Outreach Lead

Join us as an Outreach Lead for a 6-month tenure to support our organisation in achieving its strategic goals by identifying business requirements and devising solutions to address various challenges and opportunities.

This role will enhance Group Control's engagement with schools educating young people from socio-economically diverse backgrounds and expand career pathways into Barclays and our partner organisations. Furthermore, it will facilitate the expansion of Group Control's outreach initiatives to schools and communities, focusing on educating about financial crime, cyber threats, and employability skills.

• Project Management – Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver projects effectively within set timelines.
• Stakeholder Engagement – Proven experience in building relationships and collaborating across teams.
• Analytical Thinking – Strong capability to assess data and deliver actionable insights.

• Change Management – Experience supporting organisational transformation initiatives.
• Digital Literacy – Familiarity with digital tools and platforms relevant to the Elevate programme.
• Coaching and Mentoring – Ability to support the development of colleagues within the team.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, communication skills, and interaction with a diverse range of stakeholders, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

Location is London but there may be travel to Northampton and Manchester occasionally.

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

• Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

• To meet the needs of stakeholders/customers through specialist advice and support.
• Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard which will impact both the role itself and surrounding roles.
• Likely to have responsibility for specific processes within a team.
• They may lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources. They supervise a team, allocate work requirements and coordinate team resources.
• 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.
• OR for an individual contributor, they manage own workload, take responsibility for the implementation of systems and processes within own work area and participate on projects broader than direct team.
• Execute work requirements as identified in processes and procedures, collaborating with and impacting on the work of closely related teams.
• Check work of colleagues within team to meet internal and stakeholder requirements.
• Provide specialist advice and support pertaining to own work area.
• 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…