Total Reward, Senior Pay and Reward Manager
SC cleared site - candidates will be eligible to undertake the relevant security checks
Up to £350 day, Inside IR35 1 day a week onsite in London
Duration: 3 months initially, potential extension
This role will focus on helping to develop and improve pay and reward for the Government’s Digital and Data profession of over 25,000 by making sure our pay is competitive, and our arrangements are widely understood and adopted.
As part of this role you will:
Conduct Market pay analysis to inform the drafting of new 2025 business cases on
Senior Civil Service roles, Cyber roles (not cyber security roles) and current Government Digital and Data roles
Capture and analysis of UK employment practice on bonuses and non-pay benefits to help build a profession-led reward approach for a future business case.
Reviewing and analysing departments’ business cases to adopt, or extend, the pay framework focusing on:
* Spreadsheet analysis of department’s data, and savings estimates
* Template completion
* Advising and supporting Depts Implementation preparation
* Advising and supporting new adopting Depts on capability assessment
Building a library of adopting departments documentation and agreements connected to framework implementation.
Support the pay and reward lead as necessary, e.g. deputise at meetings. arrangements are widely understood and adopted.
Essential Skills
Experience supporting the design and delivery of pay and reward initiatives or projects.
Proven knowledge and skills to help teams develop and deliver effective plans in relation to pay and reward strategies.
Experience using external pay benchmarking tools and data analysis to support and shape reward strategies.
Critical thinking skills, with the ability to analyse complex information, challenge assumptions constructively and influence stakeholders while building trusted relationships.
Proficient in using workforce analytics, benchmarking data and user research to inform, adapt and communicate delivery plans and outcomes.
Confident using Microsoft Office applications especially Excel for data analysis and Word and PowerPoint for clear reporting and presentations