Branch Manager - Manchester

We’re searching for an individual who loves to lead a team and help them perform at their best while ensuring a simply brilliant service for our customers!

We are looking for a Branch Manager for our branch in Manchester, North West England.

This role is a 12-month secondment opportunity working full-time, 35 hours per week, working Monday to Saturday.

The core role of our Branch Managers is to deliver the very best performance through their people by keeping our Purpose, Strategic Aims and Values & Behaviours at the heart of all they do, whilst developing their team, building both their capability and ambition.

You’ll have the drive to deliver results and strive to improve branch performance and effectiveness. You will coach, develop and manage colleagues, enabling them to achieve objectives and personal goals. To succeed, you’ll need to demonstrate the ability to motivate others, challenge colleagues to continually improve, and help them to fulfil their potential.

Above all, we’re looking for someone who is comfortable operating in a digital environment, with an aptitude for technology, and the confidence to pass on their knowledge to others. Your self-motivation, positive, and enthusiastic ‘can-do’ attitude sets you apart, as does your ability to be flexible and adaptable.

Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change; as such, applications from redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process.

If you’re a colleague on long-term absence (for example, on parental leave) or a temporary worker, please use your personal email address to submit an application.

What you’ll be doing

Supporting your team to create a superior customer experience, you’ll take overall responsibility for the performance of the branch while contributing to personal distribution and area goals that are both challenging and rewarding. You’ll motivate and lead your team to deliver sustainable returns, while developing individuals to reach their full potential in an ever-changing digital world. Working as part of a large and diverse team in a modern, collaborative environment, you’ll help ensure everyone contributes to making a positive difference in the local community.

Using strong leadership, drive, and clear direction, you’ll ensure your team consistently provides the very best experience to customers. As part of the area leadership team, your contributions will be highly valued and play an important role in supporting both business success and your own ongoing personal development.

About you

For this role, we require:

• Fantastic team management and leadership capabilities that will shine through and motivate the team around you
• Proven success in a Retail branch environment with the ability to work and deliver results in line with expectations
• A clear and methodical approach, dealing well with complex issues
• A sound knowledge of bank policies & procedures with a good understanding of Personal Distribution products/services
• A genuine passion for providing exceptional customer service

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• 25 days holiday, pro rata
• Access to private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance-related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death
• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.

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If you want to find out more about using AI in our recruitment process, please read more here.

Disability Confident

We’re not just guided by data, we’re driven by the real experiences of our people. We’re a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level.

That’s why we’re constantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion. Whatever your needs, we’re here to support you. If you need any additional support throughout your application journey, email our team at Recruitment Support.

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The hiring manager for this role is Claire Barratt, and the main recruitment contact is Jill Hewitt.