skills, highly organised, methodical and process-oriented approach to work
  • Presentation and Communication, ability to present and articulate design challenges and solutions effectively
  • To be successful as a Retail Designer, you should have experience with

Skills used at work

  • Best practice
  • Best practices
  • Business object
  • Extensive
  • Forecasting
  • Management
  • Physical security
  • Problem solving
  • Real estate
  • Risk management
  • Security
  • Senior management

Join us at Barclays as a Retail Designer. You will deliver consistent roll-out programmes, present and articulate design challenges, solutions and utilise Adobe suite applications. You will apply practical and technical knowledge of construction methods and ensure compliance with Building Regulations. Your role will involve making confident decisions on-site, exploring the latest trends, technologies and maintain an organised, methodical approach to your work.

To be successful as a Retail Designer, you should have experience with:

  • Technical Knowledge, practical and technical understanding of building and fit-out construction methods, along with a good working knowledge of Building Regulations.
  • Decision-Making, confidence in making decisions throughout the design process, especially on-site.
  • Presentation and Communication, ability to present and articulate design challenges and solutions effectively.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

  • Software Proficiency, good knowledge of Adobe suite applications; familiarity with AutoCAD and Revit is a plus.
  • Trend Awareness, curiosity to explore the latest trends and technologies in the field.
  • Organisational Skills, highly organised, methodical and process-oriented approach to work.

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 role will be based in Northampton

Purpose of the role

To manage and develop capital project proposals and operations aligned to the needs of the bank.

Accountabilities

  • Management, development and execution of building, real estate and physical asset security projects and proposals, including workspace, engineering, and facility upgrades.
  • Management of planning, design, procurement, resourcing, reporting and construction processes to ensure deliverables are completed on time and within budget.
  • Identification of potential risks and issues associated to capital projects and development of risk management strategies to mitigate them by monitoring risk exposure and taking corrective action.
  • Management of project budget for real estate and physical security projects by tracking expenses, forecasting costs and identifying cost saving opportunities.
  • Management of stakeholder relations including project sponsors, vendors, regulatory agencies, and the facilities management team to align capital project operations with the bank's objectives.
  • Identification of opportunities to improve the delivery processes for capital projects and implement best practices to enhance project performance.
  • Execution of capital projects that meet agreed quality standards, and are compliant with relevant laws, regulation, and policies.

Vice President Expectations

  • 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.

Job posted: Oct 17, 2024

Expiration date: Oct 18, 2024