The United Bank for Africa, UBA, kicked off 2020 with the recruitment of 4,000 new staff and over 5,000 promotions and salary upgrades of 170%.

More than 5,000 staff of the bank began 2020 with cheers as the bank on Friday, January 3, announced its promotion to new grades as well as salary upgrades with immediate effect this January.

Those who are beneficiaries of this exercise will receive up to 170% increase in their salaries and benefits, whilst a good number have been moved to higher grade levels.

The Promotions

In a carefully planned restructuring embarked upon by the bank in the last quarter of 2019, UBA has transformed its grading system and processes to become one of the most competitive within the industry. The bank crashed its grade levels to 12 levels from entry-level to the top of the pyramid where previously it had been 16 levels, hence giving staff easy access to attain top leadership management positions faster.

The Recruitment

In a massive recruitment drive, over 4,000 new staff members resumed in the last week of December 2019 in Nigeria alone at the bank. UBA currently stands as the highest employer of labour among Nigerian banks with a staff strength of close to 20,000.

UBA’s Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Kennedy Uzoka, who announced the bank’s new staff improvement initiatives to the excited employees, noted that UBA is continually seeking new ways to improve the fortunes of its staff as they are the backbone of the organisation.

Mr Uzoka, who spoke to the staff in a bank-wide live broadcast said: “As a leading financial institution, we do not take issues relating to our staff lightly. We take great pride in being a listening bank that has the ears of our employees as they turn the wheels which make the organisation successful for our customers and shareholders. UBA recruits highly talented staff who perform at the best standards and deserve to be remunerated accordingly.

UBA operates in 20 African countries, with a presence in the global financial centres of London, New York, and Paris. UBA provides banking services to more than 17 million customers globally through diverse channels.