If you are looking for a role where your expertise behind the scenes makes a real difference, this is an exciting opportunity to join our People and Culture Directorate as a Pay and Reward Advisor, leading the delivery of the Council’s pay and reward offer and providing professional advice and insights, to support the retention of skills and talent. This is an exciting time to be working for the County Council as we prepare for Local Government Reorganisation. In this role, you will play an important part as the expert in our Pay and Reward offering, helping to inform future discussions and shape our approach. The role is full-time, however the Council supports flexible working requests from day one, so we are open to discussing how different working patterns could be supported. We have set out in the attached job description and person specification what we are ideally looking for in a candidate; our priority is in finding the right candidate with a mix of skills and experience that adds value to our employment offer. The interview date for this job will be Thursday, 2nd July 2026, at New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, near Huntingdon. For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact: Maxine Harriman, Workforce Policy and Reward Manager on Tel: 01480 372410 or alternatively at maxine.harriman@cambridgeshire.gov.uk. Our benefits We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage… A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more. What will you be doing? In this role, you will be responsible for the delivery of key outcomes across the annual pay cycle, including the implementation and communication of pay awards and incremental pay rises, ensuring these important processes are delivered accurately, efficiently and on time. You will collaborate closely with Business Systems, Payroll and the HR Services Team to make sure the right mechanisms are in place to support the Council’s approach to pay and reward. You will play an important role in helping the Council meet its statutory pay reporting requirements in relation to pay and reward, providing the coordination and insight needed to support robust, informed decision-making. You will also take the lead in ensuring our range of employee benefits are well understood and widely utilised, managing relationships with contracted suppliers to ensure value for money and connection with our approach to wellbeing, inclusion and engagement. You will identify ways for continuous improvement and ensure our pay and reward initiatives are transparent, inclusive and fair, while delivering on our organisational needs and outcomes. This critical role is key to ensuring our pay processes, systems and reporting arrangements deliver transparent, fair and inclusive approach to pay and reward aligned with our organisational priorities. About you You will be an experienced HR professional, with understanding and experience of pay and reward approaches, employment policies and systems, and sound knowledge of relevant legislation, with the ability to understand and interpret its implications for us, as a large employer. You will have demonstrable project management experience and be confident to take the lead on projects, collaborating with others and building strong working relationships, to deliver required outcomes to agreed timescales. This role involves working with large data sets and therefore you will have the digital skills to present, analyse and manipulate data and information for different target audiences. You must have good attention to detail to ensure a high level of accuracy and be confident taking ownership of end-to-end processes. You will value diversity, treat others with respect, and take responsibility for your own actions. In return, you will be offered a supportive and flexible work environment, where you will develop and thrive at work About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch. Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers