Group Technology Talent Partner

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with the Technology Exco and HR Director as the Talent SME point of contact, to provide oversight of all Talent and DEI needs - supporting both internal and external recruitment and the development of colleagues.
• Stay ahead of industry and best-in-class talent trends and diagnose skills requirements and emerging themes.
• Co-create and oversee the Talent Coverage delivery against plans for attracting, upskilling, and reskilling the workforce.
• Contribute to the continued evolution of the Technology Employee Value Proposition to ensure longer-term competitiveness.
• Provide Talent Partnering support to the head of Change & Transformation and the Change Job Family.

This is a senior-level independent contributor role within the Talent function therefore, a deep understanding of the roles that comprise the Technology job family is required, alongside providing a breadth of Talent COE/SME knowledge to advise senior stakeholders in the business and within HR.

Purpose of the Role

To source, attract, recruit, and develop talented individuals in support of talent retention across the organisation.

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of recruitment and development strategies and programmes that align with the bank’s business goals, including talent attraction and development.
• Workforce planning, forecasting, and talent needs assessment to anticipate hiring and training needs.
• Development of compelling job content and training material to engage and retain top talent.
• Onboarding processes for new hires, including orientation sessions administration, to facilitate a smooth transition into the organisation.
• Monitoring and reporting of key recruitment and development metrics, including the identification of areas for improvement and optimisation.
• Stakeholder management of business leaders, talent sourcing and development firms, and professional organisations to develop a strong talent pipeline.

Director Expectations

• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function-wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate, and enable resourcing, budgeting, and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalate breaches of policies/procedures appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensuring regulations are observed and that relevant processes are in place to facilitate adherence.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division/Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector/functional knowledge and insight into external market developments/initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/sensitive situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
• Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/business divisions.
• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

"All Senior 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."
- Barclays Leadership

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.