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Welcome to the Bank of Ireland information hub for new joiners. We’ve put together some useful information so you know what to expect when you join us. If you see something here that you want more information on, just let us know.

Our Purpose

Bank of Ireland's purpose is to enable our customers, colleagues and communities to thrive. To be successful, we need to work together with a clear goal and a common purpose.

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Stronger Relationships

We’ll have stronger relationships, establishing deeper, mutually value adding customer relationships, led by our colleagues through tailored engagement. We’ll focus on easy, joined-up services and products across financial needs and life stages.

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Simpler Business

We’ll have a simpler business and significantly simplify the day-to-day activities and interactions of our customers and colleagues, particularly leveraging digital and data - allowing them to do more, faster and more easily.

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Sustainable Company

We’ll be a sustainable company, delivering impact on the most critical challenges facing our customers, colleagues and society – ensuring ongoing stability and resilience for our expanded customer base.

Our Values

Our purpose is supported by four key values. These guide us in everything we say and do. They are our moral guidelines; our compass for our ways of working and the behaviours we demonstrate every day. Living our values enables us to provide the very best possible service, holds us accountable, and demands that we deliver on our ability to constantly seek new solutions for the benefit of everyone; customers, colleagues and our communities.

Everything we do is for our customers. Our business is designed around them. We are empathetic, we listen, and we work hard to meet their needs, connecting with them to make them feel valued. Their success is our success.

We achieve more when we work together. We collaborate, we share ideas, we challenge thinking, and we learn from and care for one another. We value the real power that lies in our capacity to harness our diverse skills and experiences for the good of the whole.

We are trusted and supported to take ownership for our actions. We are trusted and supported to deliver the commitments we make to our customers, colleagues and communities. We accept responsibility for our decisions and actions.

We move quickly and make things simple to deliver positive outcomes for customers and for us. We move quickly, with purpose, to deliver our promises for customers and the Bank. We exercise good judgement, avoid complexity and work smarter together to get to the solution quickly.

Benefits and Employee Schemes


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Look after yourself

From meditation to football, whatever keeps you sharp we’re up for nurturing with our improvement benefits.


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Pay & benefits

We provide a range of benefits to support you to deliver your best.


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Drive your career journey

Our career framework will help you to capitalise on the many opportunities within the organisation.


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Professional training

There is a range of supports available for your professional qualifications, including time off to study.


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Volunteering

Alongside our commitment to our charity partners, we donate a day a year for you to give back to your community.


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Personal development

Your continuing commitment to personal development will be supported through our Learning and Development offering.

And there's more...

We invest time in a huge variety of activities focused on the personal wellbeing of our colleagues. Read more about some of the initiatives that you will be able to get involved in and see the many ways in which teams and individuals make a difference for our customers, colleagues and communities.

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Employee Support Networks

Our Employee Support Networks are organised by communities of colleagues who work together to drive our progress in Inclusion & Diversity by promoting inclusion, diversity and representation of the interests of specific communities. The Networks provide awareness and education to build understanding and leverage the power of difference.

Read more about Bank of Ireland's commitment to Inclusion and Diversity, and how the Employee Support Networks work to enable our colleagues reach their full potential.

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Financial Wellbeing

What is financial Wellbeing? People who can confidently manage their money and plan their spend are financially well. We offer appointments with our Bank at Work advisors on site across main BOI buildings, Financial Wellbeing talks delivered by our Financial Wellbeing coaches, and an online financial healthcheck, designed to assess how well prepared you are to meet your financial needs by providing a moment-in-time snapshot of your Financial Wellbeing.

Read more about the products and services offered to Bank of Ireland staff, and take a financial healthcheck now.

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Employee Assistance Programme

You and your family will have access to free and confidential support through our Employee Assistance Programme provided by Laya. This service is accessible at any time, no matter where you are. Your EAP offers solution focused counselling and referral services, as well as legal assistance, financial assistance, consumer advice, career guidance, life coaching, mediation, health advice and advice on practical day to day issues and services. Support is also provided for Non-Nationals colleagues to help make the transition to a new country as smooth as possible.

Read more about your Employee Assistance Programme and the services provided.

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The Bank of Ireland Staff Charitable Fund

Previously known as the Staff Third World Fund, this fund has been supporting the alleviation of extreme poverty in the developing world since 1982. The Staff Charitable Fund has three aims: to help relieve poverty; support advances in education; and help improve living conditions in the developing world.

100% of monies donated to the Fund go directly to charitable causes in the developing world, through select partnerships with local and global charities who apply to the Fund for monetary support.

If you would like to support the Fund or to find out more information, please contact staffthirdworldfund@boi.com.

Things you can do to prepare for day one…

  • Check the dress code for your team with your recruiter
  • Think of questions you want answered when you meet your team - we find that new joiners benefit from having a person available to bounce questions off so we will assign a buddy when you arrive
  • Familiarise yourself with Bank of Ireland in our company overview
  • Ask your new manager if there is any pre-reading that you can do in advance of starting
  • And finally, make sure you know when and where to go on your first day, and who to ask for on arrival. Familiarise yourself with the location information through the location finder below.

 

A community for you...

Browse the current Communities of Practice below to find out more

Coaching

The Coaching Lunch & Learn sessions have proved very informative, giving attendees a deeper understanding of what Coaching is (and isn't) and providing time to practice using new Coaching Tools.

Data and Analytics

The Data and Analytics CoP hosts monthly lunch and learn events with internal speakers, and evening events with invited external speakers. The community aims to share success, encourage collaboration, improve data literacy and build on the ideas of others. Getting involved has translated into career progression for individuals, and new value realisation ideas for the analytics teams.

Project Management

The Project Management CoP has run a series of successful events (both lunch and learn and evening events) aimed at promoting the project management discipline and methodology. These events, aimed at both aspiring and seasoned project managers, have had a variety of speakers: the Irish women's Hockey Manager, an Olympian, a construction project manager and an expert in financial regulation. Each event has offered best practice guidance for continuous improvement in the project management field of expertise. Join us to develop and embed your skills in this growing area of specialisation.

Toastmasters

Join the Toastmasters Community of Practice to improve your public speaking in a fun and supportive group. You'll also be able to develop broader leadership skills and acquire external certification.

Financial Markets

Do you follow the stock market? Own any shares? Or track interest rates or currency markets? Maybe you'd just like to understand financial markets a little better? If so, you may be interested in meeting some like-minded people. The Financial Markets CoP is lead by The Markets Group within the Markets & Treasury Division.

Robotics / AI

Are you interested in Robotic Process Automation? Maybe you'd just like to understand RPA versus AI a little better? Perhaps you don't know the first thing about Robotics or AI but would like to find out. If so, you may be interested in meeting some like-minded people through the Robotics / AI CoP.

Sustainability

Are you interested in climate change/concerned about the impact we are having on our environment? Would you like to share ideas and learn more about you can become more sustainable at home and at work? If so, you may be interested in meeting some like-minded people through the Sustainability CoP.

Not for Profit

There are many ways of volunteering to support charities or other not for profit (NFP) organisations like schools or sports clubs to help our communities to thrive. One way to support NFPs is to serve on their boards or committees as directors/trustees. The NFP COP is aimed at colleagues who may already be supporting NFPs and equally those who are interested in finding out more about this type of volunteering.