Reward and Wellbeing Manager

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly enthusiastic about the jobs they do – you will find a dedicated team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

MAIN PURPOSE

This role will shape and deliver a commercially focused, compliant, and appropriate Reward and Wellbeing strategy and plan to achieve organisational success. As part of the People Senior Management Team, you will shape the organisation’s reward and wellbeing strategy in conjunction with the Chief People Officer. To drive performance and continuous improvement through insights and develop reward and wellbeing capability across the wider organisation to support the success of the organisation’s strategy. To design, manage, and continuously improve the organisation’s reward and wellbeing strategies to attract, motivate, and retain talent. The role ensures that pay, benefits, and wellbeing programmes are competitive, equitable, cost-effective, and aligned with organisational values and business objectives. Lead cyclical reward processes such as pay reviews, recognition schemes, bonus schemes, and benefits renewals. Ensure reward frameworks are fair, transparent, and aligned to robust job architecture principles including job evaluation and grading structures (bands and levels). The post holder chairs the monthly job evaluation and pays benchmarking panel. Monitor external reward and benefits trends to ensure market competitiveness and manage pay benchmarking and data analysis, making evidence-based recommendations.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To support the wider strategic people objectives; carry out project work that spans the whole organisation. This will include salary benchmarking, review of job architecture and other reward and wellbeing programmes.
• To work in collaboration with People Senior Leadership Team (PSLT) to identify and forecast people services and management needs, including for example, resource planning, retention, engagement, and absence strategies and support the development of reward and wellbeing plans to meet these needs.
• To co-create a People Dashboard alongside the other PSLT and drive performance and capability through insights and people initiatives.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement identifying areas for improvement in processes and amend our operating model e.g. approach, policies, processes, systems and provide regular feedback on People performance to the specialist and generalist teams.
• To champion the importance of engagement, EDI & wellbeing at a senior level and reflect EDI within our approach to reward and wellbeing initiatives.
• To play a key role as part of the People Senior Leadership Team to provide support and input with the Chief People Officer as required and key activities including board reporting, external and statutory reporting, compliance and risk management and budget management.
• To provide support and cover for other members of the People SLT as required, for example during annual leave.
• Ensure reward practices comply with employment law, equal pay legislation, and regulatory requirements.
• Support equal pay audits and contribute to pay gap reporting (e.g. gender pay gap).
• Manage risk related to reward decisions and wellbeing provision.
• Maintain reward, benefit policies, and ensure consistent application across the organisation.

About you

• Full CIPD qualification (level 7) or working towards.
• Proven experience in managing Reward and Wellbeing strategy and operations.
• Up to date and in-depth knowledge of reward and employment legislation and HR best practice and ability to practically implement.
• Ability to identify risks appropriately and to mitigate where possible whilst taking a pragmatic approach.
• Significant experience of advising on a wide range of Reward and Wellbeing matters and issues including pay, benefits, performance related pay, executive pay, RemCo, and all related matters.
• Substantial experience in dealing with complex reward management across a similar sector.
• Experience in dealing with restructures, redundancy, and TUPE situations.
• Experience of business partnering team members, their performance and development.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to deliver results in a collaborative way.

REWARDS:

You can look forward to excellent benefits, including handy discounts on many brands and services. Competitive Salary of £45,000- £55,000 DOE. 38 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) (pro rata). Buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave. Health Cash Plan. Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). Excellent training and support. Group life assurance. Free parking. Company Pension. Long service and Staff Awards.

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals. All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks.