AVP- Workforce Change & Restructuring Specialist

Location: London / Radbroke / Glasgow

Hybrid: 2 days a week in office 

Length: 6 months 

PAYE only 

About Us: 

At Barclays, our Employee Relations Workforce Change & Restructuring (ER WFC&R) team is pivotal in shaping our global workforce to meet future challenges and achieve business excellence. We’re committed to delivering top-notch, efficient, and insightful restructuring services, ensuring that we not only meet regulatory standards but also enhance performance and safety across our organization.

Your Role: We’re on the lookout for passionate professionals to drive and support key change initiatives across Barclays. In this exciting role, you’ll manage and execute impactful projects, working closely with various entities and global locations.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead Change Programmes: Drive and support projects related to restructuring, transfers, outsourcing, and more, ensuring seamless execution across global sites.

• Collaborate Globally: Work with in-country HRBPs, ER specialists, and other experts to manage change processes effectively.

• Manage Key Deliverables: Oversee all stages of project delivery, from initiation and due diligence to implementation, communication, and governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Management: Handle complex projects including redundancies, reorganizations, and new entity setups.

• Consultation & Communication: Engage with unions, employee representatives, and stakeholders to ensure clear and effective communication.

• Analytical Expertise: Utilize strong data skills to manage and analyze large datasets, ensuring accuracy and insight.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven Expertise: Demonstrated experience in workforce change and restructuring, with specific examples in your CV.

• Union and Legal Knowledge: Experience managing union consultations and understanding of TUPE and other legal requirements.

• Global Experience: Proven track record of managing large-scale change programmes and navigating international HR challenges.

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Excel (including pivot tables and data management) and effective communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Dynamic & Resilient: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, handling significant data and large-scale projects with resilience and professionalism.

Essential Qualities:

• Hands-on experience in HR work streams with a focus on restructuring and change management.

• Strong project management skills, with the ability to structure, run, and track complex programmes.

• Excellent analytical and data handling skills, with a knack for making sense of large volumes of information.

About Barclays 

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group. 

Values 

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measure and reward the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity 

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals. 

Hybrid: 

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business. 

Your Benefits 

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.