Talent Development Specialist

Join the Advisor Academy at an exciting stage of growth, helping to shape how Private Bank and Wealth Management (PBWM) develops future talent. As part of an embedded team that partners closely with the business to support skill development, talent priorities and commercial growth, this role will lead the design and delivery of talent initiatives, including the Junior Banker Programme and innovative solutions such as AI-enabled coaching. Working within the Advisor Academy, the role will help shape the future of talent development for client-facing colleagues across PBWM.

What you will be doing

• Lead talent initiatives within the Advisor Academy that support the growth and development of PBWM’s client-facing colleagues.
• Own the strategy, design and delivery of talent pathways and initiatives, including the PBWM Junior Banker Programme.
• Drive the adoption and evolution of innovative development solutions, including AI-enabled coaching and digital learning.
• Partner with Induction and Skill Development leads to create a seamless colleague journey from onboarding through to ongoing development.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders to identify talent opportunities and shape development solutions aligned to business priorities.
• Use data, insight, and feedback to measure impact, inform decisions and continuously enhance programmes.

Essential Skills

• Talent Strategy & Programme Leadership within banking/financial services – Ability to design, deliver and evolve talent initiatives and development pathways aligned to business priorities.
• Stakeholder Management & Influencing – Strong ability to build credible relationships, influence decisions and partner effectively with senior leaders and business stakeholders.
• Facilitation & Coaching – Skilled in facilitating impactful workshops, development experiences and coaching conversations that support colleague growth and performance.

Desired Skills

• Data-Driven Decision Making – Ability to use insights, feedback and performance measures to evaluate impact and continuously enhance talent initiatives.
• Learning Innovation & Digital Solutions – Experience adopting and embedding innovative development approaches, including digital learning and AI-enabled coaching solutions.
• Commercial & Strategic Thinking – Ability to align development initiatives to business priorities, talent needs and long-term organisational goals

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.

This role is based in London.

Purpose of the role

To design and implement programmes and initiatives that support the growth and development of the bank’s employees and leaders. 

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of training and development programmes and initiatives, including creation and execution of training sessions, workshops, and other learning opportunities.
• Collaboration with HR and hiring managers to analyse the current and future development needs of the organisation.
• Design and delivery of classroom and digital based training content, programmes and associated User Experience.
• Management of onboarding programmes including training, onboarding materials, introduction meetings and providing support throughout the onboarding process.
• Analysis of data and metrics to measure success of talent development programmes and initiatives.
• Development and implementation of coaching and mentoring programmes, train the trainer programmes for facilitators and relevant educational materials.
• Develop and implement talent pipelining processes, identifying, managing, progressing and promoting talent capability across the bank with succession management and career progression’.

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.