Reward Business Partner

Location: Greater Manchester (2 days a week onsite)
Job Type: FTC until December 2027

About the Role

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Reward Business Partner to join a large and established organisation. This role will play a key part in the development and delivery of reward, compensation, benefits and recognition initiatives that support wider organisational objectives.

Working closely with senior HR leaders and stakeholders across the business, you will provide specialist reward expertise while driving a range of strategic and operational reward activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the annual pay review process, including salary modelling and implementation.
• Manage the organisation's benefits offering and relationships with external providers.
• Review and enhance benefits programmes to ensure value for money and employee engagement.
• Oversee job evaluation activity, including appeals and organisational change initiatives.
• Deliver reward analytics, reporting and insight to inform business decisions.
• Lead reward and recognition projects and initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with relevant reward-related legislation and reporting requirements.
• Partner with HR colleagues, senior leaders and key stakeholders across the organisation.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will possess:

• Previous experience within a reward, compensation and benefits environment.
• Strong analytical skills and experience working with large volumes of data.
• Advanced Excel capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience delivering projects within a complex organisation.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.

Desirable Experience

• Korn Ferry Hay job evaluation methodology.
• Experience working within a unionised environment.
• Experience with HR systems such as iTrent.
• Power BI experience.

What's on Offer

• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Opportunity to shape and influence reward strategy.
• Varied and impactful role within a collaborative HR team.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

To find out more about this opportunity, please apply with your updated CV.