Benefits Coordinator

MBDA; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

Pension up to 14%

Paid overtime

Flexi leave

Flexible working

Healthcare cash plan

Enhanced parental leave

Site facilities

Job summary

MBDA in Stevenage has created a Benefits Coordinator role within the Reward & Benefits team. You will join a small team and help run day-to-day benefit activities, ensuring colleagues feel in control of their benefits.

The role involves delivering a suite of benefits across health, wellbeing and lifestyle, managing monthly reporting to payroll, and working with external providers and HR to support renewals and operational improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience in a benefits role would be beneficial.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to manipulate large datasets.
• Attention to detail and ability to handle multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of employee benefits across health & wellbeing, finance and lifestyle benefits with external providers.
• Contribute to ongoing management and administration of existing employee benefits.
• Responsible for monthly benefit reporting to providers and payroll.
• Partner with the HR team and external providers for day-to-day benefit operations and resolve benefit queries.
• Support the annual benefits renewal project with input to design, communications and testing.
• Seek to improve and streamline benefit and reward processes and participate in new developments.
• Collaborate with the broader UK HR team and external providers.
• Support wider Reward and Benefits projects across compensation, benefits and pensions.

Skills

Benefits coordination

Stakeholder communication

Data analysis

Tools

Excel

Job description

Join the Reward & Benefits team as a Benefits Coordinator in this newly created position. You'll join a small team of Reward professionals and support the day to day running of the function. It's a fantastic opportunity to ensure our people feel in control of their benefits and build your experience in Reward.

Salary: Circa £35,000 to £42,000 depending on experience

Duration: Fixed-Term contract for 18 months

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 1 day per week on site in Stevenage

Security Clearance: Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• MBDA funded Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more.

The opportunity:

In this newly created position, you will be responsible for supporting a team of Reward professionals in the day to day running of the function with the opportunity to work across a breadth of benefit related activities as a Benefits Coordinator.

• Support the delivery of our suite of employee benefits across health & wellbeing, finance and lifestyle benefits, working with a range of external providers
• Contribute to the ongoing management and administration of existing employee benefits
• Responsible for monthly benefit reporting to providers and payroll
• Partner with the HR team and external providers for day-to-day benefit related operations, including acting as an advisor for the resolution of benefit queries
• Support the annual benefits renewal project, with input to the design process, communications and testing
• Actively seek to improve and streamline existing benefit and wider reward processes and be part of the design and development of new processes
• Work collaboratively with the broader UK HR team as well as external providers
• Where appropriate you may support wider Reward and Benefit projects across compensation, benefits and pensions.

What we're looking for from you:

• Specific experience in a benefits role or similar in an HR environment would be beneficial
• Clear and adaptable communication style to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong excel skills. You must be comfortable in manipulating large datasets whilst maintaining data accuracy
• Attention to detail and ability to work across various projects
• Initiative driven, with the ability to work independently.

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