HR Apprenticeship 2025

Annual Salary: £24,000 + benefits

Getting qualified. It's a huge achievement that can completely change your prospects – but it’s not always open to everyone, whether that's due to the cost of university or the timing not being right. But with our Foundation Apprenticeship, all that can change. Here at Barclays we offer a world-class programme that provides you with a permanent, full-time job with a competitive salary from day one -all whilst gaining a university-level professional qualification at the same time. Whether you're a school-leaver looking for alternative options to the traditional university route or you're someone thinking differently about your future, we'll help you to build an extraordinary career at Barclays, no matter your background.

Why a Barclays Apprenticeship?

You’ll get the opportunity to earn whilst working towards a Project Management Apprenticeship, a perfect blend of theoretical learning and real-life practical work whilst on a full-time salary in a permanent job. A unique chance to get a professional qualification without the student loan, all whilst getting years of work experience under your belt. Due to the evolving nature of Apprenticeships, a new Apprenticeship might become available and if deemed more relevant to your role, we'll change the Apprenticeship before you start.

We’ve spent 15 years perfecting the support that you’ll receive on our Apprenticeship programme. From day one, you’ll be assigned a Programme Support Manager matched to your needs and background, and together with your People Leader, they’ll support you as an individual. We’ll also match you to an expert in your specialist subject, ready to share their knowledge.

The Apprenticeship route gives you the opportunity for self-discovery and helps you to explore different career paths. With over 325 years of expertise in Banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries, employing over 80,000 people to help move, lend, invest and protect money for customers and clients worldwide. Giving you endless opportunities to network and discover what makes you tick.

Our programme is open to anyone, no matter your background or your age. So you’ll be joining an Apprenticeship cohort who are from all different walks of life, whether that’s school leavers starting their career, ex-military wanting to kick-start a career in the corporate world to parents wanting to return to work after having time off.

HR at Barclays

People Analytics and Culture

People Analytics & Culture is responsible for providing data-led insights and analytics to our clients to inform decision-making through best in class services in products. Our strategy is to enable HR’s objective of making Barclays a great place to work by leveraging our people and business data. We want to: drive greater insight from our data to allow Barclays to make the right decisions about its people; leverage data and behavioural science to build better, more personalised HR products and services; measure the impact of HR and true value to the business.

As an Apprentice, you'll study Project Management and apply that theoretical learning to real life analytical projects, learning skills such as computing, mathematics and statistics to understand employee behaviour as well as to improve our work environment and employee experience in order to help colleagues achieve their ambition, in the right way.

Are you eligible?

First, you’ll need the right qualifications. For the Project Management Apprenticeship in Glasgow you'll need qualifications at SCQF Level 6 or equivalent, and good numeracy skills.

Beyond that though, we’re also looking for commitment and enthusiasm. Our Apprenticeships place deep investment in you as an individual. That means we need you to match that commitment: you’ll turn up every day ready to work hard, push yourself, and think differently about what you’re capable of. You’ll have the backing of a global bank, and you’ll rise to that expectation.

To apply for our apprentice programme you must meet the Government's apprentice funding requirements, and have the legal right to work in the UK for the duration of the apprentice programme. We are not able to provide sponsorship for our apprentice programme.

Working in Glasgow

Our brand new state-of-the-art campus in Glasgow is somewhere you'll want to work. It's the home of a team of 5,500 colleagues who thrive in an environment that's designed with collaboration and the future of work in mind. The campus is made up of creative spaces and technology with hybrid working opportunities at the heart. The campus is inclusive to all, with a specific focus on neurodiversity through our partnership with Scottish Autism.

As well as offering the perfect space for collaborative working, there's also plenty to get involved in outside of your day job. From live music in the canteen, a rooftop bar that overlooks the Clyde for meeting up with colleagues after hours and even an on-site beekeeping club.

Purpose of the role

To support the day-to-day operations of the human resources division through Provision of insights and expertise that help more senior colleagues make informed decisions. Also support the development of new products and services in addition to identification of new market opportunities.

Accountabilities

Execution of small research projects to support strategic decision making, preparation of presentations and reports to communicate research findings, collaboration with relevant leaders to implement research findings.Collaboration with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.Participation in training and development programs to enhance skills and knowledge.Participation in the identification of opportunities, development of business cases and the deployment and launch of new products and services for human resources.Management of client relationships and provision of customer service support to clients and customers responding to questions about products and services, processing of transactions, and resolution of customer complaints.Management of the development and implementation of financial models and strategies that support in decision making for human resources.Development of HR insights, the colleague journeys the function is responsible for, and HR services and measures whilst building an understanding of Barclays and its businesses.

Analyst Expectations

To meet the needs of stakeholders/ customers through operational excellence and customer servicePerform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standardNo people leadership roles at this grade.Execute work requirements as identified in processes and procedures, collaborating with and impacting on the work of team members.Identify escalation of policy breaches as required.Take responsibility for customer service and operational execution tasks.Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.Gain and maintain an understanding of own role, how the team integrates to achieve overall objectives, alongside knowledge of the work of other teams within the function.Work within well-defined procedures that may involve a variety of work routines.Demonstrate an understanding of the procedures.Evaluate and select the appropriate alternatives from defined options.Make judgements based on the analysis of factual information.Build relationships with stakeholders and customers to identify and address their needs, in support of a smooth operating process, handling sensitive issues as required.

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.

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