Organisation Effectiveness Specialist

Barclays UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension plan

Holiday pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff discounts

Job summary

Barclays UK is seeking an Organisation Effectiveness Specialist (AVP) in London or Glasgow to support the Organisation Simplification programme, designing simpler, better, and balanced structures. You will partner with Directors and HR leaders to drive end-to-end org design and organisational health initiatives.

The role focuses on preparing for AI adoption and ongoing agile rollout, with a 6-month contract. Hybrid working is expected, and collaboration with senior stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in transformation or org simplification programmes.
• Proven ability to lead with senior stakeholders including C-suite.
• Experience in a bank/financial services environment.
• Comfort with pivots due to leadership changes or AI adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end activities: Handle project management, org design, and implementation.
• Prepare for the future: Focus on AI implementation and rollout of agile ways of working.
• Collaborate across teams: Coordinate with HRBPs, Chief of Staff, external consultants and workforce change teams.
• Drive Org Health assessments: Monitor leading/lagging indicators and translate insights into action.

Skills

Top-tier consulting experience

Org design expertise

Stakeholder management

Adaptability

Financial services exposure

Tools

Orgvue

Visier

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

OrgViewer

Job description

Role: Organisation Effectiveness Specialist (AVP)

Location: London or Glasgow

Contract Duration: 6 months

About The Role

As part of the strategy to become simpler, better, and balanced, the Organisation Simplification programme is a multi-year, enterprise-wide transformation focused on reducing friction, simplifying delivery, and enabling faster, clearer decision-making.

The Organisational Effectiveness team supports this by helping the business remove organisational barriers that slow progress. Working directly with the Director and Organisation Design Lead, this role will support individual business areas to design simpler, better, and more balanced organisational structures.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end activities: Handle project management, org design, and implementation.
• Prepare for the future: Focus heavily on preparing the organisation for AI implementation and continuing the rollout of agile ways of working.
• Collaborate across teams: Coordinate closely with Business HRBPs, Business Management/Chief of Staff teams, external consultants, and workforce change/implementation teams
• Drive Org Health assessments: Drive organisational health: Monitor and interpret leading and lagging indicators of org health, spotting risks early and turning insight into action.

Experience & Qualifications Required

• Professional Background: Experience in a top-tier consulting firm or an internal Org Design role within a bank/financial services institution.
• Programme track record: Proven experience working on similar programmes focused on transformation, org simplification and productivity improvement
• Stakeholder Management: Comfortable working with senior HR BPs, Directors, and MD-level stakeholders (C-Suite experience is highly advantageous).
• Adaptability: Ability to stay comfortable and effective as focus areas pivot due to leadership changes, AI adoption, or external factors.

Desirable

• Systems & Platforms:
  • Prior experience with Orgvue or Visier is highly desirable.
  • Familiarity with alternative platforms like PowerBI, Tableau, Qlick, PeopleMaps, OrgBuilder, OTH, or OrgViewer is beneficial and shows transferable skills.
• Additional Beneficial Skills: Agile/Scrum or SAFe certifications (like Prosci), or a basic understanding of people analytics (to interpret data).

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 measures and rewards 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 Working

Barclays is currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Barclays is flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. Barclays also has a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances

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.