Rewards and Benefits Partner

United Living Group; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

United Living Group is seeking a Rewards and Benefits Partner to guide pay, benefits, and pension strategies. You will work with HR and business leaders to ensure market-aligned reward practices and a fair employee experience.

This role combines operational excellence with data-driven insights to support decision-making across pay, benefits, and governance. You will contribute to cost-effective, compliant reward offerings and continuous improvement of incentive schemes.

Qualifications

• Experience in Reward, Compensation & Benefits, or an HR Advisor role with exposure to reward.
• Experience supporting benefits administration across multiple providers, with insured benefits knowledge.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to advise stakeholders while escalating complex issues.
• Good understanding of reward principles, including salary benchmarking and job evaluation; familiarity with HR systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical, commercially aware advice on pay, incentives, and benefits.
• Support delivery of core reward processes, including annual salary reviews and bonus cycles.
• Assist in maintaining pay structures, job evaluation processes, and grading frameworks.
• Support administration and improvement of incentive schemes, ensuring consistency and alignment with business objectives.
• Play an active role in benefits management, including renewals, liaising with providers, and cost management.
• Work across a range of benefits and providers to ensure smooth day-to-day operations.
• Use data and reporting to identify trends and support analysis across reward activities.
• Prepare insights and reports to support HR and leadership decision-making.

Skills

Reward knowledge

Benefits administration

Salary benchmarking

HR data analysis

Stakeholder advisory

Data presentation

Tools

HR systems

Job description

Job Description

As a Rewards and Benefits Partner, you will support the delivery of reward and benefits activities, providing expert guidance to HR colleagues and business stakeholders. You will play a key role in ensuring our reward processes run effectively, are market-aligned, and support a fair and consistent employee experience.

As a Rewards and Benefits Partner, you will support the delivery of reward and benefits activities, providing expert guidance to HR colleagues and business stakeholders. You will play a key role in ensuring our reward processes run effectively, are market-aligned, and support a fair and consistent employee experience. This role focuses on operational excellence combined with informed advice, using data, insight, and market knowledge to support decision-making across pay, benefits, and pensions. You will contribute to maintaining a competitive and compliant reward offering that supports organisational goals.

• Work closely with HR and business stakeholders to provide practical, commercially aware advice on pay, incentives, and benefits, supporting consistent and fair reward decisions
• Support delivery of core reward processes, including annual salary reviews and bonus cycles, ensuring accurate data management, benchmarking, and adherence to governance frameworks
• Assist in maintaining pay structures, job evaluation processes, and grading frameworks
• Support the administration and continuous improvement of incentive schemes, ensuring consistency and alignment with business objectives
• Play an active role in benefits management, including supporting annual renewals, liaising with providers, and helping manage costs while maintaining quality of service
• Work across a range of benefits and providers to ensure smooth day-to-day operations
• Contribute to reviewing and enhancing the benefits offering, providing insight to improve the employee value proposition and managing legacy arrangements where required
• Use data and reporting to identify trends and support analysis across reward activities, ensuring fair and equitable outcomes and compliance with regulations
• Prepare insights and reports to support HR and leadership decision-making

Qualifications

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience in Reward, Compensation & Benefits, or an HR Advisor role with exposure to reward. Confident working with data and able to present clear, practical insights.
• Experience supporting benefits administration and renewals, ideally across multiple providers, with hands‑on knowledge of insured benefits (e.g. private medical, dental, life assurance).
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, and confidence advising stakeholders while escalating more complex issues when needed.
• Good understanding of reward principles, including salary benchmarking and job evaluation. Familiarity with HR systems and reward tools is beneficial.