Pay & Reward Business Partner
Job Description
Pay & Rewards Business Partner
Duration: 6 months Initial with potential extension
Location: Edinburgh (Edinburgh is preferred, but open to Glasgow, min 3 days per week in the office)
Rate: Up to £500 per day Inside IR35
We’re supporting an organisation seeking an experienced Pay & Reward Business Partner to provide specialist reward expertise across compensation, salary structures, job evaluation and reward governance activities.
This is a hands on delivery role where you’ll partner with senior stakeholders and People teams to ensure reward frameworks remain competitive, equitable and aligned to organisational objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead job evaluation, role sizing and grading activity
- Conduct salary benchmarking and market analysis
- Review pay structures, salary ranges and reward frameworks
- Support reward governance and pay review processes
- Provide reward analysis for recruitment, promotion and retention decisions
- Undertake gender pay gap, equal pay and pay equity analysis
- Deliver cost modelling and reward impact assessments
- Support organisational design and workforce change initiatives
- Produce reward papers and recommendations for senior stakeholders
- Improve reward processes, data quality and governance frameworks
Key Experience
- Significant experience within Reward, Compensation & Benefits or Total Reward
- Strong job evaluation and grading experience
- Salary benchmarking and market pricing expertise
- Experience developing pay structures and reward frameworks
- Knowledge of reward governance, equal pay and pay transparency principles
- Strong analytical and Excel skills
- Ability to translate complex reward data into practical recommendations
- Experience supporting organisational change, restructures or workforce transformation
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior level
