Rewards and Benefits Advisor - City of Bristol, United Kingdom - Loungers plc

Description

Job Description

Role and Responsibilities

Working for People Director and Finance Director, you will help to influence and deliver an effective reward and benefits framework for Loungers PLC which reinforces our unique culture enabling the business to attract and retain the very best people in the industry. You will work closely with finance to ensure practices are operated in a controlled, commercial and legal way (e.g. the administration of shares) and work closely with the People team to make sure we're competitive and all existing and future reward/benefit arrangements are administered and communicated to the highest standards.

Duties

• Project manage the delivery of annual bonus and payroll reviews (including National Living Wage), focusing on effective 'on the ground communications' to our site-based teams

• Working with Operations and finance, support timely and effective communications of bonus payments ensuring that communication outwards is clear and that clear timelines are met

• Put in place the right processes to make sure that when people join they have a real understanding of what reward and recognition means in Loungers and how they can use it to drive engagement and retention of team members

• Own the communications for our Company-wide share plan programmes making sure that our team members really understand what's in it for them

• Be the point of contact for 3rd party relationships with all group benefit providers including: Healthcare; shares (TBC) ensuring that we maximise the value of these providers and there are effective working relationships

• With the Head of People administer the Loungers annual loyalty and recognition processes for the business, making sure there are clearly understood processes and that communication is effective.

• Manage the launch of new benefits programmes into the business to deliver the maximum uptake e.g. Cars & Healthcare

• Continually review the effectiveness of reward and benefits programmes' impact on retention rates, spend to budget and regular qualitative feedback, ensuring we know how we compare to our competitor set

• Review turnover data; exit/new survey, engagement and any other data to find opportunities to challenge what we do in reward and benefits and what could be different. Share this insight in the form of clear recommendations to key stakeholders

• Oversee and organise any centrally-led awards annual rewards programme (currently titled Lounger of the year)

• Understand gaps in our reward and benefits framework (including policies) and bring forward thorough and pragmatic solutions that will help to further drive retention and attract top talent (e.g. Maternity Leave)

• Create and hold an annual reward and benefits calendar to ensure all stakeholders are aware of key milestones, and are kept abreast of what's required from different teams

•Deliver ad-hoc people reporting and help to prepare the monthly People dashboard for review by the People Director

Preferred Skills

• Experience in a multi-site business in a retail or hospitality industry

• Working knowledge in HR systems, including Wagestream, Fourth and Mapal.

• Previous experience of HR admin and process improvement

• Broad knowledge of HR and employment law.

• Experience with administering benefits programmes

• Experience of managing 3rd party service providers

Essential Skills

• Very good excel experience and knowledge, and ability to manipulate large data sets and analyze these.

• Positive, proactive and logical approach to work and problem solving

•Truly outstanding attention to detail and able to spot a needle in a haystack

• Ability to take on multiple tasks and queries.

• Willingness to take on challenges in a fast-moving environment

• Ability to work with a range of stakeholders across the business

• A self-starter, capable to work autonomously.

• Commercially orientated and able to weigh-up decisions in terms of the cost and benefit to the business and its employees

This is a fixed term, maternity cover contract for up to 12 months

You need to be in the Bristol office four days a week