Culture and diversity
The Bank is wholly committed to diversity and equality for all staff. Our reputation is built on the quality and professionalism of our people, so creating a truly diverse environment with no barriers to achievement is integral to our business strategy.
As well as being reviewed and developed at the highest levels by the Bank’s Senior Diversity Champions, our diversity programme is supported by employee networks. Providing valuable support and networking opportunities, they are initiated and managed by the staff themselves, but have full support of the Bank. Our current networks focus on women and gay and lesbian staff.
The Bank provides diversity training for all staff and has an extensive induction course aimed specifically at foreign national entrants. This helps them to integrate into the organisation by understanding our practices and culture.
We are members of key diversity organisations, including Opportunity Now, Race for Opportunity, and the Employers Forums on Age and Disability. We are an approved user of the ‘Positive about Disabled People’ symbol, meaning that any disabled person who meets our essential entry criteria is guaranteed to reach the first stage of our selection process. We have experience to prove that disability does not preclude success in employment and we encourage applications from disabled people
We hope that our commitment to diversity – to recognising and realising the potential of all our staff – will help the Bank to maintain a highly motivated workforce and a reputation for excellence.