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Barclays is more than just a place to work. It’s a community where you can be your true self, be valued for who you are, and make a real contribution to our business and our culture. It’s important to us that we continue to evolve into a truly diverse and inclusive organisation; one where everyone has the opportunity to make the most of their talents, to grow and to succeed.
Discover more about life at Barclays on the Barclays career site. Find stories from colleagues across our diverse business, guidance to support you and your application, and get an insight into what it’s like to be part of our team.
Our Culture
Our success as a bank cannot be separated from our culture. The power of who we are is greatest when we are bound together by a common Purpose, shared Values – and a single Mindset, which shapes how we get things done, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do.
When you join Barclays, you become part of a culture where you can bring your true self to work and make a genuine contribution.
Growing together through diversity, equity and inclusion
At Barclays, we’re addressing the challenges faced by diverse communities. We hire inclusively, to support diversity of thought right across the business – creating an environment for diverse talent at all levels to flourish. We believe that every individual should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and achieve their personal and professional goals.
To create the kind of community we can all feel at home in, we focus on six pillars of diversity and inclusion: Multigenerational, Gender, LGBTQ+, Multicultural, Disability and Socio-economic. Valuing the perspectives of colleagues from diverse backgrounds enables us to better understand our customers, clients and the communities we serve and also strengthens our culture, encourages innovation and enables us to make better decisions.
Supporting our communites
We believe that a strong, inclusive economy is a better economy for everyone. Through our global Citizenship programmes, Digital Eagles and LifeSkills, Barclays is helping businesses to create jobs and enabling people to develop the skills and confidence they need to succeed now and in the future. Barclays works together with experienced partners, employability experts and businesses that are hiring to develop meaningful and innovative programmes that deliver a significant positive impact over the long term.
In doing this we:
- Partner with leading charities and not-for-profit organisations to deliver impactful programmes in the communities where Barclays operates
- Support colleagues in undertaking volunteering and charitable matched fundraising in their local communities
Enhancing skills and confidence
Through LifeSkills, we’re helping millions of people to develop the skills, confidence, and connections they need to succeed at work and manage their money.
Improving digital skills
Through Digital Eagles, we’re enabling people to be more confident with technology, get the most out of digital banking and stay safe online.
Building careers beyond the military
Through Military & Veterans Outreach, we’re supporting service personnel and veterans to build careers beyond the military, including at the bank.
Our role in society
Banks play a key role in connecting the providers and users of capital. Barclays recognises this role in serving society, and our success as a business has always been inextricably linked to the progress of the people, communities and businesses that we serve. As society’s expectations of businesses continue to evolve, we aim to stay ahead of those expectations. It is by focusing on our core products and services, and our relationships that we can make the greatest positive impact.
Enabling entrepreneurs to connect and innovate
Through Eagle Labs we’re enabling entrepreneurs across the UK to access a range of support to help them connect, innovate, and grow.
Helping businesses to tackle global challenges
Through Unreasonable Impact, we’re supporting high-growth entrepreneurs around the world with the network and resources to address global issues and scale their businesses.
Investing in sustainability-focused-start-ups
Through the Sustainable Impact Capital Programme, we’re investing £500m in sustainability-focused start-ups to accelerate the transition towards a low-carbon economy.
Accelerating innovation in financial services
Though Rise, we’re accelerating innovation in the financial services industry by enabling start-ups and scale-ups to connect and scale.
Dedicated to inspiring a new generation of talent
At Barclays, we believe in thinking differently. About the future of banking; about the future of technology in finance; about how a modern business should feel to its colleagues. And about how to find, encourage, develop and grow the people we know will succeed here – and who will help us succeed.
Graduates and Interns
Our graduate programmes and internships are your passport to the world of innovation in finance. Carefully designed to truly achieve the career you aspire to.
A passport to the world of innovation in finance our programmes are designed to enable our interns and graduates to take full advantage of all we have to offer, to become immersed in our business, learn from our people and work on real business challenges.
Apprenticeships
We’ve spent 11 years perfecting our Apprenticeship programmes so they can start to think differently about their future. You can join at any point in your life into a well-paid, permanent job – doing real, impactful work from day one – all whist working towards a recognised qualification up to Degree level.
Spotlight on Natalie Ojevah
Natalie Ojevah tells us how the bank’s apprenticeship scheme helped her establish her career after a difficult start, including becoming a young carer for her mother – and why she is contributing to an inclusive culture at the bank.
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