Reward and Benefits Specialist Part Time Permanent

Description

Our client is looking for a Reward and Benefits Specialist to join their team based at either their Nottingham (Trinity) or Coventry (Westwood) office.  This is a part time role (29.6 hours) and fully flexible on days/hours worked and will need to flex around peak reward activities e.g. Dec-April

Here’s what you’ll be doing

This is a fantastic opportunity to evolve our clients colleague benefits offering and shape their EVP.

A key focus of this role will be to support their EVP through improving candidate and colleague journeys of our reward and benefits.  You will take ownership for driving all year round benefit engagement, shaping their benefit offering, project manage the benefit renewal project, and will have responsibility for contract management of third-party providers. Working closely with Colleague Services, you will also play a leading role in delivering the annual reward activities such as the pay review, year-end bonus calculations and performance management processes.  You will also work with the business on reward solutions to support achievement of business priorities.

They are looking for a passionate, energetic and creative individual to join their team, who’s also analytical with an eye for detail.

The successful candidate will be an experienced reward professional with extensive knowledge of employees benefits and reward cycles, and have excellent communication, project management, and stakeholder management skills. Candidates with a communications, marketing or contract management background in a similar industry will also be considered. 

Benefits specific:

• Evolve and strengthen their benefits offering, ensuring benefits are inclusive, relevant, valued and aligned to business priorities and values 
• Drive benefit engagement through creative, innovative and progressive communication strategies.
• Review and improve reward and benefit colleague journeys and external promotion, to support their EVP.
• Lead the delivery of benefit renewals and annual enrolment projects, manage benefit plans and third-party providers.

Reward:

• Support the Reward Lead Consultant and Reward Consultant with strategic reward projects (e.g. performance management modernisation, HR IT systems project, design of bonus schemes and pay mechanisms, recognition).
• Explore and recommend opportunities to digitalise reward processes and demonstrate the value of our total compensation.
• Plan for, & project manage pay review, year-end bonus calculations and performance management processes for Collective and non-collective colleagues, in conjunction with Colleague Services and key stakeholders, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
• Supporting the pay negotiations in partnership with Colleague Services, including keeping abreast of market and economic trends and scenario cost modelling.
• Working closely with the Payroll team to ensure robust Reward and benefit processes, acting as an escalation point to support complex queries.
• Maintain all reward documentation, communication, intranet pages and toolkits.
• Conduct external benchmarking, support on salary surveys and the production of market data to ensure the business is competitive externally.
• Provide best practice reward advice and act as a point of contact for the People function and business leaders across the UK, to support achievement of business priorities.

What we need from you

Essential

• Relevant HR, comms ,marketing or contract management experience in a fast paced, change orientated business.
• Proactive approach to colleague engagement, including putting the customer first and supporting the employee lifecycle.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills, including the ability to engage and influence stakeholders, and build/maintain effective relationships with individuals at different levels of seniority.
• Strong analytical skills with a high attention to detail and solid Excel skills.
• Experience of project management.
• Comfortable with autonomy, with the ability to take ownership and drive tasks to completion.
• Innovative and resourceful, with an aptitude for continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Demonstrable employee benefits knowledge and including experience of flexible benefits platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR or business.
• CIPD qualified
• Experience of relevant HR systems and HR IT system integration knowledge i.e. SAP, Workday, payroll processes and benefit provider reporting requirements.
• Experience in a unionised environment.

Here’s what you need to know

Our client is committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, and fairness for everyone.

They realise the best people bring their energy at different times, so they’re happy to talk flexible working. Offering a range of flexible working options, including full time, part time, job share and variable start and finishing times

This is a great opportunity to play a lead role in supporting our clients expanding business.

They have a market leading benefits package – which includes a, 26 days’ holiday plus 8 bank holidays, a generous pension scheme and the chance to choose from 20 flexible benefits