Reward Business Partner

Morgan Hunt UK Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Pension contribution

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Morgan Hunt UK Ltd is recruiting a Reward Business Partner on a fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave, based in Manchester with hybrid working. You will support the annual pay review process, manage benefits and oversee job evaluation using Korn Ferry Hay, while ensuring regulatory compliance and strong stakeholder engagement.

You will analyse reward data, draft papers, and lead reward initiatives in collaboration with HR, unions, and external partners to align rewards with business

Qualifications

• CIPD or reward qualification or equivalent practical reward experience.
• Proven experience in reward, benefits and recognition.
• Experience delivering projects and working across functions in a changing, unionised environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, negotiation and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the annual pay review process, including salary modelling, preparing papers and implementing pay increases.
• Manage employee benefits, provider contracts, annual renewals and colleague communications.
• Oversee job evaluation and appeals using the Korn Ferry Hay methodology, supporting evaluators and managing stakeholder relationships.
• Analyse reward data, identify trends and produce management information to inform decision-making.
• Manage informal recognition processes, ensuring accurate records, financial reconciliation and HMRC compliance.
• Lead reward, benefits and recognition projects, ensuring successful delivery of initiatives and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with HR colleagues, senior leaders, managers, Trade Unions and external partners to deliver the Group's Reward Strategy.

Skills

Reward management

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Project delivery

Education

CIPD or equivalent reward qualification

Tools

iTrent

Power BI

Job description

Reward Business Partner, FTC (Until Dec 2027)

• Manchester (hybrid) - £38,000-£48,000 pa Our client, a leading training provider, is looking to appoint an experienced Reward Business Partner on a fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave.

Working closely with the Head of People and the wider HR team, you will play a key role in delivering a fair, competitive and effective reward strategy that supports the organisation's objectives.

Responsibilities Support the annual pay review process, including salary modelling, preparing papers and implementing pay increases.

Manage employee benefits, provider contracts, annual renewals and colleague communications.

Oversee job evaluation and appeals using the Korn Ferry Hay methodology, supporting evaluators and managing stakeholder relationships.

Analyse reward data, identify trends and produce management information to inform decision-making.

Manage informal recognition processes, ensuring accurate records, financial reconciliation and HMRC compliance.

Lead reward, benefits and recognition projects, ensuring successful delivery of initiatives and regulatory requirements.

Collaborate with HR colleagues, senior leaders, managers, Trade Unions and external partners to deliver the Group's Reward Strategy.

Key Requirements CIPD, reward-related qualification or equivalent practical reward experience.

Proven experience in reward, benefits and recognition.

Strong analytical skills, experience working with complex data and excellent attention to detail.

Experience delivering projects and working collaboratively across functions in a changing, unionised environment.

Excellent stakeholder management, communication, negotiation and influencing skills.

Strong organisational, planning and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to work autonomously.

Commercial awareness and the ability to align reward initiatives with business objectives.

Desirable: Experience of Korn Ferry Hay job evaluation, iTrent or equivalent HR systems, and Power BI. Benefits 28 days paid annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (FTE). Significant pension contribution.

Employee Assistance Programme.

Cycle to Work scheme.

Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer.