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 Higher 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 Business 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

You'll join one of the following Transaction Cycles within HR.

Colleague and People Leader Support

The HR Colleague and People Leader Support Transaction Cycle delivers and enables products and processes on behalf of the HR function to the business. In practice, this is the delivery of large scale employee life cycle events like performance management, pay, talent and promotions. As well as supporting the business with advice and guidance on complex HR queries. You'll join a global team spread across the UK, US, Europe & Middle East, India and Asia Pacific covering all the business areas of the bank. You'll join an exciting programme that will give you exposure to all of the different areas of HR and you'll experience real variety wit the types of businesses we support.

Reward & Performance

Within the reward team, you'll support the business in making decisions on the pay offered to employees, whether that's for new-joiners, internal mobility, promotions or annual pay reviews. You'll support with managing queries, working with a broad range of HR areas to understand issuesand finding solutions by analysing data, policies and communicating decisions.

Talent

Talent is responsible for the Attraction, Selection & Development of colleagues, People leaders and Senior People Leaders to unlock their potential and
build their skills both to deliver to their customers but also to fulfil their career aspirations.

Are you eligible?

First, you’ll need the right qualifications. For the HR Apprenticeship in Glasgow you'll need four highers (or equivalent) at ABBB.

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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