Job Description

Are you a reward expert passionate about creating strategies that attract, keep, and motivate our critical and talented workforce?

As our Reward Manager within the HR Department, you'll be instrumental in driving our transformative and evolving Reward Strategy. This role is crucial for managing our compensation, benefits, and employee recognition programmes, directly contributing to our People Plan, strategic goals, and overall success.

What's really exciting about this opportunity is that we're not just looking to maintain the status quo. We're actively exploring flexible benefits, pay for performance initiatives, and a complete overhaul of our job evaluation and pay banding frameworks.

Therefore, you'll get to show you're a forward thinking Reward Manager with a deep understanding of industry best practices and the ability to deliver solutions to help us build a reward framework that powers our future success.

You'll be a key member of our HR Leadership team, collaborating closely with other HR centres of expertise and leading an experienced Payroll team. So, if you're ready to make a significant impact on our people plan and business success, this is the role for you!

Main Responsibilities

You'll lead key Reward activities, such as pay reviews, incentives, and the overall management of our psychological contract and employee value proposition (EVP). You'll proactively manage the application of market pay insights, continuously evaluating our Reward processes to ensure fair and competitive practices. You'll be accountable for the monthly payroll cycle for both employees and pensioners, ensuring high levels of accuracy and meeting all agreed deadlines. You'll lead Reward related projects to deliver agreed business outcomes, including the design and implementation of new salary structures, the rollout of a new career framework, and the creation of a comprehensive benefits and recognition platform. You'll support the Pension Trustee with our Defined Benefit schemes. You'll contribute to the continuous improvement of auditable governance frameworks and training tools to ensure our Reward practices are consistently implemented. You'll work closely with the HR team and other stakeholders to provide a consistent and efficient service to our internal customers. You'll collaborate with suppliers and providers to ensure we receive best value and strong engagement. You'll lead the company's Wellbeing agenda, building upon our existing strategy.

You'll Need

Degree-level education (ideally in HR, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or Maths). Very strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities. Excellent attention to detail. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and people management skills. Intellectual curiosity, tenacity, and patience. Strong negotiation and influencing skills. A keen sense of commercial awareness. Coaching/mentoring skills. Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects and relationships simultaneously. Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and compliance. HRIS proficiency, with the ability to analyse and interpret data to inform reward decisions. Experience leading Reward projects, including Compensation, Benefits, and Recognition, with a clear understanding of best practices. Practical expertise in job evaluation methodologies. Experience in managing the regular employee lifecycle reward activities. A proven ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders. Proven experience in managing professional, effective, and proactive relationships with senior leaders. Experience managing a team. A driving licence is required for this role.

It Will Be a Bonus If You Have:

Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) qualification. Previous experience working with the Workday HRIS system. Previous experience working with a flexible benefits scheme.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 60,000.00-65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Bereavement leave Company car Company events Company pension Cycle to work scheme Enhanced maternity leave Free parking Gym membership Health & wellbeing programme Life insurance On-site parking Paid volunteer time Referral programme Sick pay
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Snodland ME6 5AH

Reference ID: JR100360