Jobs in Slough, United Kingdom

Location: Homebased

Work pattern: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary: Up to £35,065.00 per annum

Contract: Permanent

We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them. Will you join us and make life better for cats?

• Overseeing the administration, renewal, and ongoing improvement of the charity’s core benefit offerings
• Driving innovation in benefits design, ensuring our offer remains competitive, inclusive, and responsive to employee needs
• Championing accessibility and engagement with benefits through inclusive, multi‑generational communications
• Supporting with data activity for the annual pay review, including assisting with market research, pay modelling, and data checking
• Supporting with job evaluation by attending panels, querying role details, and offering insight
• Providing market benchmarking for roles using our range of benchmarking platforms
• Producing quarterly management information reports and dashboards on benefit usage and engagement

• We sit within the People & Culture directorate
• The team is responsible for developing reward strategies, including pay frameworks and wellbeing initiatives, the development and improvement of an inspiring benefits, cost‑effective offering, working within regulatory, safeguarding and compliance frameworks and driving Cat Protection’s employer brand
• We currently have a team of six working across reward and recruitment, consisting of Head of Reward & Talent Acquisition, Talent Acquisition Manager, three Talent Acquisition Partners and a Reward & Recruitment Officer. We have vacancies for a Reward Specialist and a Reward & Benefits Officer
• This role will be line‑managed by the Reward Specialist

• Experience of administration of a cost‑effective benefits programme
• Experience of working in a reward/benefits role in a large, multi‑site, multi‑functional organisation
• Experience supporting with job evaluations and salary benchmarking
• Strong communication style and able to collaborate successfully with stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to analyse data
• Super expert in using Microsoft Excel to build reports and manipulate data
• Strong administrative skills including high attention to detail
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Is a self‑starter and able to work remotely to deliver results
• A sense of fun and passion for all things reward!

• Range of health benefits
• 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
• And much more, which you can learn about here

Application closing date: 30 November 2025

Virtual interview date: 11 December 2025

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.

If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable. You may be just the right candidate.

• Application – Anonymised application form, Video screening
• Interview – Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams
• Interview – Virtual interview via Microsoft Teams

Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.

Please email recruitment@cats.org.uk if you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey.