Reward Specialist - #2100678

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Interim Reward Specialist to join our public sector client in Birmingham on a hybrid working basis.

This is a 6-month contract, with a likely extension, working 37.5 hours per week from Monday to Friday.

Offering a day rate of £400 per day via an umbrella company, this opportunity will suit a reward professional with proven experience designing and implementing reward frameworks, job architecture and grading structures.

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Developing and implementing a comprehensive reward framework aligned to organisational strategy
• Establishing reward principles, governance, pay philosophy and decision-making processes that ensure consistency, fairness and competitiveness across the business
• Creating and embedding a structured job architecture, including job levels, grading methodologies, role descriptors and organisational mapping
• Ensuring clear role alignment, internal equity and consistency across all functions
• Designing job family frameworks and career progression pathways
• Developing career ladders, competency profiles and role expectations that support talent development, succession planning and internal mobility
• Conducting market benchmarking and compensation analysis to inform salary structures and pay ranges
• Developing implementation toolkits, guidance materials, templates and training resources to support successful rollout
• Partnering with HR and business stakeholders to embed new reward frameworks and ensure ongoing governance and adoption

About You:

• Proven experience designing and implementing reward frameworks, job architecture and grading structures
• Strong understanding of reward principles, pay philosophy, governance and compensation benchmarking
• Experience creating job levels, grading methodologies, role descriptors and organisational mapping
• Ability to engage effectively with HR and business stakeholders to support adoption and ongoing governance
• Confident producing guidance materials, templates, toolkits and training resources to support implementation

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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