Location: Hybrid - Leatherhead
Contact: Full time
Hours: 37.5
About Us
Are you looking for a career that makes a real difference? A role with Achieve together might be the perfect opportunity for a long-lasting, rewarding career in the social care sector.
We are looking for team members who are passionate about supporting people, helping our Operations teams deliver excellent care and support, and celebrating achievements.
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Head of Pay & Reward to join our community hub team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the organisation's core operations and ensuring the efficient and effective delivery of services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Advise and inform on Achieve together reward and recognition strategy.
- Effectively train and lead a payroll operations and rewards team.
- Completion and oversight of compensation and benefits benchmarking.
- Pay and reward analysis and reporting, including statutory payroll and Gender Pay Gap reporting.
- Oversee and ensure an accurate, timely payroll operation.
- Implementation and enhancements to pay and reward systems.
- Stakeholder engagement, collaborating closely with internal operations, people and finance teams to ensure effective delivery of reward and pay initiatives
Requirements:
- Extensive experience managing payroll and reward for a large, multi-site, 24/7 working, complex organisation. Experience of this within the healthcare or social care sector highly desirable.
- In depth knowledge of payroll legislation, HMRC regulations, UK reward regulations and pension schemes.
- Strong understanding of the iTrent payroll system and also Wagestream ideally.
- Experience in introducing and leading benefits - including negotiations, engaging market comparisons, and supplier engagement/ management for example in Pensions, life/ medical insurances, health cash plans, car schemes, flexible benefits, company car schemes.
- Experience of change management and driving continual improvement.
- Professional certification in compensation and benefits is advantageous (for example CIPP qualification and/ or CIPD Reward Certification).
- Experience with payroll transitions, implementations and integrations desirable.
Benefits:
At Achieve together, we see this as more than a job, this is the start of your career journey with us. With 75% of our managers promoted from within, this is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career and reach your full potential. Not forgetting, we also offer a wide range of benefits that include:
- Competitive salary
- Wagestream - a financial health app that gives you the ability to receive optional pay advances
- Opportunities for ongoing education and professional growth
- Employee welfare and wellbeing initiatives
- Access to counseling services and mental health programs
- Recognition schemes, team events and social activities
- Employee discount schemes across a range of retailers and services
- Staff incentive schemes such as Refer a Friend, Employee of the Month and Heroes Awards
- A supportive and inclusive work environment that values employee well-being
- Opportunities for team building and social engagement
Apply Now!
Passion for positively shaping lives is just as important to us as your experience. Building on your existing knowledge we will give you all the training and support that you need. You just need an appetite for learning and a real desire to make a difference to peoples’ lives. So, if you want to start, or continue your career journey in care with us, we want to hear from you!