Workforce Change & Restructuring Change Manager

Company: Barclays
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

Location: London

Hybrid: 3 days a week in office

Length: 6 months

PAYE only

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, optimise costs and comply with legal and regulatory obligations. Our vision is to become a simple, efficient and insightful best-in-class Workforce Change & Restructuring service while keeping the bank safe.

Role Purpose

The role holder will support the Workforce Change and Restructuring delivery model across Barclays and will be allocated projects across the entities.

Responsibilities

  • Drive and support allocated change programmes.

  • Support and drive the HR workstream for change programmes such as restructuring, LEE transfers, outsourcing, insourcing, new site set up, pan-entity and across global locations, leveraging in-country HRBP, ER and other specialist HR functions as required.

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 examples of Workforce Change / Restructuring (must be shown throughout your CV)

  • Experience in handling/liaising with/managing unions or union representatives in heavily unionised environments

  • Experience leading union/works council consultations

  • Employee/workforce consultations and/or redundancies experience

  • Experience on TUPE projects/programmes

  • Experience leading large-scale/multiple change programmes

  • Experience delivering change programmes outside the UK

  • Understanding of current employment legislation

  • Project management, change management and stakeholder management skills

  • Experience working in a highly matrixed organisation

  • Appreciation of cultural and geographic sensitivities

  • Excellent analytical and data skills; confident with data

  • Excel at an intermediate level with experience in merging sheets, data management, pivot tables, vlookups, and handling large data sets; ability to use formulas for quality checks

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 – experience in merging sheets, data management, data manipulation, pivot tables, vlookups, and handling large data sets

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, customers and clients, and geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations worldwide, and a top-tier, full-service global corporate and investment bank, all supported by its service company providing technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. These values inform relationships with customers and colleagues and shape how Barclays measures and rewards performance.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and are empowered to contribute fully to Barclays’ vision and goals.

Hybrid Working

Barclays offers a hybrid working experience blending onsite collaboration with remote work. Roles may have fixed onsite days; discuss the pattern with the hiring manager. The hybrid model is in a test-and-learn phase and, on reasonable notice, working arrangements may change to meet business needs.

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a range of financial and personal benefits, including a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay, 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, and discounts at various retailers and entertainment providers.

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Posted: July 11th, 2026