Retail Designer

Join Us at Barclays as a Retail Designer

As a Retail Designer at Barclays, you will deliver consistent roll-out programmes, present and articulate design challenges and solutions, and utilize Adobe suite applications. You will apply your 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 and technologies, and maintaining an organized, methodical approach to your work.

Your Skills and Experience

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

• Technical Knowledge: A 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.

Additional Valued Skills

• 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: A highly organized, methodical, and process-oriented approach to work.

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

Role Purpose

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

Accountabilities

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

Vice President Expectations

• 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.
• Define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. Lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, balancing short and long-term goals and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviors are: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• For individual contributors, be a subject matter expert within your own discipline and guide technical direction. Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialization to complete assignments. Train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists, providing information affecting long-term profits, organizational 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 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 organization 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.