Interim Senior Reward Officer – Human Resources
Pay Rate: £20.85 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: Bournemouth, Dorset
Hybrid working
Candidates must be able to travel, using public or other forms of transport where they are viable, or by holding a valid UK driving licence with access to own or pool car.
Support the Reward Lead in coordinating, coaching and overseeing the project team. Enabling the team to be proactive and provide consistent advice across services. Support the delivery of a complex, large-scale and contentious project.
Key Responsibilities:
* Proactively manage and take decisions in relation to salary supplements in line with the agreed policies and procedures.
* Work in collaboration with the Senior HR Adviser to supervise Project Officers and Business Support colleagues, to provide a high performing Reward team, providing insight, advice, and solutions around all areas of the project.
* Support the Reward Lead in coordinating and implementing the development of People and Culture policies within the Reward team.
* Lead and drive the implementation of a colleague benefits package and recognition platform.
* Monitor trends in pay and reward across the public and private sector, considering salary benchmarking across the region, monitoring how other councils are approaching ‘hard to fill or retain’ roles, making recommendations to influence decision making.
* Facilitate colleague information sessions, roadshows, spotlights or other events.
* Lead and facilitate analysis and reporting, including equalities, diversity and inclusion data to understand and influence business as usual approaches, and decision making across the area of responsibility.
* Support the design of a package to coach, train and develop managers and enable them to support the implementation of the new reward strategy.
Qualifications:
1. Relevant degree or equivalent experience.
2. Advanced relevant professional qualification with clearly evidenced continuous professional development demonstrating an understanding of best practice and a broader commercial awareness.
Skills & Experience:
1. Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
2. Experience in supervising and coaching a team.
3. Experience in Local Government and unionised environment.
4. Experience of maintaining positive relations, providing complex advice and support to strategic stakeholders.
5. Strong communication and influencing skills.
6. Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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