Reward Officer - Andover

Reward Officer – Andover, SP10 4BF, United KingdomAre you a passionate reward professional ready to make a real impact?Join us as our Reward and Recognition Partner, as you'll be known internally and help shape a great colleague offer for our diverse workforce.What you’ll be doingAs part of our Employee Experience and Culture team, you’ll work directly with our Reward and Recognition Lead to deliver a compelling and inclusive reward offer. You’ll be a reward and recognition expert – supporting leaders and colleagues with advice, insights, and solutions that reflect our values and ambitions.Your day-to-day will include:Advising on reward queries and supporting colleagues and leaders with pay, benefits and recognition decisions.Reviewing internal and external pay data to inform benchmarking and role pricing.Supporting the design and delivery of reward initiatives, including cyclical annual salary reviews and benefit supplier selection.Managing job evaluation and benchmarking processes to ensure consistency and fairness.Supporting recognition initiatives across our diverse workforce, including our annual The Aster Way Awards.Keeping our internal platforms and systems up to date about all things reward, ensuring colleagues have access to clear and engaging information.Collaborating with external providers and internal teams to continuously develop The Aster Offer. You’ll also contribute to key projects and reporting, including Gender Pay Gap analysis and benefits utilisation reviews, helping us stay ahead of the curve in reward innovation and enable data-led decision making.About youYou’ll bring experience from a reward-focused or generalist HR role, ideally with a CIPD Level 3 qualification (or equivalent experience). You’re confident working with large data sets, comfortable using Excel to get what you need, and have a sharp eye for detail.You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment and be skilled at managing multiple priorities.

Your communication skills will shine—whether you’re supporting frontline colleagues, advising leaders, or working with external partners.We’re looking for someone who is:Curious and proactive, always looking for ways to improve the colleague offer and experience.Comfortable working independently and collaboratively.Experienced in job evaluation, benchmarking, and benefits management.Passionate about delivering a great service and making a difference. If you don’t have direct experience in job evaluation, benchmarking or benefits management but do have a desire to learn, we would still be interested in hearing from you.A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential, as travel across our operating region will be required.  Our operating region includes Hampshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and London.What’s in it for meWe invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:Flexible working – whilst some roles need to be carried out in a specific place at a specific time, where possible we encourage our colleagues to work to their own schedule at a location that suits them, their team and our business’ needsA focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash planWe invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworksDefined Contribution Pension and attached life assuranceVolunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give backSavings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots moreEnhanced leaveWe celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiativesReady to apply?To apply, please use information provided in the advert and role profile to let us know why you’d be good for the job. Please submit a copy of your up-to-date CV along with a supporting statement.We create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and believe that creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.Aster is not a sponsorship organisation and all candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.