Reward Consultant

Our client Scottish Power are looking for a Reward Consultant to join their team at Scottish Power HQ in Glasgow (hybrid).
It is a contract role approved for 12 months.
Responsible for the end to end delivery of key activities within the reward cycle and providing consulting support to the delivery of reward strategy under the direction of senior colleagues, across all parts of the UK organisation working across the reward offering.
• Lead on aspects of the delivery of key activities within the annual reward cycle with oversight from a Senior Reward colleague: including performance management, merit and bonus cycles.
• Support the development of pay negotiation strategies through the provision of technical advice on pay movements and cost modelling of proposed changes.
• Provide technical expertise and support the delivery of reward consultancy across the Businesses in relation to remuneration and benefits practices to enable the attraction, retention, motivation and engagement of high performing people.
• Develop and maintain an awareness of external market practice (including benchmarking information) so that an in depth understanding of market trends exists from which advice and guidance can be provided to colleagues.
• Lead the delivery of reward specific initiatives (initiate, plan and implement) ensuring that overall objectives and delivery timescales are met with oversight from a Senior Reward Consultant/ Reward Manager. Ensuring that the cost and impact of initiatives have been fully assessed and understood.
• Carry out effective job measurement in order to evaluate relative weight of jobs, provide feedback to businesses in plain terms (and where appropriate outline the approach and educate recipient on reward approach within Scottish Power) and on the basis of that evaluation make recommendations on appropriate reward packages for roles and best practice in organisational structure design.
• Support the development of the company employee benefits programme under the oversight of the Benefits Manager. Leading on aspects of the sourcing, design of new benefits, contract negotiation and supplier reviews, plus the development and delivery of relevant employee communications to maintain a market competitive employee benefits package.
• Support annual group reward cycle processes to ensure delivery within agreed timescales and successful completion.
• Support the Reward Operations Manager in the management of external and internal reporting requirements and ensure good governance of reward processes.
• Identify areas for improvement in the current reward policies, processes and procedures, develop solutions and lead the implementation of changes.
• Job holder plays an active role in supporting the delivery of reward consultancy to UK Business areas.
• The jobholder will provide remuneration and employee benefits consultancy to UK Businesses, managers, employees and HR colleagues with oversight from a Senior colleague.
• Reporting to the Head of Reward/ Benefits Manager/ Reward Operations Manager, who in turn reports to the UK Director of People Strategy.
• The jobholder will work closely will the HR Solutions teams and business managers up to and including Executive Team level.
• Proven experience of supporting the delivery of key reward cycle activities, e.g. pay and bonus reviews, annual benefits cycles, etc.
• Trained in Hay Job Evaluation methodology is desirable with proven experience of operating as an expert practitioner of job evaluation techniques.
• Experience of supporting the delivery of reward projects across a large organisation with distinct operational businesses.
• The aptitude to be able to build strong and effective working relationships at all levels with internal stakeholders and with external suppliers.
• Proven analytical skills including the ability to analyse complex data to assess the cost and impact of changes.
• Awareness of best practice in reward and changes in external UK regulatory and market context.
• Working autonomously to meet the agreed overall objectives for the reward function.
• Plans internal/external resources effectively to deliver outputs successfully when faced with competing demands and in an environment where differing business needs exist.
• Develops recommendations to senior management on reward initiatives and opportunities that have impacts over the medium – long term
The job holders internal relationships will include liaising with colleagues in the following areas:
• Senior Management – to support engagement with regards to recommendations and approval of proposed reward initiatives.
• HR Department colleagues–to ensure a full understanding of reward practises and principals and their consistent application within the business.
• Purchasing – to develop and implement cost effective strategies for the procurement of employee benefits and external reward consultancy services.
• Business Managers – providing reward expertise and advice to address business challenges and influencing to ensure correct and consistent application of reward policies and principles.
• Internal Communications – to support the delivery of the reward cycle or to draft communications and
• Proven experience of supporting the delivery of key reward cycle activities, e.g. pay and bonus reviews, annual benefits cycles, etc.
• Trained and experienced in application of Hay Job Evaluation Methodology
• Experience of analysing the cost and impact of reward proposals