Head of Pay and Reward

The salary for this role is £66,436. Onsite working is expected for 3 days each week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working. 

This role is based at Culham, Oxfordshire  

This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data. 

The Role

As Head of Pay and Reward, you will support the Director of People as a member of the People Department Senior Leadership Team in delivering the People Strategy to enable UKAEA to achieve its corporate goals.

You'll manage the organisation’s strategic direction on all Pay and Reward matters and lead a team of Pay and Reward specialists to deliver outcomes which improve recruitment and retention, ensure compliance, and contribute to successful business growth.

Additional Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing strategic business planning by ensuring that the People agenda is reflected in it
• Manage and support strategic projects including scope, design and delivery
• Fully understand public sector pay policy and take a lead role in advising on and driving improvements to UKAEA’s existing pay and reward strategy and processes, in line with public sector pay policy
• Understand the needs of the business and secure organisational buy in on pay and reward projects
• Lead pay negotiations with Trades Union colleagues and collaborate with Trades Union colleagues and employee representative groups on other pay and reward matters, influencing as appropriate
• Prepare and publish statutory reports
• Collaborate closely with other specialisms in the People Department in the development of the People agenda on issues such as gender pay and total reward

Essential Skills, Experience and Competence Required:

• Educated to degree level or demonstrable equivalent experience
• MCIPD (Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) or willing to work towards
• Significant knowledge and experience of strategic pay policy in the public sector, preferably within the Civil Service or Arm’s Length Bodies
• Excellent planning skills
• Excellent people skills, including developing others
• Creative in finding solutions to support the organisation to achieve its goals

A full list of our benefits can be found here https://careers.ukaea.uk/life-at-ukaea/employee-benefits/

We welcome applications from under-represented groups, particularly individuals from black and other ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities, and women. Our Executive team, supported by our 'Equality, Diversity and Inclusion' (EDI) Partner and Inclusion Ambassadors, actively promotes EDI and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.

Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.