Reward Business Partner

Bupa UK; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Health insurance

Enhanced pension

Onsite gym

Job summary

Bupa is seeking a Reward Business Partner in Bristol, offering a 12‑month fixed-term contract with hybrid working (2 days in the office). The role focuses on developing and delivering total reward strategies across the Dental business line, including pay, benefits and incentives.

You will provide expert reward consultancy, work with cross-functional stakeholders, and ensure best-practice pay practices while supporting business objectives.

Qualifications

• Broad experience across compensation, benefits and incentives.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Experience with job evaluation methodologies (WTW or Hay/Korn Ferry).
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and make decisions.

Responsibilities

• Works with People Director and People Partner teams to input, design and deliver reward activities.
• Contributes to reward initiatives including pay, non-financial reward, incentives and benefits.
• Works within the Reward team on pan-Market Unit projects and tailor to the business area.
• Influences the strategic development of reward approaches within the business area.
• Engages with stakeholders and presents to senior leaders as required.
• Delivers reward initiatives including job evaluation, bonuses/incentives, merit and benchmarking.
• Ensures pay practices reflect best practices and external developments.
• Provides expert advice on reward and compensation issues to People teams and managers.

Skills

Reward experience

Numerical skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Job Description

Reward Business Partner

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 DOE

Location status: Hybrid Working (2 days in the office)

Location: Bristol, Dental Vantage Park

Role Type: Fixed Term Contract – 12 Months

Shift pattern: Full time – 37.5 hours

We make health happen

As a Reward Business Partner at Bupa you will support and advise on the development and execution of reward strategy and activities that support the delivery of the business objectives for the relevant business area (Dental) within Bupa’s BGIUK Market Unit. You will provide reward consultancy and expertise on a broad range of total reward activities, and subject projects, working collaboratively with a wide range of cross-functional stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Works with the relevant People Director / their business area People Partner team, to provide specialist input, advice, design and delivery of reward activities to the relevant populations.
• Contributes to the development and implementation of reward initiatives to support the achievement of business strategies and objectives, including pay, non-financial reward, incentives and benefits.
• Works as part of the broader Reward team in the delivery of pan-Market Unit reward projects, tailoring to their business area where appropriate.
• Influences the strategic development of the reward approach within relevant business area.
• Engages with a varied stakeholder group and presents to senior stakeholders when required.
• Delivers initiatives that underpin the reward of employees in relevant business area, including issues relating to job evaluation, bonuses/incentives (including sales incentives where applicable), annual merit award, benefits and salary benchmarking.
• Ensures that operational pay practices within relevant business unit reflect Bupa best practices, external developments and are of the highest quality.
• Provides expert advice on reward and compensation issues, including detailed reward analysis where required, to People teams and managers.
• Effectively consults, supports and influences the relevant People team, managers and senior leaders in reward activity.
• Works closely with Reward Delivery, Benefits & Recognition and Reward Governance teams and other key internal teams, together with external partners and suppliers.
• Works with key stakeholders in the business to design and deliver the best reward programmes, in a strong and capable consultative style.
• Designs, implements and reviews the correct materials ensuring the most appropriate training and support is given to managers when changes to policy or process are made.

What We’re Looking For

• Broad technical reward experience and understanding, covering all key pillars (compensation, variable and benefits)
• Extremely strong numerical and analytical skills and working in an environment that requires strong attention to detail.
• Experience of job evaluation (WTW or ideally Hay/Korn Ferry) methodologies.
• Experience of working with and influencing business stakeholders and holding roles which demand good problem-solving ability and the need to make decisions that positively impact the business.
• Strong communication, influencing, judgement, persuasiveness and negotiating skills
• Experience of working with people at different levels of seniority within the organisation.
• Experience of working with complex and large business groups.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts

Why Bupa

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”.

We champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.

That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer.

This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role.

We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: [e-mail]

Time Type

Full time

Job Area

People & HR

Locations

Bupa Place, Dental Vantage Park