Balfour Beatty plc
Reward Partner
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About The Role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Reward Partner to join our growing team in London.
As a Reward Partner you will be principally providing a robust and professional, proactive reward partnering service to the wider UK business, guiding stakeholders to thoughtful, well-reasoned outcomes. You will provide holistic reward advice and support to the UK business including policy interpretation, compensation analysis, job grading exercises, total reward benchmarking, and ensuring well-reasoned best practice.
What you'll be doing
- Further develop the UK employee proposition from a reward perspective, using internal and external insights to inform recommendations
- Provide experienced project leadership and expert advice across a broad range of UK reward activities and projects
- Support the development of reward strategy, policy, and associated frameworks
- Undertake robust job evaluation and benchmarking, providing a holistic reward interface for line managers and HR Business Partners
- Prepare professional, polished documentation and analysis for presentation to senior stakeholders, as required
- Use a range of job market data sources confidently, understanding how they inform the reward framework and wider reward strategy
- Produce data and analysis for stakeholders, the wider Reward Team, and specific projects across all areas of reward
- Lead and manage the annual incentive and salary review processes, ensuring effective end-to-end delivery
- Coordinate the implementation of Group- and UK-led benefits initiatives
- Support systems development, including data input, testing, and reporting within the compensation and benefits HR system
- Develop engaging reward-related employee communications that enhance understanding and engagement across the UK population
- Manage relationships with benefit suppliers to ensure effective service delivery and value for money
- Respond to reward and benefits queries as required
- Build strong relationships with the HRSS administration team (payroll, benefits, project support), providing ongoing support and guidance to ensure they remain informed of the UK reward strategy and understand any operational implications
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Who we're looking for
The Following Qualities/experience Are Essential
- Self-motivated and highly capable, with substantial experience in reward or as an HR generalist with a strong interest in reward
- Confident working at both a detailed and strategic level, with the ability to translate analysis into broader business insights
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills, including experience of drafting clear and effective decision-making papers
- Proven experience of managing projects using recognised project methodologies, improving processes, and driving operational efficiency
- Strong numerical and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and draw meaningful conclusions
- Proficiency in using HR information systems
- Ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast-paced, challenging, and sensitive environment
- Excellent IT skills, including advanced Excel capability, with experience of collating and coordinating management information and producing accurate reports
- Ability to build credible relationships at all levels of seniority and act as an effective point of contact for internal and external stakeholders
- Proven compensation and benefits experience within a commercial organisation, including salary surveys, salary reviews, bonus arrangements, and benefits management
- CIPD membership is desirable but not essential
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting, and meaningful projects; developing, building, and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family-friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and much more…
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About Us
Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health, Safety and Environment, HR, and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems, and processes.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture, we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com
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