Organisational Effectiveness Manager - VP

People Analytics Organisational Effectiveness Manager

As a People Analytics Organisational Effectiveness Manager at Barclays, you will play a pivotal role in helping Leaders assess organisational health, focusing on improving the effectiveness of organisational culture, behaviour, leadership, skills, and capability. Your work will enable senior leader decisions that improve embedding a culture of Consistently Excellent (CE) performance across the organisation by translating complex data insights into strategic initiatives that drive cultural change, coordinating cross-functional initiatives, and managing projects to ensure the Organisational Effectiveness team actively embeds CE principles into Barclays’ operations.

You will leverage a holistic approach, supporting effective organisational design and strategic workforce planning, working collaboratively with SME’s across Human Resources and our wider Colleague Experience and Automation teams. Acting as a bridge between HR, data analytics, and Organisational Effectiveness, you will leverage your expertise to foster connections between various teams and data sources. Your role will involve making data tell a compelling story that enables data-led decisions and drives transformation. You will be at the forefront of a cultural shift, using your insights to influence decisions and strategies that enhance organisational effectiveness, ensuring Barclays continues to evolve as a world-class organisation. In essence, you will be a change agent, a storyteller, and a strategist, supporting the organisation in understanding the current state and shaping a future where CE behaviours are lived and breathed across Barclays, setting new benchmarks for excellence in the industry.

Key Competencies

To be successful as an Organisational Effectiveness Manager, you should have experience with:

• HR Analytics: Business Qualification in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, or Data Analytics, with experience in HR analytics, consulting, or a related field.
• Project Management: Strong skills in managing multiple projects, ensuring alignment with broader strategic goals.
• Data Visualization: Proficiency in presenting complex data clearly using standard tools.
• Strategic Communication: Communication skills to engage stakeholders and drive data led recommendations in the context of business strategy and objectives.
• Insight Translation: Ability to convert complex data insights into clear, strategic narratives.

You may be assessed on 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.

Purpose of the Role

Uses data and analytics to diagnose, develop, and support the implementation of strategies to improve the overall effectiveness of the organisation. Collaborates with HR, business leaders, and colleagues across all levels to identify and address areas for improvement. All aspects of organisational health are considered, covering organisation design, governance, talent, leadership, and culture.

Accountabilities

• DIAGNOSE: Clarification of the organisation's mission, vision, and strategy and the identification of organisational health opportunities in alignment with these.
• DESIGN: Development and design of organisation change initiatives.
• DELIVER: Support HR and business leads with the implementation of prioritised change initiatives, through guidance and advice.
• TRACK & MONITOR: Enable the business and HR to track KPIs and overall effectiveness of identified initiatives through the provision of accurate data and analytics.
• Creation of a culture of continuous improvement, partnering with HRBPs to encourage business leaders and colleagues to constantly look for ways to improve organisational health in their respective business areas.
• Training and development facilitation to HRBPs, leaders, and colleagues on topics such as organisation design and strategic workforce planning.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage processes; deliver continuous improvements.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
• As an individual contributor, be a subject matter expert within your discipline and guide technical direction, lead assignments, and coach less experienced specialists.
• Advise key stakeholders on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks, demonstrating leadership and accountability for strengthening controls.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation's functions to contribute to achieving business goals.
• Collaborate with other areas of work for business-aligned support areas to stay updated with business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, incorporating extensive research in problem-solving processes.
• Build and maintain trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives.

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.