Exciting things are happening at Dudley Building Society! While other banks and building societies are retreating from the high street, we’re boldly moving in the opposite direction — expanding our network and bringing banking back to the heart of the community. As part of our ambitious growth plans, we’re launching a brand-new branch in the Bromsgrove area. That’s why we’re on the lookout for a passionate, driven, and experienced Branch Manager to lead the change, build strong local connections, and grow a loyal customer base from the ground up.

Dudley Building Society believes in helping people live better lives, and no one understands the needs of our members more than our Customer Service Team. Everything we do here starts with a passion for providing an impeccable service, which makes us even more excited to be looking for a Branch Manager to join us.

As a Branch Manager at the Society, you’ll quickly become one of the experts our members need. You will be responsible for creating long term relationships with our new and existing Customers, supporting them through their key milestones in life.

In addition to the above, you will also be;

• Inspiring, leading and developing your in-branch colleagues to deliver a second-to-none customer experience.
• Working collaboratively as a team across multiple channels, personalising each interaction with a customer, and providing outcomes to best suit the customers’ needs.
• Investigating emotive and complex customer and client queries, concerns, and complaints related to an extensive range of products and services.
• Developing and executing strategies to increase funding to achieve corporate goals.
• Managing day-to-day operations, including compliance with regulatory requirements.

About you

To be one of our next Retail Branch Managers, we need you to be:

• Passionate about providing strong customer solutions –you’ll be part of the team who does this most!
• Excited to be part of a wider team that collaborates to provide the best service for our members.
• Curious about our future, our members, our data; well, about everything. You’ll want to know more about the solutions we can offer and be confident to take initiative to dig a little deeper.
• Approachable, helpful and member focused – you’ll put our members needs at the heart of everything you do.
• Strong at communicating – whatever communication methods you use, you’ll be able to represent the Society clearly and concisely.
• Not afraid to challenge the status quo – we have an unwavering belief in pushing the boundaries at the Dudley.
• Flexible to go where our members need you most.
• Eager to develop your knowledge. We like to continually develop our skills here!

In Return

• In return for providing a passionate and specialist service to our customers we offer:
• 35 hours a week contract
• Salary up to £30,300 per year
• Basic holiday of 30 days+ Bank holidays
• Moments that matter days (Think birthdays, weddings + time off for getting the keys to a new house or welcoming a grandchild!)
• Pension contribution of up to 8% of salary
• Life assurance 4x salary
• Full Private Medical Insurance
• Healthcare plan covering some of those day-to-day health bills like your dental and optical bills
• Great career opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion

Our workplace culture respects, welcomes, and supports diversity and inclusion, empowering our People to embrace being a fundamental part of everything we are, and everything we aim to be. We treat everyone with the dignity and kindness they deserve, and strive to encourage and celebrate all the things that make each of us unique.

And that's not all…

We're recognised as a Great Place to Work, and there's a reason for that. Check out our careers page for more information about what it's like to join The Dudley team, who we are, what drives us, and why you should join.

Dudley Building Society believes in helping people live better lives, and no one understands the needs of our members more than our Branch teams. Everything we do here starts with a passion for providing an impeccable service, which makes us even more excited to be looking for a Customer Service Specialist to join us.

As a Customer Service Specialist at the Society, you will be responsible for creating long term relationships with our new and existing Customers, supporting them through their key milestones in life.

Your day to day will be a bit like this:

• Having good conversations with our members and prospective members to understand their needs and how our products and services can support them
• Delivering excellent customer service, addressing enquiries, finding solutions and maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Being responsible for all till management activities, and ensuring conversations we have at the counter are maximised
• Completing tasks for customers to help them manage and maintain their accounts.
• Working proactively and collaboratively with other colleagues across the Society, you’ll be responsible for delivering great customer outcomes.
• Contributing to the achievement of the branch and corporate targets.
• Utilising our financial products, you will be supporting our members through key life events.
• Engaging with your local communities, businesses and partners both in and out of the branch.

We have roles across our branch network– from the Black Country, Shropshire and Worcestershire. The hours are distributed across the week on a changing rota basis to be able to fulfil our customer’s needs, some Saturday work will also be required between 9am-12pm.

About you

To be one of our next Customer Service Specialist, it would be advantageous if you have:

• Experienced in a similar role within Financial Services.
• Passionate about providing strong customer solutions.
• Excited to be part of a wider team that collaborates to provide the best service for our members.
• Curious about our future, our members, our data; well, about everything. You’ll want to know more about solutions we can offer and is confident to take initiative to dig a little deeper.
• Approachable, helpful and member focussed – you’ll put our members needs, and the local community at the heart of everything you do.
• Strong at communicating – whatever communications methods you use, you’ll be able to represent the Society clearly and concisely.
• Not afraid to challenge the status quo – we have an unwavering belief in pushing the boundaries at the Dudley.

• Flexible to go where our members need you most. This may mean splitting your hours between our branches.
• Eager to develop your knowledge. We like to continually develop our skills here and have lots of opportunities for career development to become a specialist in our branches.

In Return

In return for providing a passionate and specialist service to our customers we offer:

• Salary up to £25,250 FTE per year depending on experience
• Basic holiday of 30 days+ Bank holidays
• Moments that matter days (Think birthdays, weddings + time off for getting the keys to a new house or welcoming a grandchild!)
• Pension contribution of up to 8% of salary
• Life assurance 4x salary
• Full Private Medical Insurance
• Healthcare plan covering some of those day to day health bills like your dental and optical bills
• Great career opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion

Our workplace culture respects, welcomes, and supports diversity and inclusion, empowering our People to embrace being a fundamental part of everything we are, and everything we aim to be. We treat everyone with the dignity and kindness they deserve, and strive to encourage and celebrate all the things that make each of us unique.

And that's not all…

We're recognised as a Great Place to Work, and there's a reason for that. Check out our careers page for more information about what it's like to join The Dudley team, who we are, what drives us, and why you should join