Learning & Development Advisor

Barclays; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Barclays as a Learning and Development Advisor, where you will shape impactful learning experiences for Wholesale Lending Operations. Your expertise in training delivery and stakeholder management will drive the development of operational colleagues through tailored training programmes, ensuring alignment with industry best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Learning & Development or Training delivery role.
• Excellent understanding of wholesale banking or lending operations.
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop training programmes to support operational teams.
• Monitor training effectiveness and recommend improvements.
• Participate in projects to improve operational efficiency.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Risk and Controls

Change and Transformation

Business Acumen

Strategic Thinking

Digital and Technology Skills

Tools

Loan IQ

Job description

Join us as a Learning and Development Advisor at Barclays, where you will play a key role in shaping and delivering impactful learning experiences across Wholesale Lending Operations. You will work closely with business stakeholders, subject matter experts, operational teams, and project groups to define training requirements, develop user accreditation plans, and ensure the timely delivery of learning aligned to programme milestones.

To be successful as a Learning and Development Advisor, you should have experience with:

• Previous experience in a Learning & Development or Training delivery role.

• An excellent understanding of wholesale banking, lending operations or Corporate /investment banking.

• Great stakeholder management skills and the ability to work across cross-functional project teams.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Previous experience of Loan IQ.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be located at our Manchester office.

Purpose of the role

To educate and upskill operational colleagues through training, coaching and knowledge transfer initiatives.

Accountabilities

• Development of training programmes, workshops and other initiatives to coach and support the knowledge transfer and skill development of the banking operational teams/colleagues.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of training programmes and making recommendations for improvement.
• Identification of industry trends and developments to implement best practice in learning and development.
• Execution of training needs assessments and collaborating across the bank to identify gaps in knowledge and skills.
• Participation in projects and initiatives to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness in relation to learning and development.
• Identifying risk and issues internally within team and ability to escalate appropriately.
• Maintain Barclays branding, ensuring all materials are reflective of the standards; adhering to Barclays governance, standards and policies.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.