Rewards Manager

Job Description

Up to 12 months FTC

Find where you belong!

Are you passionate about building a Reward strategy which leads the way in fairness and equality? Are you ready to drive innovative ways of helping all our team members earn more? Can you craft an industry leading rewards structure that inspires excellence? If so, then our Reward Manager could be the role for you!

What's it all about?

At Travelodge, we take pride in positioning ourselves for success. The role of the Reward Manager is to help our teams make the most of the company's workforce structure, which includes job design, hierarchy alignment, and compensation frameworks.

You will keep up to date with pay and reward changes in the market, including how the economic and political landscape may influence our reward decisions. Provide expert advice ensuring all processes and structures are fair and equitable and in line with the reward strategy and work with line managers to establish a firm understanding of their roles in order to manage and administer appropriate salary benchmarking and levelling.

You will provide recommendations for annual pay review from planning to roll out, provide recommendations for National Living Wage implementation, recommend and manage the structure of all bonus and variable pay schemes across the company and work with our external pensions advisors to ensure responsible use and administration of our pensions scheme.

Why Travelodge?

We believe in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can be their true self and belong. We work hard to improve the diversity of our teams and celebrate our differences. And we care about our colleagues' wellbeing, so we ensure there are plenty of resources available so everyone can look after their emotional, physical, financial and work wellbeing. We call this "Better Me".

Who will this appeal to?

You will be a passionate and seasoned Reward Manager with experience in working closely with payroll teams and advising managers across an organisation on topics including pay reviews, bonus reviews and National Living Wage changes.

You will have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with a proven ability to collaborate and influence stakeholders at all levels.

You will have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, demonstrating adaptability and strategic thinking with an analytical mindset and experience in using data to drive decisions and improvements across our entire organisation.

Please note this role collaborates with but does not manage a payroll division.

What are the extra benefits of working for Travelodge?

• Salary of up to £65,000 depending on experience
• Contributory pension scheme
• Annual bonus (discretionary)
• Hybrid working - a minimum of 60% of your time should be spent in the office, but you're welcome to come in every day if you prefer!
• 50% personal discount for hotel bookings and great friends and family discounts!
• 25 days holiday increasing with length of service + bank holidays
• A focus on learning and career development