Wealth Management Academy Coordinator

Wealth Management Academy Coordinator | Barclays

Join us as an Academy Coordinator, where you’ll manage the end-to-end coordination of Academy hiring programmes. You’ll help build a sustainable pipeline of internally upskilled talent aligned to business demand, training capacity and workforce plans.

• Coordinate Academy intakes from planning through to confirmed start dates, ensuring delivery against agreed timelines and capacity plans.
• Partner with Academy, training and business stakeholders to agree cohort volumes, intake schedules and hiring priorities.
• Produce and maintain pipeline, intake and conversion MI to support planning, governance and decision‑making.
• Ensure candidates meet all readiness requirements before entering and exiting Academy programmes.
• Identify delivery risks, manage dependencies and drive continuous improvements to Academy processes, controls and reporting.

• Programme and intake coordination – Managing end‑to‑end programme or recruitment intakes, including planning, scheduling, milestones and stakeholder coordination.
• Workforce planning and stakeholder management – Partnering with stakeholders to balance demand, capacity and delivery timelines, resolve conflicts and drive timely decisions.
• Management information and reporting – Producing MI, dashboards and reports that provide insight, highlight risks and support data‑led decision‑making.
• Candidate readiness and onboarding – Managing onboarding activities, readiness checks and issue resolution to support a smooth transition into and through structured development programmes.
• Risk, governance and continuous improvement – Maintaining controls, tracking delivery risks and improving processes to enhance efficiency, transparency and candidate experience.

• Influencing and stakeholder engagement – Able to build credibility quickly, align diverse stakeholder groups and challenge constructively to achieve outcomes.
• Communication and executive reporting – Confident communicating with senior stakeholders, producing concise updates and presenting complex information clearly.
• Analytical thinking and execution focus – Able to connect data points, identify trends and risks, prioritise effectively and drive actions through to completion.

The role is intended to be based in Birmingham, although other locations may be considered for the right candidate.

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

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

• 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.

• To 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…