Job Specifications
Explore the world of Barclays as a Summer Intern
Spend 10 weeks diving into real projects, gaining hands-on experience, and shaping your future. You'll receive full support, take on meaningful responsibilities, and build lasting connections--all while discovering what makes our culture unique.
If you're in your penultimate year and ready to grow, learn, and make an impact, this is your opportunity to belong and thrive.
Why the Retail Banking Internship programme?
Retail Banking at Barclays delivers tailored financial experiences across savings, investments, mortgages, credit cards, insurance, and digital banking. We support customers through key life moments with Specialist Customer Care--offering expert help with fraud, bereavement, and complex financial needs.
We also empower over a million small and medium businesses through Business Banking, providing more than just funding--offering tools, guidance, and lasting partnerships.
Our focus is on deeply understanding customer needs to design seamless, connected journeys. With teams spanning customer care, product development, and technology, we're shaping the future of banking by delivering outstanding service, innovative solutions, and meaningful financial support.
At Barclays, you'll be empowered to grow, connect, and make an impact. Our supportive culture helps you build strong relationships with peers and leaders while gaining real-world experience. You'll take part in tailored training, connect with mentors, expand your network, receive valuable feedback, and give back through volunteering. Make your mark--and this could be the start of an exceptional career.
To be considered for this opportunity, you must be in your penultimate or final year of university.
You'll also bring enthusiasm, drive, and a sharp eye for spotting opportunities and solving problems--an ambitious, solutions-focused mindset that puts clients first.
The location for this role is indicated in the job title, and you will be based at that location. If you are successful in receiving a return offer to our graduate programme, your location will be the same as it was during your internship.
Applicants for this position will need the legal right to work in the UK on a full time basis from June 2026 to August 2026. This is not a role which we can offer sponsorship for at this time.
If you secure a place on our Internship Programme, and this subsequently leads to you receiving an offer for our Graduate Programme, the 2027 Graduate Programme is not one which we can offer sponsorship for at this time. Accordingly, to participate in the Graduate Programme, you would require having the legal right to work full time for the duration of that Programme (i.e. August 2027 to August 2029).
Working In Sunderland
Our Sunderland office is a vibrant, people-first workplace designed to support hybrid working and community connection. With fantastic facilities and a welcoming culture, it's a place where colleagues feel inspired to come in and do their best work. From cafes and flexible workspaces to green areas and community allotments, the campus is built to support both productivity and balance.
Sunderland is more than just a workplace. We host family fun days, cultural events, and site-wide celebrations, creating a strong sense of belonging and pride, offering a supportive environment to grow your career.
It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.
Purpose of the role
To participate in the day-to-day activities of the retail banking division providing insights and expertise that help senior colleagues make informed decisions, develop new products and services, and identify new market opportunities.
Accountabilities
Execution of small research projects, research to support strategic decision making, preparation of presentations and reports to communicate research findings, collaboration with senior management to implement research findings for retail banking.
Collaboration with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.
Participation in training and development programs to enhance skills and knowledge.
Identification of opportunities, development of business cases, management of the deployment and launch of new products and services for retail banking.
Management of client relationships and provision of customer service support to clients and customers, under steadily decreasing supervision, responding to questions about products and services, processing of transactions, and resolution of customer complaints.
Management of the development and implementation of financial models and strategies that support in decision mak