Benefits Specialist
Duration: 12 months
Location: UK - Remote
Rate: from £45 + per hour (from £93,600 per annum)
The client is looking for an experienced and strategic HR professional to lead a specific project enhancing the operation of our leave programs outside of North America. This project will build new digital surfaces to support the operation and employee experience of leaves and statutory obligations. This role will partner with HR Tech teams, Operations, Payroll, Legal, and other members of our benefits strategy team to navigate the build needs based on policies and practices.
Key Responsibilities
• Key advisor to project on leave policy ensuring that the build of new tools and processes are fully aligned with policies and all applicable legislation
• Advise on overall project strategy but also details of each leave throughout all stages of the build
• Proactively reviewing current policies to ensure accuracy & completeness, compliance, and operational efficiency for both the business & employees. Partnering with members of the global benefits team to ensure all policy changes support global/international alignment across our leave programs
• Partnering with Operations and Legal to address any gaps between policy & process, ensure any process redesign & documentation aligns with policy
• Key stakeholder for all comms relating to the project and to partner with other teams to define the scope of work for future phases of the project
Experience required
• At least 12 years of HR experience in total with at least 5 years of experience in benefits and or leaves strategy and management
• Deep expertise in designing and implementing leave policies
• Significant experience working across multiple countries in Europe. Additional experience working across other regions (Asia, Latin America) would be an advantage
• Experience working on tech builds for leaves
• Proven ability to work at a fast pace and with ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills