James Andrews Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Reward Specialist
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Reward Specialist
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Interim Reward Specialist to join our public sector client in Birmingham on a hybrid working basis.
This is a 6-month contract, with a likely extension, working 37.5 hours per week from Monday to Friday.
Offering a day rate of £400 per day via an umbrella company, this opportunity will suit a reward professional with proven experience designing and implementing reward frameworks, job architecture and grading structures.
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Developing and implementing a comprehensive reward framework aligned to organisational strategy
- Establishing reward principles, governance, pay philosophy and decision-making processes that ensure consistency, fairness and competitiveness across the business
- Creating and embedding a structured job architecture, including job levels, grading methodologies, role descriptors and organisational mapping
- Ensuring clear role alignment, internal equity and consistency across all functions
- Designing job family frameworks and career progression pathways
- Developing career ladders, competency profiles and role expectations that support talent development, succession planning and internal mobility
- Conducting market benchmarking and compensation analysis to inform salary structures and pay ranges
- Developing implementation toolkits, guidance materials, templates and training resources to support successful rollout
- Partnering with HR and business stakeholders to embed new reward frameworks and ensure ongoing governance and adoption
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About You:
- Proven experience designing and implementing reward frameworks, job architecture and grading structures
- Strong understanding of reward principles, pay philosophy, governance and compensation benchmarking
- Experience creating job levels, grading methodologies, role descriptors and organisational mapping
- Ability to engage effectively with HR and business stakeholders to support adoption and ongoing governance
- Confident producing guidance materials, templates, toolkits and training resources to support implementation
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