Lead - Reward Strategy
Leeds LS1 4AP
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£59,631 - £69,548 a year
- Drive the development, redesign, and implementation of the pay and reward strategy, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities and public sector requirements.
- Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in reward management, excellent analytical skills, and a collaborative approach to stakeholder engagement.
- This is a full-time flexible role based in Leeds, with a fixed-term contract for 12 months and a competitive salary range of £59,631 - £69,548.
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About the job
Job summary
Job purpose
The Reward Strategy Lead is responsible for driving the development, redesign and implementation of the Agency's pay and reward strategy, ensuring it supports organisational priorities, workforce needs and public sector governance requirements.
The role provides expert reward insight and knowledge, to inform evidence-based decision-making, manage risk and maintain a fair, transparent and competitive reward proposition.
Working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders including as senior leaders, Trade Unions, the Board, Finance and external advisers, the role leads reward engagement, consultation and negotiation activity, ensuring reward frameworks, policies and practices are aligned, integrated and effectively embedded across the Agency.
Job description
Key accountabilities and responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction and Total Reward expertise to inform the Agency?s mid-term pay and reward strategy
- Conduct and commission associated pay research, modelling and benchmarking to shape evidence-based recommendations that mitigate pay and reward related risks and are aligned with the Agency?s strategic priorities
- Ensure that principles of equality, inclusion, and transparency are designed into pay strategy in line with pay principles of affordability, fairness and competitiveness
- Partner with senior management, trade union representatives, colleagues, the Board, and professional advisors on pay engagement, negotiations and workforce consultation
- Drive the integration of pay and reward strategy within related systems, pay and reward policies and practices
- Adhere to established HR practices, procedures, and policies with specific consideration of pay remit and cabinet office spend control requirements.
- Develop, maintain and continuously improve reward frameworks, governance arrangements, policies, procedures and systems to ensure compliant, efficient and consistent delivery.
- Provide expert analysis, modelling and recommendations on complex reward matters, balancing affordability, competitiveness, equality, risk and organisational priorities.
- Deliver reward-related engagement, consultation and negotiation activity, fostering effective relationships with executive stakeholders, trade unions, government departments and external advisers.
- Provide professional leadership and technical expertise across reward, supporting informed decision-making, capability development and the consistent application of reward frameworks and policies.
Person specification
Key skills, knowledge and experience
- Membership of a relevant professional body (CIPP, CIPD or equivalent), supported by a relevant degree or the ability to demonstrate equivalent professional experience.
- Deep expertise in the design, development and implementation of pay and reward strategies, frameworks and governance arrangements, with a strong understanding of the public sector reward environment.
- Proven track record of leading reward transformation, delivering strategic reward initiatives and embedding sustainable reward frameworks within a public sector organisation.
- Proven ability to influence strategic decision-making through analysis, modelling, benchmarking and evidence-based recommendations.
- Significant experience of leading stakeholder engagement activity, including consultation, negotiation and implementation across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with experience of engaging senior leaders, Boards, trade unions, government departments, legal providers, and external providers.
- Strong organisational and leadership skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex priorities and translate complex reward issues into practical organisational solutions.
Benefits
Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.
Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.
Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.
Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
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To apply please follow the links to our careers page.
Security
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.
Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.
Please note ? Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.
Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter
Nationality requirements
Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.
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Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Name: Recruitment Team
Email: recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : RecruitmentInfo@homesengland.gov.uk
- Email : RecruitmentInfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
Leeds LS1 4AP
New Jobs
Contract, Contract
£59,631 - £69,548 a year