PD&E/Japan ER

Embrace on a new journey and act as the local representative for the delivery of the ER agenda for Japan, where you will be providing subject matter expertise and guidance on ER matters, in partnership with the Asia ER team. You will help to manage Employee Relations cases in the Japan office including disciplinaries, grievances, performance management and sickness cases, ensuring a consistent and pragmatic approach, coordinate with investigation and control teams, including Litigation, Compliance and Chief Security Office Investigations.

You’ll ensure the Japan Rules of Employment and other policies are in line with employment legislation and changing business requirements. Proactively identify policy/process improvements and input into regional and global policy reviews. You will also have a chance to manage workforce change and restructuring in Japan in partnership with the Japan based HR Delivery & Advisory team and the Asia ER team and act as the local representative for the BeWell Programme for Japan including the Employee Assistance Programme.

Key skills required for this role include:

• Stakeholder Management
• Risk and Controls
• Employee Experience

Purpose of the role

To partner with business to deliver HR projects and programmes in alignment with the delivery service catalogue. 

Accountabilities

• Collaboration across the function to deliver HR cyclical and non-cyclical activities such as: organisational design, talent reviews, D&I strategy, annual promotion processes, pay round implementation, succession planning, and other HR practices.
• Project manage defined cyclical and non-cyclical activity ensuring use of project artefacts and collateral.
• Monitoring and evaluation of project progress, including risks and mitigations and closing of project as appropriate.
• Manage project implementation reviews and ensuring improvements are identified and implemented in line with customer feedback.
• Manage key stakeholder relationships with both HR Business Partners and business leadership using business insights and knowledge to support delivery of key projects.

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.