Compensation & Reward Lead - Central Government

Spinwell Global Limited; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Spinwell Global Limited is recruiting for a Compensation & Reward Lead for a 12-month contract in the public sector. Hybrid role based in Reading with 2 to 3 days per week in the office.

You will maintain all compensation frameworks, conduct benchmarking and market analysis, provide expert guidance to managers, manage the annual pay review and staff incentives, and ensure compliance with laws. The role also covers mobility policy and working with HR to enable effective payroll data uploads.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining all compensation frameworks, including base pay, allowances, and incentives.
• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of compensation programmes, with recommendations based on business input, professional insight, and data.
• Ensuring the delivery of a domestic and international mobility service that supports business needs whilst remaining appropriately competitive and benchmarked with other public sector defence bodies.
• Conducting regular benchmarking and market analysis to ensure competitive compensation offerings.
• Collaborating with HR and management to ensure compensation programmes are well-communicated and understood.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and any delegated authority or pay freedoms granted by the government.
• Meeting all internal and external audit requirements related to compensation.
• Providing expert advice and support to managers on compensation-related matters.
• Managing the annual pay review process and staff incentive distribution.
• The successful deployment of employees to overseas or domestic locations as required by the business.
• Offering professional guidance, leadership, and direction to reward professionals assigned to or reporting within this area.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of compensation programmes and make recommendations for change based upon business input, professional insight, knowledge and data

Job description

Role: Compensation & Reward Lead REF 105128
Contract Length: 12 months
Location: Hybrid/Reading – 2 to 3 days per week in the office
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Market Rate
Security Clearance: ideally SC
Spinwell is recruiting for a Compensation & Reward Lead for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMPENSATION & REWARD LEAD

Key Accountabilities:

• Maintaining all compensation frameworks, including base pay, allowances, and incentives.
• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of compensation programmes, with recommendations based on business input, professional insight, and data.
• Ensuring the delivery of a domestic and international mobility service that supports business needs whilst remaining appropriately competitive and benchmarked with other public sector defence bodies.
• Conducting regular benchmarking and market analysis to ensure competitive compensation offerings.
• Collaborating with HR and management to ensure compensation programmes are well-communicated and understood.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and any delegated authority or pay freedoms granted by the government.
• Meeting all internal and external audit requirements related to compensation.
• Providing expert advice and support to managers on compensation-related matters.
• Managing the annual pay review process and staff incentive distribution.
• The successful deployment of employees to overseas or domestic locations as required by the business.
• Offering professional guidance, leadership, and direction to reward professionals assigned to or reporting within this area.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of compensation programmes and make recommendations for change based upon business input, professional insight, knowledge and data

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and communicate pay ranges, allowances, and variable pay arrangements.
• Through a Mobility Enablement role, ensuring the communication and maintenance of a mobility framework, policy and process.
• Produce statutory reports, including gender pay gap analysis, with compensation insights and commentary.
• Advise on pay agreements across the business, acting as a subject matter expert and supporting the Industrial Relations lead in Trade Union discussions or negotiations.
• Generate and provide compensation-related data, including key performance indicators.
• Liaise with HR to ensure effective and compliant compensation uploads into payroll, offering oversight and guidance.
• Act as the focal point for all compensation-related internal and external audits, conducting internal checks and monitoring to proactively resolve issues.
• Line manage reward professionals providing professional development and holding to account for delivery
• Provide professional guidance and share knowledge with reward colleagues.

We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion.

Applying to this or any other vacancy advertised by Spinwell Ltd constitutes an agreement for Spinwell Ltd to hold your details for 24 months for the purpose of assessing suitability for the advertised position and to make you aware of any other positions deemed suitable of which You will make you aware by means of either email, text or phone. In line with GDPR regulations you are able to request your details be removed from the company data at any time by emailing us

Disability Confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, the client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant

The client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us and quote the role you are applying for.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let us know.