Job Description

Purpose of the role

To source, attract and hire qualified candidates for a variety of roles and levels across the organisation.

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of recruitment strategies and programmes that align with the bank’s business goals, including the identification potential candidates through various channels, including job boards, social media, professional networks, and employee referrals.
• Build and maintain talent needs assessment to anticipate hiring needs and maintain a talent pipeline to ensure a consistent pool of qualified candidates.
• Development of compelling job postings and marketing materials, execution and coordination of sourcing, screening and interviewing to assess candidates, making hiring recommendations and negotiating job offers.
• Onboarding processes for new hires, to facilitate a smooth transition into the organisation.
• Monitoring and reporting of key recruitment metrics, such as time-to-fill, cost per hire, and source of hire, including the identification of areas for improvement and optimisation.
• Stakeholder management of hiring managers, talent sourcing firms, and professional organisations to develop a strong talent pipeline.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, Wealth Management, you will support a significant growth agenda within Wealth Management, serving as the key link between business leadership, recruitment delivery teams and external partners. You will take ownership of hiring strategy and talent forecasting activities, ensuring the business has access to the talent required to meet both immediate and long-term growth objectives.

You will drive the effective execution of large-scale recruitment programmes, leveraging data and market insights to inform decision-making, optimise candidate pipelines and improve hiring outcomes. Working in close partnership with the recruitment and employer brand teams, you will help shape a compelling talent proposition, strengthen operational rigour and ensure a seamless recruitment experience across all stages of the hiring lifecycle. Success in this role will come from your ability to balance strategic thinking with delivery oversight in a fast-paced, high-volume hiring environment.

To be successful as a Talent Acquisition Partner, Wealth Management – 12 Months Fixed Term Contract, you will have experience with:

• Delivering high-volume recruitment programmes within a complex, fast-paced environment.

• Workforce planning, talent forecasting and recruitment strategy.

• Ability to influence and partner with senior stakeholders, providing talent market insights and strategic guidance.

• Managing recruitment delivery through RPOs, vendors or multiple sourcing channels to achieve hiring objectives.

• Analytical skills with the ability to use data and recruitment metrics to drive decision-making and performance.

• Wealth Management or another adjacent banking domain.

In addition to role specific skills, you will be assessed on some - or all - of the critical skills required to be successful in this role, including managing change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital & technology, and your approach to risk & control.