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At Irwin Mitchell, we're committed to creating a rewarding colleague experience. We're looking for a Benefits & Recognition Manager to lead the development and delivery of our benefits and recognition offering, ensuring it remains competitive, engaging and aligned to business priorities.

Working closely with the Senior Reward Manager, you'll drive continuous improvement, oversee annual benefits renewals and help shape the future of our colleague reward strategy.

What you’ll be doing:

Benefits & Recognition

• Lead the delivery and continuous improvement of our benefits and recognition programmes.
• Manage the annual benefits renewal process, including market reviews, provider engagement and financial analysis.
• Develop approaches to measure ROI, colleague engagement and market competitiveness.
• Own recognition activities, evaluating effectiveness and recommending enhancements.

Process, Governance & Stakeholder Management

• Establish robust governance frameworks and ensure benefits processes remain accurate, compliant and effective.
• Partner with HR, People Services and external providers to improve colleague experience and operational efficiency.
• Manage benefits administration, invoicing, queries and provider relationships.

Communication & Engagement

• Create and deliver engaging benefits communication plans, including webinars, roadshows and learning materials.
• Promote colleague awareness and understanding of benefits through clear, accessible communications and resources.

Essential experience & skills

• Significant experience in employee benefits, reward or a similar specialist area.
• Proven success delivering and enhancing benefits programmes.
• Experience working with benefits technology, providers and governance processes.
• Strong analytical, commercial and project management skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing abilities.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Desirable

• CIPD qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience of benefits renewal activity and reward best practice.

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported.  This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. 

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks ­with our trusted 3rd parties.

The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.