Research Team Assistant

Barclays; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 30 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Barclays is seeking a Research Team Assistant in London to support a Global Equity Research team. You will handle complex diary management, travel bookings, expenses, and CRM updates for multiple analysts across the EMEA function.

You will work closely with the Marketing Coordinator and Analysts, coordinating Roadshows and events while maintaining meticulous administration and stakeholder communication. This hybrid London role aligns with Barclays values and governance.

Qualifications

• Validated experience in travel booking and diary management across multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work under pressure with a proactive mindset.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with professional presentation.

Responsabilités

• Manage executive, managers or team calendars and respond to meeting invites and requests.
• Plan and arrange travel itineraries, including flights, accommodation and ground transport.
• Proactively anticipate needs, prioritise tasks and ensure timely completion.
• Oversee day-to-day administrative tasks such as expenses, filing systems and distribution lists.

Connaissances

Travel booking

Diary management

Prioritisation

Organization

Communication

Microsoft Office

Outils

Concur

Description du poste

Join us at Barclays as a Research Team Assistant where you’ll support a Global Equity Research team who deliver actionable insights and innovative products to our clients. You will provide administrative support to the Marketing Coordinator and a number of Equity Research Analysts across the EMEA function. This will include managing the complex logistical requirements of multiple team members including areas such as diary management, travel booking, expenses, visa licenses, and Roadshow events. Furthermore, you will act as a point of contact for any team related queries updating CRM systems and excel distribution lists as required.

To be successful as a Research Team Assistant, you must have the following essential skills:

• Validated experience in travel booking (Concur system preferred), with Considerable diary management, supporting multiple stakeholders
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure
• Considerable organisational skills with a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written with good attention to detail
• Proficient Microsoft Office skills (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook).

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Research Team Assistant experience
• Experience coordinating roadshows, events or highly detailed travel itineraries
• Interest in and confidence adopting AI and emerging technologies to enhance efficiency and productivity
• Considerable stakeholder management skills
• Previous experience in a Financial Services Environment

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

This role is based in London.

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Purpose of the role

To provide administrative and organisational support to executives, managers, or teams. To manage schedules, acting as a trusted point of contact, ensuring seamless coordination, efficient task management, and a professional presence for their assigned individuals or teams.

Accountabilities

• Management of executive, managers or team calendars and overseeing timely responses to meeting invitations and requests.
• Planning and arranging travel itineraries, including flights, accommodation and ground transportation, ensuring timely and efficient travel for the executive or team.
• Proactively anticipating the needs of the executive or team, prioritising tasks, and ensuring timely completion.
• Management of day-to-day administrative tasks, such as expenses, maintaining filing systems, and ordering office supplies, annual leave records management, distribution list management and organisation management tasks.

Analyst Expectations

• To meet the needs of stakeholders/ customers through specialist advice and support
• Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard which will impact both the role itself and surrounding roles.
• Likely to have responsibility for specific processes within a team
• They may lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources. They supervise a team, allocate work requirements and coordinate team resources.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they manage own workload, take responsibility for the implementation of systems and processes within own work area and participate on projects broader than direct team.
• Execute work requirements as identified in processes and procedures, collaborating with and impacting on the work of closely related teams.
• Check work of colleagues within team to meet internal and stakeholder requirements.
• Provide specialist advice and support pertaining to own work area.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your workand areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how all teams in area contribute to the objectives of the broader sub-function, delivering impact on the work of collaborating teams.
• Continually develop awareness of the underlying principles and concepts on which the work within the area of responsibility is based, building upon administrative / operational expertise.
• Make judgements based on practise and previous experience.
• Assess the validity and applicability of previous or similar experiences and evaluate options under circumstances that are not covered by procedures.
• Communicate sensitive or difficult information to customers in areas related specifically to customer advice or day to day administrative requirements.
• Build relationships with stakeholders/ customers to identify and address their needs.

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.