Security Learning Lead

Join Barclays as a Security Learning Lead, where, as a learning professional, you’ll drive the evolution of our learning landscape to ensure CSO colleagues receive top-tier guidance on learning and development. The Security Learning Lead is crucial to the success of the Security Culture initiative, and for ensuring Barclays colleagues have best-in-class learning and guidance on all security topics. Working closely with stakeholders across all service areas within the Chief Security Office, you will be responsible for improving security behaviours across the bank, using a deep knowledge of learning theory to create bespoke interventions. You will also be responsible for identifying learning needs within CSO, and designing appropriate solutions. 

To be successful as a Security Learning Lead, you will need the following:

• Proven experience in Learning and Development (e.g., as an L&D Manager or Training Manager) in a large complex organisation, with a strong ability to manage extensive work portfolios, facilitate learning, and present effectively.
• Background in improving organisational culture through education and engagement, supported by knowledge of behavioural and learning theories; familiarity with security culture and behaviours is a plus.
• Significant experience in designing and delivering end-to-end learning programs with a variety of effective L&D methods, including digital design (e-learning, infographics, digital collateral, etc.).
• Strong stakeholder management skills, particularly with Director and MD-level leaders, coupled with a passion for colleague development, self-motivation, and effective facilitation skills.
• Experience translating technical messages into learning content.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience designing and delivering both technical and non-technical training to support technology deployment.
• Strong understanding of change management principles and techniques for leading change initiatives, helping people through change journeys, and applying behaviour change knowledge.

You may be assessed on the 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.

The successful candidate will be based in Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures. 

Accountabilities

• Management of change projects within the organisation, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Development and management of project plans that outline the scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for change projects.
• Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
• Management of project teams, ensuring that they are properly resourced and that they have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver on project objectives.
• Management of project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered within the agreed budget.
• Creation of reports on project progress to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Management of project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
• Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Vice President Expectations

• 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.