Ongoing Graduates Trainee Recruitment at Barclays Bank (February, 2019 Jobs Update)
Barclays Bank - Location: Zambia, Lusaka
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Contract
Description
• This role is a developing role that will provide exposure to the employee to new markets, economies and cultures, globally.
• The employee will spend 6 months (2 years in total) in four different geographic location, gaining exposure to their respective
specialties while developing leadership capabilities.
• Complete prescribed learning interventions within set timelines. This will be a combination of e-learning and face-to-face
learning.
• Understand the new business market by researching the environment in which the business operates.
• This includes governance and political framework, consumer behaviour and by engaging key stakeholders, including Country
Management committee members (with reference to assignments in Africa).
• Proactively takes on board feedback and actively manages their personal development, displaying a willingness to learn and
operate with a continuous Improvement mind-set.
• Define career path, identify skills gaps and build a development plan to support career aspirations.
• Proactively reach out on an on-going basis to seek feedback and guidance from key stakeholders and clients, for support in
personal development.
• Develop leadership capabilities by owning and driving projects, taking a proactive approach and willingness to learn and
develop by leveraging opportunities to support own development and deliver back into role.
Accountability: Business improvement
• Study the business operating model to identify opportunities for business improvement and develop action plans for
implementation by business.
• Priorities in the respective countries and selecting a specific focus area.
• This will depend on available resources (funding, colleagues, etc.); key needs in their immediate communities and scope of
implementation.
• Demonstrate desired behaviours – Inspire, Be Bold & Collaborate and demonstrate
• leadership behaviours aligned to the Barclays Values
• Be a role model and ambassador of FLDP and demonstrate a willingness to be involved in additional ad hoc projects.
Accountability: Project Management
• Manage projects and cross- stream /global initiatives:
• Identify business needs/opportunities, formulate a business case, scope the project,
• Identify and allocate resources, identifying and manage stakeholders to implement the project.
Accountability: Stakeholder management
• Engage senior management in driving wider business opportunities that demonstrate long-term business return on
investment.
• Identify dependencies in all projects, meet key stakeholders and involve them in project meetings and manage
accountabilities and escalations.
- Any Undergraduate qualification with a merit and above
- Post Graduate students with less than 36 months post -graduation are also welcome to apply.
- Awareness of legislation affecting the Bank and customers having the highest regard for confidentiality
Preferred
- Detailed knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft tools as well as database management
Essential
- Excellent use of Excel/database management
- Good interpersonal skills that have been proven in a Business environment
Experience
- Less than two years’ work experience for undergraduates
- Less than 2 years’ experience for post graduate/MBA graduates
Requirements
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