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Women in Banking & Finance

Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF) is a social enterprise membership organisation, with branches in London, Belfast, Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Norwich. We are primarily led by voluntary executive and management committees. Founded in 1980, our vision is a financial services industry that offers women equal opportunities as employees, customers and entrepreneurs to reach their full potential, and to contribute to building better businesses and places to work for all. We do this by bringing a gender lens to UK financial services by connecting, challenging and inspiring our network to unlock the full potential of our industry for all.

WIBF offers a range of services to support our mission:

  • Industry events: to support individuals and organisations on their journey to support the growth of women in all levels of their career;
  • Mentoring: to connect individuals (mentees) with more senior members of the community in a mentorship programme to support the growth and achievement of mentees’ ambition and potential;
  • Thought leadership: to provide actionable recommendations and affect policy change to better retain and promote women in the financial services workforce;
  • Job boards: to help organisations and candidates explore career opportunities in an environment supported by the ethos of WIBF and its research; and
  • Industry engagement: to engage with organisations, industry bodies, regulators and government agencies to shape policies, processes and education necessary to achieve WIBF’s mission.

Our values: volunteering, independence, inspiring, action-orientation

 

Dec 04, 2024
Voluntary
Social Mobility Co-Lead
Women in Banking & Finance Remote (UK)
ROLE OVERVIEW   The Social Mobility Co-Lead at Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF) is responsible for the overall engagement and strategy of our social mobility pillar. Ensuring that all corporate members are aware of the social mobility programmes that WIBF offers and driving up the engagement across all the WIBF regions. You will be passionate about supporting our social mobility offerings to our corporate members and also looking at broadening out the offerings that we already have in place. You will look after a portfolio of our corporate members who are interested in partnering with WIBF on the social mobility programmes. You will also engage with and drive the partnership with EY Foundation and the Chartered Banker Institute and any other future social mobility partners. This dynamic role requires strong organisational skills, time management, attention to detail and communication skills, as well as the ability to work independently to respond to queries from...
Dec 03, 2024
Fully remote Voluntary
Mentoring Lead, Member of the Future Leaders Shadow Board
Women in Banking & Finance Remote (UK)
ROLE OVERVIEW An exciting opportunity for passionate and proactive WIBF members to join the Future Leaders Shadow Board (“FLSB”). The FLSB consists of members of the banking and finance community who are early on in their careers and shadow the WIBF Management Board, with the purpose of supporting the Management Committees, offering fresh perspectives and furthering new ideas to empower members of our network to accelerate change. As part of your role as a member of the FLSB, you will have the opportunity to join and support Gwen Faure, Talent Retention & Mentoring Lead, Member of the Management Board. You will be expected to support the Management Committee in achieving its strategic objectives and to act as liaison between it and the FLSB.   Members of the FLSB are expected to hold the position for two years in the first instance, with the opportunity to be re-elected for a further one year term thereafter. Membership of WIBF is a...