Senior HR Business Partner - Workforce Change & Restructuring

Barclays; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading British bank seeks an experienced professional to support the Workforce Change and Restructuring delivery model. This role involves driving various change programmes across multiple entities while leveraging HR expertise. The ideal candidate must demonstrate strong experience in Workforce Change, project management, and handling union consultations, along with solid analytical and Excel skills. The role offers a hybrid working model, with one day a week required in the office.

Benefits

Wide range of financial and personal benefits

Enrollment in a pension plan

Holiday pay

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts at various retailers and restaurants

Qualifications

• Proven experience in driving Workforce Change and restructuring projects.
• Experience in managing consultations in heavily unionised environments.
• Strong analytical skills demonstrating confidence with data.

Responsibilities

• Support Workforce Change and Restructuring delivery model across Barclays.
• Drive and support allocated change programmes.
• Manage HR workstream for various change programmes.

Skills

Strong examples of Workforce Change / Restructuring

Experience with Unions & Union representatives

Experience leading Union consultations

Employee Consultations and Redundancies experience

Experience on Tupe projects/programmes

Leading large scale/multiple change programmes

Delivering change programmes outside the UK

Understanding current employment legislation

Project management skills

Change management skills

Stakeholder management skills

Excellent analytical and data skills

Intermediate Excel skills

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Location

Location: London / Northampton / Radbroke / Glasgow (any of these)

Hybrid

Hybrid: 1 day a week in office

Length

6 months

PAYE only

PAYE only

About Workforce Change & Restructuring

About Workforce Change & Restructuring: Employee Relations Workforce Change & Restructuring (‘ER WFC&R’) manages the global change and restructuring portfolios across all employing entities; supporting the shaping of the workforce to meet long-term objectives and achieve optimum business performance, optimise costs and comply with legal and regulatory obligations. Our vision is to become a more simple, efficient and insightful best in class Workforce Change & Restructuring service whilst keeping the bank safe

Overall purpose of the role

Overall purpose of the role: The role holder will support the Workforce Change and Restructuring delivery model pan Barclays and will be allocated projects across the entities.

• The role holder will be required to drive and support allocated change programmes.
• Support and drive the HR workstream for change programmes such as restructuring, LEE transfers, outsourcing, in sourcing, new site set up, pan entity and across our global locations leveraging in country HRBP, ER and other specialist HR functions as required.

Key Accountabilities

Key Accountabilities: The role holder will be responsible for the following key deliverables in Employee Relations:

• Project Initiation
• Due Diligence
• Consultation
• Implementation
• Communication Plan
• Governance and Risk
• COE

Key Skills

• Strong/numerous examples of Workforce Change / Restructuring (must be shown throughout your CV)
• Experience in handling/liaising with/managing Unions & Union representatives or conducting WFC in a heavily unionised environments
• Experience of leading Union/works council consultations
• Employee/Workforce Consultations and/or Redundancies experience
• Experience working on Tupe projects/programmes
• Experience of leading large scale/multiple change programmes
• Experience of delivering change programmes outside the UK
• A good understanding of current employment legislation
• Project management, change management and stakeholder management skills
• Experience of working in a highly matrixed organisation
• Solid appreciation of the importance of recognising cultural and geographic sensitivities
• Excellent analytical and data skills; be confident around data
• Excel to an intermediate level, and so experienced in merging sheets, data management, pivot tables, vlookups, and handling large amounts of data in Excel, and preferably able to use formulas to do quality checking of data

Essential Experience

• Technical - consultancy, unions, redundancy and relevant legal requirements
• Project Management skills
• Show in your CV how you structure and run a program, and track everything.
• MS Excel - experienced in merging sheets, data management, data manipulation, pivot tables, vlookups, and handling large amounts of data in Excel

About Barclays

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 Working Experience

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.