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Reward Manager

Employer
Manor Royal Business District
Location
Crawley, West Sussex
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
4 Feb 2021

Job Details

Virgin A [square]

Reward Manager

Salary: Competitive 

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Mon-Fri 

Location: Crawley 

Contract: x2 opportunites available - 1 Permanent and 1 FTC (12 months) 

Many of our staff at Virgin work flexibly and in many different ways, including part-time, different core hours or remote working. Please talk to us at your application or interview stage about the flexibility you need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we are happy to explore what's possible for the role.

In a nutshell:

At Virgin Atlantic, we’re just as passionate as we’ve always been about becoming the most loved travel company. It’s been a difficult time, for us, for everyone. There’s been ups and downs, some successes, and some sadness. One thing we know for sure – when we combine our brand with the power of amazing people, we make something truly magical.

Virgin Atlantic is still proudly flying, creating the same fabulous flight experience we’re famous for, and we’re busily laying the foundations for a profitable future. We know that the right people are key to creating success – so we’re looking for someone brilliant to join our team and help us achieve our vision. Perhaps that’s you? We’d love to find out.

In this Reward Manager role you will develop reward and benefits products and policies, both in the UK and Internationally, to ensure we have the right offering and market positioning to attract, retain and stretch talent.

You will design and develop fixed compensation, variable pay, job sizing, mobility, wellbeing, core and voluntary benefits, upskilling wider people teams to bring these to life for colleagues, candidates and leaders at Virgin Atlantic.

Day to Day:

As Reward Manager you will be responsible for the following:

Reward Policy & Product Development:

  • Research, analyse, plan, procure, implement and communicate new and existing reward and benefit products, to ensure we are competitive within our market.
  • Maintain market awareness and measure how our reward packages benchmark externally, recommending adjustments to improve competitiveness.
  • Use a range of data sources to evaluate the effectiveness of current reward processes and policies, measuring impact, value and any key themes for improvement.
  • Ensure we are future proofing our reward proposition and maximizing all opportunities for alignment or harmonisation across the enterprise.
  • Highlighting external insights to inform future reward thinking and continually improve the offering.

Providing Reward & Benefits Expertise:

  • Apply subject matter expertise to refine and maintain the suite of reward products and policies, ensuring full compliance with local laws and legislation.
  • Work with third party specialists to anticipate upcoming public policy, legislative or best practice changes and ensure these are fed into our product and process frameworks.
  • Independently research complex compensation and benefit issues and propose resolutions.
  • Develop internal mechanisms to ensure all decision making and governance is fully documented and current
  • Chair quarterly account reviews, governance meetings and committees, with both internal and external partners, auditors, consultants and vendors, designing agendas, sharing information and facilitating regular discussions that drive maximum value back.

Managing Reward Projects:

  • Collaborate across the People function to design, deliver and communicate relevant and competitive reward packages and frameworks across VAA (fixed pay, variable pay, core and voluntary/flex benefits).
  • Partner with key business leaders to undertake reward restructuring projects and one-off reviews, completing all end-to-end scoping, analysis, market review, modelling, recommendations and implementation planning.
  • Manage and deliver end-to-end cyclical reward projects (including benefits enrolment cycles, variable pay cycle, pay review, Gender Pay, Equal Pay Audits etc.)
  • Ensure reward packages align to our strategic aims, balancing internal and external competitiveness.

Reward Budget:

  • Measure external partners to ensure all consistently offer excellent levels of service and competitive pricing.
  • Ensure all risk benefits are appropriately budgeted, maximising all opportunities to either improve product quality / relevance or reduce costs whenever possible.
  • Complete regular reviews with benefits providers to measure claims performance and VAA’s workforce profile, anticipating and advising on future changes versus budgeted spend.
  • Contribute to budgeting, phasing and tracking activities to ensure spend is fully managed within budget.

Operational Service Delivery:

  • Ensure all reward products are fully operationalised into the People Operations and Resourcing teams at every tier, ensuring that all products, FAQs, advice and guidance is accurate, relevant and effectively delivered, providing additional support, training or guidance where needed.
  • Collaborate with systems team to leverage latest technologies, improve automation and simplify processes.
  • Use People Operations and third party partner data to evaluate the effectiveness of current reward service delivery, making recommendations where needed to improve or simplify the people experience.

About you:

Would you like to be part of the UK’s ‘Most Loved’ travel company? Are you a talented Reward Manager with experience in Benefits, Reward and Compensation? Are you able to use data to create innovative solutions and drive change? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

We're looking for Reward Managers with the following skills and experience:

  • Proven design experience in Reward in complex, global organisations
  • Track record of designing reward and/or benefits plans for diverse stakeholder groups
  • Prior experience bringing a broad range of external thinking and market insight into the organisation’s reward plans, including but not limited to disruptive practice, market / competitor insight, thought leadership, benchmarking and trend analysis
  • CIPD Qualified or equivalent generalist HR grounding across multiple disciplines
  • Highly numerate with advanced analytical skills
  • Broad experience of designing / building Excel-based models with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
  • Experience of delivering significant reward changes, challenging established ways of thinking and behaving whilst preserving relationships
  • Experience of working with Trade Unions and Staff Committees an advantage
  • Experience of International Reward, particularly US, Asia Pacific or Middle East / Africa an advantage
  • Track record of negotiating and managing a wide range of benefits partners, including risk benefits brokering
  • High level of drive, enthusiasm, tenacity and resilience

If this sounds like you please apply today, we look forward to hearing from you!

Company

Manor Royal Business District is the biggest business park of the Gatwick Diamond area and one of the south east's premier mixed activity employment hubs.

Enviable location and connections

Situated at the heart of the Gatwick Diamond on the Sussex and Surrey county borders, just two miles from London Gatwick Airport, a major motorway junction (M23 Junctoion 10) and two mainline railway stations (Gatwick Airport and Three Bridges), Manor Royal is a popular choice for a diverse range of occupiers including a host of blue chip global brands.

Manor Royal in numbers

  • One of the biggest business parks in the South East.
  • Covers an area of 539 acres – that’s over 300 football pitches.
  • 700 properties
  • 500 businesses
  • 30,000 people

Manor Royal more than a number

Since the formation of the Manor Royal Business Group (MRBG), an association of Manor Royal based business and firms, being on Manor Royal means being part of something. You’re never just a number.

Manor Royal makes sense

Scale, diversity, location and great connectivity with a property offer to match means Manor Royal based firms are never far away from their suppliers, customers and a talented workforce.

Pay us a visit

Visit www.manorroyal.org to find out more and to get in touch

 

Company info
Website
Mini-site
Manor Royal Business District
Location
7 Magellan Terrace (Ground Floor)
Gatwick Road
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9PJ
United Kingdom

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