Rewards Specialist

Could you be Incommunities new Rewards Specialist? This is an exciting time to join Incommunities and play a key role in the delivery and implementation of a new organisation wide pay, grading / job evaluation framework. We are looking for someone with experience of delivering frameworks in a similar size / complex organisations and we are open to discussing this vacancy on either a permanent or long term contract basis.

About us

We are a social housing landlord and one of the largest housing providers in the region with over 22,000 social and affordable homes, mainly in the Bradford district. We employ a talented workforce of nearly 1,000 people.

Working to provide great homes in great neighbourhoods, we are proud to collaborate with our customers, communities, local and national stakeholders to achieve this.

This year will see us launch our new 5 year corporate strategy to 2029 which puts customers at the heart of what we do, providing great places to live and work, with homes that they are proud to live in.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in delivering and implementing  a new organisation-wide pay, grading/job evaluation framework. that provides auditable, transparent, and equitable pay decisions
• Ensure any new and anticipated employment legislation, government policy changes and other significant developments affecting pay and reward (eg pay gap legislation, changes to national living wage) are identified and acted upon in relation to the activities being delivered.
• Play a lead role in pay review cycles with benchmarking, research and salary data and necessary engagement and communications with relevant stakeholders, including recognised trade unions.
• Support the implementation of the terms and conditions review particularly with reference to pay and reward.
• Play a role in planning and contributing to the external and internal research, review and development of new and existing reward-related policies
• Develop, manage and maintain the organisations total reward package and policies including expert advice to all stakeholders
• Manage and develop role profiles, to align with the new grading framework and terms and conditions review
• Assist with the processing of any equal pay or grading complaints/appeals
• Organise and provide communications and briefing/training sessions to People Team colleagues, managers and employees on the new system and pay policies and reward-based communications.
• Support the maintenance of good governance by maintaining any pay related and/or terms and data/registers such as benchmarking, market supplement, honoraria and role profile
• Provide governance, processes and audits of our pay, gradings, processes and policies to ensuring fairness and equity across the organisation
• Ensure the effective delivery of job evaluation appropriate to the terms and conditions of employees
• Support with the data review and compilation of all pay gap reporting and equal pay auditing
• Review and create reward policies, procedures, and guidance documents to make sure robust governance is in place to support the people team and business.
• Establish and maintain strong and productive relationships with key internal stakeholders and customers, to ensure that there is a consistently high level of engagement and effective twoway communication.
• Undertake other duties, within the level of responsibility, to meet the changing needs of the organisation.

Requirements

• CIPD qualification or equivalent demonstratable recent and relevant understanding of HR and reward
• Excellent knowledge of job evaluation approaches and implementing new pay and reward strategies
• Demonstratable experience of delivering reward projects including designing, developing, and implementing new solutions, policies and processes.
• Knowledge of Human Resources/Organisational Development functions in relation to carrying out research and working on projects supporting HR and OD service delivery
• Project management experience
• Ability to scrutinise and analyse data and write thorough reports to a high standard.?
• Experience of managing complex change projects?
• Experience of communicating changes to all levels of colleagues and negotiating on contentious employee related matters.
• High level of motivation and drive to successfully deliver key projects.
• Strong knowledge of reward best practice and understanding
• General understanding of analytical job evaluation schemes and their underpinning, and application to pay and grading systems

Benefits

• Salary up to £51,931 per year
• West Yorkshire Pension Fund membership - Current employer contribution is 15.9%
• 28 days annual leave that increases with service plus bank holidays
• Option to buy and sell annual leave
• Training, development, and qualification opportunities
• Our Hub: our wellbeing and benefits site, with exclusive access to discounts and savings (at over 800 retailers)
• Corporate health scheme membership
• Agile and hybrid working
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Local gym membership discounts.
• A team of trained Mental Health First Aiders who are available for colleagues to contact for support

We are an equal opportunity employer but beyond characteristics protected by law, we welcome and value applicants from diverse backgrounds, abilities and perspectives. Incommunities is also recognised as ‘Committed' to being Menopause Friendly. The Menopause Friendly Accreditation recognises inclusive employers that build awareness and understanding of how menopause can have an effect at work and shows we take the wellbeing of our colleagues seriously.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.