Employee Benefits Consultant

Employee Benefits Consultant Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 Location: Portsmouth / Plymouth / Southampton Working Pattern: Hybrid Key Responsibilities * Act as a trusted advisor to clients, helping them shape effective and competitive employee benefits strategies * Assess existing benefits arrangements and recommend practical improvements around design, cost and employee value * Research the market and advise clients on suitable providers, products and benefits solutions * Manage the delivery of benefits programmes, working with clients, providers and internal teams * Use benefits data, employee feedback and market insight to identify trends and opportunities * Produce clear reports and recommendations to help clients make informed benefits decisions * Support employee engagement through presentations, workshops, webinars and benefits communications * Keep clients informed on legislative and regulatory developments, including pensions, auto-enrolment, tax and GDPR * Contribute to the wider growth of the benefits function through marketing, thought leadership and client development Ideal Candidate * Proven experience within employee benefits consulting or a similar advisory role * Strong understanding of the UK benefits market, including pensions, healthcare, life assurance and voluntary benefits * Confident working directly with employers and senior stakeholders * Commercially minded with the ability to understand client objectives and turn them into practical benefits solutions * Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret benefits data and market information * Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal * Highly organised, able to manage multiple client projects and competing deadlines * Proactive, self-motivated and comfortable working as part of a wider national team * Good knowledge of relevant legislation, including GDPR, auto-enrolment and the Equality Act * PSE experience would be advantageous, alongside relevant CII, PMI or CIPD qualifications A strong opportunity for an experienced Employee Benefits professional who enjoys client advisory work and wants to play a key role in shaping benefits strategies for a diverse client base. Interested? Apply today!! JGA Recruitment Group Ltd ("We") are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply. We are also committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We are a specialist payroll, HR & Reward recruitment agency and recruitment business as defined in the Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (our business). These statements together with our privacy notices set out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us