Reward and Benefits Manager

Liverpool, Merseyside
Riverside Group
Job Title: Reward & Benefits ManagerContract Type: ?Permanent? Salary: £51,894 (£57,500 is achieved after 12 months successful performance in the role)Working Hours: ?35 hours Working Pattern:?Monday – Friday Location: Liverpool, HybridFor your application to be considered please attach a current CV and cover letter.?Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.Why Riverside?At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.? We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us. Working with us, you’ll enjoy:

• Competitive pay & generous pension.
• 28 days holidays plus bank holidays.
• Flexible working options available
• Investment in your learning, personal development, and technology.
• A wide range of benefits. ?

Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues. Application Process:If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact as a Reward & Benefits Manager we encourage you to apply with your CV and cover letter. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the criteria on the job description, at Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience. This role also falls under our Ethnic Diversity guaranteed interview scheme. If you are Ethnically Diverse and demonstrate you meet the minimum criteria for the role you will be guaranteed an interview. The difference you will make as a Reward & Benefits Manager.To lead and be accountable for all aspects reward and benefits for Riverside. Providing expert advice, managing, and maintaining all the operational reward and benefits activities and leading strategic initiatives to shape a modern and affordable reward and benefits package that enable us to attract and retain talent.About YouYou will have act as a Role model for out Our Riverside Way and ways of working. Be CIPD level 7 qualified or equivalent gained through experience. Proven track record within reward, benefits and pensions demonstrable experience of managing reward and benefits packages, cyclical reward activity. Demonstrable and deep technical expertise in reward, up to date knowledge of best practice, latest innovations in reward and legislation as it relates to reward and benefits?Role RequirementsTo lead in such a way as to have a positive impact on our people. Role modelling Our Riverside Way, ensuring our ways of working are embedded in all we do and ensuring the achievement of our aspired culture. Own and manage Riverside’s approach to reward and benefits, including the full reward proposition, open pensions, benefits offering, working collaboratively within People Services and managers to ensure consistent sharing of knowledge, implementation and adherence to policies and proceduresLead specific reward initiatives (eg redesign of pay structures), from design to implementation, ensuring cross functional collaboration, stakeholder engagement and a robust plan to ensure a successful implementationDevelop and implement the Reward and Benefits strategy, provide expert advice, guidance, strategic and practical direction to colleagues and managers Manage a fair and consistent process for role pricing and benchmarking, peer reviewing completed pricing activity and ensuring outcomes are robust and consistent across the business, reflecting the appropriate market positioning Manage contracts with external suppliers liaising with Procurement as required to ensure value for money and a high-quality service and offering to colleagues. Lead, working with the Reward Advisor to support the PS Delivery Team in the timely management of cyclical activities, (eg pay review, Real Living Wage, pensions re 1 enrolment)Support the Director of People and Culture in the pay review cycle through information gathering and modelling, participating in trade union consultation meetings, drafting communications and supporting the Head of PS Delivery and other PS teams in ensuring accurate implementationManage and monitor budgets as may be delegated and work with colleagues in Finance on budget monitoring and setting for the teamManage and maintain a process for the management of death in service claims, liaising with relevant external partners as required and supporting the Reward Advisor with due diligence and reporting to the TrusteesManagement of open pensions scheme, working with Head of People Services Delivery and Finance to support our future strategic direction and undertake any activity and or projects required to help us achieve our ambition and keep us safe and compliantEnsure that all information