DEI Partner - Data strategy and External partnerships

Join us as DEI Partner - Data Strategy and External Partnerships within the DEI space to support the lead Business Partner to an entity and region in their role to operate as a thought leader and strategic partner across HR and the business. You will pro-actively seek out opportunities to improve strategy and business outcomes as it relates to D&I, embedding and driving progress for our multi-year strategy and ambitions, including developing, monitoring, and reporting on indicators of success and challenges.

The ideal candidate must have:

• Stakeholder management, consultation, and influencing skills
• Analytical skills, leveraging insightful data to solve problems and influence decisions
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Great collaboration and diplomacy skills, thriving in bringing people of all levels together

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Purpose of the Role

To seek out opportunities to improve colleague and business outcomes as it relates to DEI, working with stakeholders at all levels.

Accountabilities

• Development and support of progress across the DEI agendas.
• Implementation and embedment of DEI strategy in partnership with DEI counsels, business, and ERGs, working to influence and build accountability across the business to drive outcomes.
• Collaboration with other departments to ensure that DEI is embedded in all aspects of the business across the colleague, customer & client, and community lifecycles.
• Development of monitoring (measuring and tracking) and reporting on indicators of success, creating insight and analysis to make recommendations for improvement.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraising performance relative to objectives and determining reward outcomes.
• 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.
• For an individual contributor, lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identifying the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, combining cross-functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; provide advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, requiring understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work for business-aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources, to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information, including sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.