Wfc&r India Avp

Job Title WFC&R India AVP
Location: Chennai

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our 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 our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.
If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

Introduction:
The role holder will support allocated Change Programmes across the Global book of work. They will report to the Workforce Change Lead in India and be part of the stand-up of a new specialist Workforce Change team based in India. They will need to have a focus on continuous improvement and continue to deliver a high quality service to the business whist simplifying process and making activities more efficient. A training programme will be provided to upskill the role holder in managing change in different regions (particularly the UK Legal and IR framework).

What will you be doing?

The role holder will be responsible for the following key deliverables in Workforce Change & Restructuring:
Project Initiation
- Ensure the HR project plan supports the business implementation plan / RAID log / reporting requirements
- Engage key HR stakeholders engaged on project, including regional counterparts

Due Diligence
- Understand and ensure adherence to the legal and IR framework for the specific type of change and country/region in scope
- Feed into overall project timelines
- Ensure the project team are aware of any applicable policies that may impact approach, timelines or costs

Consultation
- Support the business in the development of Unite/Employee Forum consultation materials, including powerpoint decks and FAQ documents
- Ensure that meetings are documented and that minutes & actions are issued to attendees post the meeting
- Provide regular updates to Unite and/or other employee representatives through project life cycle
- Share communication collateral with Unite in advance of colleague communications and facilitate Unite attendance during announcement meetings (if agreed through consultation)

Implementation
- Co-ordinate and deliver implementation plans
- Deliver projects compliant with HR policies and procedures and comply with appropriate documentation and storage of project materials in line with audit requirements
- Support the preparation of project communications, 1:1 collateral and other templates
- Prepare and facilitate communicating manager briefing sessions
- Ensure timely and accurate processing of employee records/documents in partnership with HR Operations

What we’re looking for:

- Ability to think commercially whilst managing and mitigating Risk
- Self-starter with the commitment to driving through change within the HR function
- Excellent analytical and data skills, including intermediate use of Excel and PowerPoint
- Strong verbal and written communication skills

Skills that will help you in the role:

- Experience of working with UK based HR teams
- Employee Relations experience (either within an ER team or a HR generalist role), preferably in managing change in either India or UK jurisdictions

Where will you be working?
Chennai

Be More at Barclays
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.

Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.

Service
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