Reward Consultant

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  • Job type

    Permanent
  • Location

    Bristol
  • Working Pattern

    Full-time
  • Specialism

    Reward And Compensation
  • Industry

    Retail & Consumer Goods
  • Pay

    Up to £62k pa + full range of benefits

Reward Specialist / Reward Consultant, up to £62k pa + bens, hybrid, Bristol - experience essential

Your new company

A well-established national organisation committed to creating a culture which strives to ensure everyone feels safe and confident to bring their whole selves, treating everyone with fairness, respect, and honesty, and creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can be at their best.

Your new role

The successful candidate will be joining the team at an important point in its development as it transitions to a more strategic, data-led, and digitally enabled function. Working alongside other members of the team, you will have a strong focus on managing, developing, and promoting competitive employee benefits while maintaining our benefits platform. The successful candidate will work closely with the HR team, providers, and brokers to optimise benefit offerings, evaluate financial implications, and ensure compliance with legal requirements and best practices, with a focus on both the UK and Ireland.

What you'll need to succeed

  • Proven experience in employee benefits management within a large organisation, including cost analysis and financial impact assessment.
  • Strong knowledge of benefits regulations, legislation, and risk benefits (e.g., death in service) in the UK and/or Ireland; experience across both regions is highly desirable.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, with a strong ability to model costs, analyse financial data, and forecast budgetary requirements.
  • Experience developing employee communications to promote benefits and increase engagement.
  • Experience managing benefits platforms and working with external providers or brokers.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to liaise with external providers and internal stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate financial impact when managing benefits budgets and presenting cost models to stakeholders.
  • Proven track record in organising and promoting benefit days or supplier days.
  • Experience supporting the preparation of annual reports, particularly in the areas of employee engagement and wellness.
  • Experience working collaboratively in a multi-functional HR team environment, with a focus on delivering integrated HR solutions.

What you'll get in return

Competitive salary pls full range of benefits

  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Employee Assistance
  • Life assurance (Death in service)
  • Pension
  • Discretionary company bonus scheme
  • Share scheme
  • Employee discounts across your weekly food shop, eating out, cinema tickets and more.
  • Hybrid working guidelines to facilitate and support flexible working.
  • A Right to Disconnect policy to encourage colleagues to take time away from work and make personal plans outside of their roles.
  • Discretionary group bonus scheme to reward hard work.
  • Volunteering to enhance the health, wellbeing, and capability of colleagues as well as contributing to our local communities and local economy. All colleagues are offered the opportunity to volunteer, whether it be for the Community Partnership, local charities, community initiatives or causes that are of a personal interest or relevant to our brands and business units.
  • Trained mental health first aiders to support colleagues across the business.
  • Employee Assistance is available for confidential support at any time, alongside regular workshops, and training.
  • Colleague e-learning resources, in partnership with leading charity.
  • Learning and Development - Support to build a journey of career growth and development. We want you to have every opportunity to explore and build on your potential.
    We’re passionate about your development, offering a comprehensive range of opportunities to help you build your career. From essential Health and Safety training to mastering the intricacies of our operations and distribution and even delving into the world of our exceptional products, we’ve got your skill-building needs covered. But that’s not all – this organisation will look to support your aspirations even further with access to leadership programmes and pathways to grow your career through professional qualifications. They actively encourage internal mobility too, allowing our colleagues to venture into new roles within our business that take them on exciting career journeys.

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