Interim Job Evaluation Consultant

Morgan Law Partners Llp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Law are seeking an experienced Job Evaluation Specialist to join our Local Government client on a 6-8 month contract. The role focuses on applying NJC and GLPC evaluation methods to ensure consistent, fair outcomes across roles.

Hybrid working is offered, with emphasis on delivering expert advice, conducting evaluations, and supporting HR colleagues and panels in a robust pay and grading process.

Qualifications

• Experience as Job Evaluation Specialist or in a similar reward/HR role.
• Strong knowledge of NJC and GLPC schemes.
• Experience in local authority or public sector.
• Ability to interpret job descriptions and apply evaluation factors.
• Experience facilitating job evaluation interviews/panels.
• Strong analytical skills with clear evidence of decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.
• High accuracy, fairness, confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Undertake job evaluations using NJC and GLPC schemes.
• Review job descriptions and person specifications.
• Conduct job evaluation interviews with managers and postholders.
• Analyse roles against evaluation factors and produce outcomes.
• Provide specialist advice on methodology and outcomes.
• Support job evaluation panels and resolve queries.
• Maintain records and audit trails for evaluations.
• Ensure fair, objective and consistent evaluations per policies.
• Support review and maintenance of processes and guidance.
• Collaborate with HR, reward and org design on pay and structure.

Skills

Job evaluation expert

NJC/GLPC schemes

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Confidentiality

Job description

Morgan Law are looking for an experienced Job Evaluation Specialist to join our Local Government client on an initial 6-8 month contract.

This is an excellent opportunity for a specialist with a strong understanding of local government job evaluation frameworks to support the consistent, fair and robust evaluation of roles across the organisation.

This role is offered on a hybrid working basis.

The successful candidate will have practical experience of working with the NJC (National Joint Council) and GLPC (Greater London Provincial Council) job evaluation schemes, with the ability to assess roles, provide expert advice and support the effective application of the council’s job evaluation processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake job evaluations using the NJC and GLPC job evaluation schemes, ensuring consistency and adherence to agreed frameworks and procedures.
• Review job descriptions and person specifications to ensure they accurately reflect the responsibilities, duties and requirements of each role.
• Conduct job evaluation interviews and gather relevant information from managers and postholders where required.
• Analyse roles against the relevant evaluation factors and produce clear, evidence-based evaluation outcomes.
• Provide specialist advice and guidance to HR colleagues, managers and other stakeholders on job evaluation methodology and outcomes.
• Support job evaluation panels, moderation meetings and the resolution of evaluation queries or discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate records, documentation and audit trails for all evaluations undertaken.
• Ensure evaluations are conducted fairly, objectively and consistently, in line with council policies and relevant local government arrangements.
• Support the review and maintenance of job evaluation processes, guidance and documentation.
• Work collaboratively with HR, reward and organisational design teams on related pay, grading and role structure matters.

Essential Experience and Skills

• Demonstrable experience working as a Job Evaluation Specialist or in a similar reward, HR or organisational design role.
• Strong practical knowledge of both the NJC and GLPC job evaluation schemes.
• Experience evaluating roles within a local authority or wider public sector environment.
• Ability to interpret job descriptions, identify key role requirements and apply evaluation factors consistently.
• Experience facilitating job evaluation interviews, panels or moderation sessions.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to explain and evidence evaluation decisions clearly.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to advise managers and HR professionals on complex evaluation matters.
• A high level of accuracy, attention to detail and commitment to fairness, consistency and confidentiality.