Senior Branch Manager - Lincoln

Description This; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension (highly competitive)

Annual performance related bonus

Training and development

Salary sacrifice benefits

Life assurance

Wellhub health and wellness

Up to 2 days of paid volunteering

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking a Senior Branch Manager for our Lincoln, Lincolnshire branch. The role is a permanent, full-time position, based in-store with a 35-hour week from Monday to Saturday, offering leadership over a busy branch and a focus on delivering exceptional customer service.

You will lead and develop branch staff, drive performance, and ensure regulatory and operational risks are managed effectively while upholding Nationwide’s customer-first values.

Qualifications

• Previous managerial experience in a retail environment is desirable.
• Ability to motivate staff and drive performance to meet service benchmarks.
• Strong focus on customer outcomes and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, coach and develop branch staff to achieve objectives.
• Embed a culture of continuous improvement in delivering customer service.
• Act as a role model for Nationwide's vision and values and share best practice regionally.

Skills

Leadership

Customer service

People management

Regulatory compliance

Coaching & development

Job description

You’ll be responsible for one of our largest branches in a key location. If you’ve already proved your worth in a high-profile retail role, motivating people, improving performance and delivering a fantastic customer service – this is your opportunity to show what you can do.

We need a Senior Branch Manager for our branch in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.

This role is permanent opportunity, working full time, 35 hours per week, Monday to Saturday.

Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for 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.

Uncompromisingly Customer, whatever our role

The extras you’ll get

• Access to private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pensionto 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.

Keeping your data and personal information confidential is important to us. To find out more about how we use and process your data, please read our Privacy policy .

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

Disability Confident

We’renot just guided bydata,we’redriven by the real experiences of our people.We’rea Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level.

That’swhywe’reconstantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion. Whatever your needs,we’rehere to support you.

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The hiring manager for this role is Mark Burgwine-Jones and the main recruitment contact is Jill Hewitt.

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

What you’ll be doing

Working in a customer-led culture where all members are provided with the products and services that they need, you’ll make sure all regulatory & operational risk requirements are adhered to. Through effective leadership and guidance, you’ll supervise, coach and develop branch staff to deliver their objectives, embedding a culture of continuous improvement in how to deliver the best customer service.

Acting as a role model for our vision and values you’ll share best practice on good customer outcomes both within your branch team as well as within your district / region, always looking to deepen relationships with members and build trust.

About you

As a minimum requirement, you’ll be passionate about providing customers with an excellent customer service and be able to succeed in meeting challenging service benchmarks, making sure all operational and regulatory risks are effectively managed You’ll be an inspiring people manager with the proven ability to bring out the best in a team through extensive management experience. You will be focused on performance management, utilizing your coaching and development skills to add increased value to Nationwide and our members.

Previous managerial experience within a retail environment would be desirable.

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.

Job Info

• Job Identification 5202
• Apply Before 09/23/2026, 10:55 PM
• Locations 325 High Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN5 7DW, GB