Organisation Effectiveness Specialist

Role: Organisation Effectiveness Specialist Location: London or Glasgow Contract Duration: 6 months About the Role and Program As part of the strategy to become simpler, better, and balanced, the Org Simplification programme (Project Catalyst) is a multi-year, enterprise-wide transformation focused on reducing friction, simplifying delivery, and enabling faster, clearer decision-making. The Organisational Effectiveness team supports this by helping the business remove organisational barriers that slow progress. Working directly with the Director and Org Design Lead, this role will support individual business areas to design simpler, better, and more balanced organisational structures. Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end activities: Handle project management, org design, and implementation. Drive Org Health assessments: Track and monitor spans and layers, governance forums, and decision rights. Prepare for the future: Focus heavily on preparing the organisation for AI implementation and

continuing the rollout of agile ways of working. Collaborate across teams: Coordinate closely with Business HRBPs, Business Management/Chief of Staff teams, external consultants, and workforce change/implementation teams Experience & Qualifications Required Professional Background: Experience in a top-tier consulting firm or an internal Org Design role within a bank/financial services institution. Programme Track Record: Proven experience working on similar programmes focused on org simplification, reducing duplication, and improving cost efficiency. You should be able to share clear success metrics (e.g., efficiency gains, cost reductions, or the size of FTE impacted). Stakeholder Management: Comfortable working with senior HR BPs, Directors, and MD-level stakeholders (C-Suite experience is highly advantageous). Systems & Platforms: Prior experience with Orgvue or Visier is highly desirable. Familiarity with alternative platforms like PowerBI, Tableau, Qlick, PeopleMaps, OrgBuilder,
OTH, or OrgViewer is beneficial and shows transferable skills. Additional Beneficial Skills: Agile/Scrum or SAFe certifications (like Prosci), or a basic understanding of people analytics (to interpret data). Adaptability: Ability to stay comfortable and effective as focus areas pivot due to leadership changes, AI adoption, or external factors. About Barclays Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays 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 its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group. Values Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but
they also shape how Barclays measures and rewards the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it. Diversity Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals. Hybrid Working Barclays is currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Barclays is flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to
spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. Barclays also has a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances Your Benefits As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you'll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) holiday pay 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants #J-18808-Ljbffr

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