Reward and recognition specialist

💥 Reward & Recognition Specialist | Shape How People Feel, Fairly & Fearlessly ✨

📍 London (Hybrid)

💷 £45,000 - £55,000

🕒 Full Time, Permanent

Are you the kind of Reward professional who gets excited by fair pay, meaningful recognition, and data that actually tells a story?

We’re looking for a Reward & Recognition Specialist to play a key role in delivering cyclical and strategic reward activity across a complex, people‑centric organisation. You’ll sit at the heart of pay, benefits, job evaluation and recognition – making sure people feel valued, recognised, and treated fairly.


🗺️ The Mission :

Fair Pay, Smart Data & Recognition That Actually Lands

This role supports the end-to-end delivery of reward and recognition activity – from annual pay reviews and job evaluation, through to benefits management and recognition schemes that genuinely matter to employees.

You’ll help keep reward structures robust, compliant, competitive and future‑ready, while also bringing creativity to how recognition shows up across the business.

In short : you’ll help make reward feel human, not just transactional.


🧬 What You’ll Be Doing : The Real Work That Matters

You’ll partner closely with the Reward & Recognition Manager and wider People team to :

* Deliver annual pay review cycles (including Management & Admin and collectively bargained grades)
* Maintain grading structures and job description frameworks
* Undertake job evaluation for new and evolving roles
* Complete salary surveys and external market benchmarking
* Build pay and cost models to support BAU and strategic reward decisions
* Support pay gap analysis alongside Talent, D&I and Analytics teams
* Develop reward dashboards and reports (Power BI 📊)
* Manage and continuously improve recognition schemes - from instant awards to long service celebrations
* Co‑deliver recognition events like Long Service Awards and Star Awards ⭐
* Support benefits management, wellbeing provision and supplier relationships
* Act as a trusted reward SME to People Partners across the business

You’ll also step up as deputy to the Reward & Recognition Manager when needed – a great opportunity for growth.


🧠 What You Bring : Detail, Data & People Savvy

We’re looking for someone who blends analytical sharpness with people‑first thinking :

* Experience in a Reward role or as a strong HR Generalist
* Excellent Excel skills and confidence handling complex data
* Experience with compensation surveys and market data
* Strong organisational and project management skills
* A proactive, solutions‑focused mindset
* The ability to explain reward clearly to non‑reward stakeholders
* A genuine interest in how reward and recognition drive engagement

If you’re detail‑driven and creative – this one’s got your name on it.


🌱 Values Matter Here (A Lot)

You’ll be joining an organisation that lives its values every day :

* Fair – objective, consistent and equitable
* Accountable – we do what we say we’ll do
* Collaborative – one team, shared goals
* Transparent – open, honest conversations
* Open‑minded – always improving, always learning

And most importantly, people here feel valued, respected and safe.


🎯 Why This Role?

* Broad, end‑to‑end exposure to Reward & Recognition
* A role where your work genuinely affects how people feel at work
* Strong partnership with data, D&I, comms and leadership
* Space to grow, learn and build deep reward expertise
* A chance to modernise recognition while respecting what already works.

Apply via the link and learn more!

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