Interim Reward Manager

We are looking for a Reward Manager for a 6 month Fixed Term contract based. Our client has multiple locations, mainly Chippenham and West Brom, with flexible Hybrid working arrangements for both.

The Reward Manager will play a key role in developing and delivering a Reward & Remuneration strategy in line with the people strategy, that enhances the organisation’s ambition to be regarded as an employer of choice and supports the organisation’s future growth and development plans, as well as ensuring the effective application, review and ongoing development of process and policy.

To develop and deliver pay, reward, benefits and performance strategy and policy which meets the ongoing and future organisational needs, in relation to the pay and reward agenda.

The Reward function is responsible for developing and maintaining pay and benefit frameworks to ensure competitiveness and equity, as well as the design and implementation of performance frameworks that encourage retention and reward high performance.

• Lead, support and deliver the design and development of the Reward & Remuneration strategy, ensuring that policy and practice is aligned to the business and people strategies
• Create a total Reward approach, combining a range of different pay and benefits offerings into a flexible framework which meets the diverse needs of employees

• Lead on the implementation of new and existing Reward programmes and initiatives, providing advice and direction to senior management and the People team
• Lead all aspects of Reward management and the annual Reward cycle, including annual salary review and organisational bonus schemes
• Responsible for managing key external partner relationships at a senior level, continually driving enhanced value from all contracts and ensuring quality service is delivered to the organisation
• Act as business expert in all matters relating to compensation and benefits, providing advice to key stakeholders
• Manage and oversee the alignment to organisation design process, encompassing job evaluation, grading structures and job families, and salary & bonus benchmarking
• Design and implement Reward projects, which may include review and changes to compensation structure, benchmarking, market data insight, development of compensation ranges and job evaluation