Reward Partner

Tesco PLC; Welwyn Garden City; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 20%

Private medical insurance

Generous holiday

Job summary

Tesco Stores Limited is seeking an experienced reward expert to lead the UK Reward & Benefits agenda, driving policy development, governance and strategic initiatives. You will partner with senior leaders to ensure market competitiveness while balancing commercial priorities and colleague wellbeing.

Work patterns are hybrid, with on-site and flexible arrangements. This role emphasizes data-driven analysis, project delivery and coaching across teams to enhance the rewards function across Tesco’s

Qualifications

• Experience developing and delivering projects, financial analysis or other people-related programmes where data, governance and stakeholder influence were critical to success.
• Demonstrable experience analysing complex data and translating insights into recommendations for business leaders.
• Experience designing, implementing or managing frameworks, policies or programmes that require strong governance and commercial judgement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of reward policies, frameworks and processes to support business priorities and enhance colleague experience.
• Drive reward governance by reviewing and challenging pay proposals, ensuring fair and consistent application of reward policies and identifying potential reward risks.
• Lead and deliver strategic reward projects from design through to implementation, working across multiple functions to achieve successful business outcomes.
• Build reward capability across the organisation through coaching, education and guidance, helping stakeholders develop their understanding of reward principles, benchmarking and pay decisions.
• Provide guidance to key stakeholders on complex reward matters including pay, grading, benchmarking, pay progression and market competitiveness.
• Influence and challenge senior stakeholders to ensure reward decisions are aligned to reward principles, business objectives, internal consistency and market practice.
• Use data, insight and external market intelligence to identify trends, inform decision-making and make strategic and tactical recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Partner with Group Reward, Finance, People teams and business leaders to ensure reward strategies and activities are aligned, commercially viable and operationally effective.

Job description

You're an established reward expert, responsible for managing multiple reward processes, establishing brilliant basics/BAU and supporting projects as part of the UK Reward & Benefits strategy. What is in it for you We're all about the little helps. That's why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you - both in and out of work.

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary.
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays).
• Private medical insurance.
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (12 months service required at the qualifying date) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave.
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing.

The above information is a shortened summary, refer to our policies for full details

You will be responsible for

• Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of reward policies, frameworks and processes to support business priorities and enhance colleague experience.
• Driving reward governance by reviewing and challenging pay proposals, ensuring fair and consistent application of reward policies and identifying potential reward risks.
• Leading and delivering strategic reward projects from design through to implementation, working across multiple functions to achieve successful business outcomes.
• Building reward capability across the organisation through coaching, education and guidance, helping stakeholders develop their understanding of reward principles, benchmarking and pay decisions.
• Providing guidance to key stakeholders (People Directors, PBPs and business leaders) on complex reward matters including pay, grading, benchmarking, pay progression and market competitiveness.
• Influencing and challenging senior stakeholders to ensure reward decisions are aligned to reward principles, business objectives, internal consistency and market practice.
• Using data, insight and external market intelligence to identify trends, inform decision-making and make strategic and tactical recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Partnering with Group Reward, Finance, People teams and business leaders to ensure reward strategies and activities are aligned, commercially viable and operationally effective.

You will need

• Experience developing and delivering projects, financial analysis or other people-related programmes where data, governance and stakeholder influence were critical to success.
• Demonstrable experience analysing complex data and translating insights into recommendations for business leaders.
• Experience designing, implementing or managing frameworks, policies or programmes that require strong governance and commercial judgement.

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we're all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Spend 60% of your week collaborating with colleagues at our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support. We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone's welcome. That's why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying. When you join us in this role, you'll be employed by Tesco Stores Limited, the Tesco legal entity responsible for your employment.