Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary package

About the Role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Reward Partner to join our growing team in London. As a Reward Partner you will provide a robust, professional, and proactive reward partnering service to the wider UK business, guiding stakeholders to thoughtful, well-reasoned outcomes. You will offer holistic reward advice and support including policy interpretation, compensation analysis, job grading exercises, total reward benchmarking, and ensuring best practice.

Key responsibilities include:
- Further developing the UK employee proposition from a reward perspective using internal and external insights to inform recommendations
- Providing experienced project leadership and expert advice across a broad range of UK reward activities and projects
- Supporting the development of reward strategy, policy, and associated frameworks
- Undertaking robust job evaluation and benchmarking, acting as a holistic reward interface for line managers and HR Business Partners
- Preparing professional, polished documentation and analysis for senior stakeholders
- Confidently using a range of job market data sources to inform the reward framework and wider strategy
- Producing data and analysis for stakeholders, the wider Reward Team, and specific projects
- Leading and managing the annual incentive and salary review processes, ensuring effective end-to-end delivery
- Coordinating the implementation of Group- and UK-led benefits initiatives
- Supporting systems development including data input, testing, and reporting within the compensation and benefits HR system
- Developing engaging reward-related employee communications to enhance understanding and engagement across the UK population
- Managing relationships with benefit suppliers to ensure effective service delivery and value for money
- Responding to reward and benefits queries as required
- Building strong relationships with the HRSS administration team (payroll, benefits, project support), providing ongoing support and guidance to ensure alignment with UK reward strategy and operational implications.

Why work for us?
Our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious and meaningful infrastructure projects, supporting national economies and strengthening communities. Alongside contributing to impactful work, we offer a comprehensive benefits package tailored to your needs including smart working with up to 40% remote working where roles allow, 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata), family friendly policies with enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity/partner leave, pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes, and more.

Experience
- Substantial experience in reward or as an HR generalist with a strong interest in reward
- Proven experience managing projects using recognised methodologies, improving processes and driving operational efficiency
- Proven compensation and benefits experience within a commercial organisation, including salary surveys, salary reviews, bonus arrangements and benefits management
- Strong numerical and analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and draw meaningful conclusions
- Proficiency in using HR information systems
- Excellent IT skills including advanced Excel capability, with experience collating and coordinating management information and producing accurate reports
- Ability to operate effectively in a complex, fast-paced, challenging and sensitive environment

About you
- Self-motivated and highly capable
- Confident working at both detailed and strategic levels, able to translate analysis into broader business insights
- Excellent communication, collaboration and influencing skills, including experience drafting clear and effective decision-making papers
- Ability to build credible relationships at all levels of seniority and act as an effective point of contact for internal and external stakeholders

Qualifications
- CIPD membership is desirable but not essential