Barclays is a British bank, operating in more than 40 countries and employing 90,000 colleagues.
In 2022, Barclays employed me on a fixed-term basis as an Employee Communications Business Partner and I was made permanent in 2023.
As the dedicated Comms Partner for the global Compliance (1,400 colleagues) and Internal Audit (700 colleagues) functions, my role is to advise, plan, create, deliver and measure all colleague communications. These need to balance the strategic priorities of the functions with the topics that matter most to colleagues.
Examples of my work include:
Developing Compliance’s 2023 comms plan by aligning deliverables with colleague insights from the last year and the function’s strategic priorities
Planning and delivering leadership comms for the newly appointed Interim Group Chief Compliance Officer
Editing colleague recognition videos for Compliance and Internal Audit’s quarterly global town halls
Recommending and implementing changes to Internal Audit’s monthly newsletter – click-through rates have now increased to 12% (against an external benchmark of 10%)