Reward Specialist - #1790885

Salary:

£38,216.00 - £45,219.00 GBP Annual

Pension:

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%. Please refer to the Civil Service Pensions website for more information.

Type:

Full time

**Please note: The advert will close at 11:59PM the night before the listed closing date.**

SLC offer a blended working model which will typically be 2 days in the office and 3 days from home.

Is it time you unlocked your potential?

Student Loans Company is a non-profit making Government-owned organisation to provide loans and grants to students in universities and colleges in the UK. Since 1989, we have enabled our customers to invest in their futures by delivering secure, accurate and efficient assessment, payment and repayment services.

Our Values

Culture is at the heart of everything we do at SLC and we are guided by our five values which help make SLC a great place to work:

• Honesty: We act with integrity and transparency, sharing information openly and addressing challenges with courage.
• Empowerment: We enable people to take initiative, make impactful decisions, and continuously learn and grow.
• Accountability: We deliver on commitments, own our successes and mistakes, and strive for quality outcomes.
• Respect: We value diverse perspectives, actively listen, and create an inclusive environment where everyone belongs.
• Trust: We collaborate across teams, build dependable relationships, and work as one to deliver for our customers.

These values are more than words—they guide our decisions, shape our collaborations, and strengthen our impact on the students we serve.

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Reward Specialist to join our People Directorate

This is a fantastic role for someone with an interest in reward to contribute to the development and delivery of effective and consistent pay, benefits, and job evaluation practices across the organisation. Whether you already have experience in reward or are looking to transition from a generalist HR data-focused role, we welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds.

As a Reward Specialist, you’ll support a broad range of activities, including data analysis, job evaluation, pay benchmarking, and the delivery of the annual reward cycle. You’ll work closely with colleagues across our People function and the wider organisation to ensure our reward policies and processes are fair, transparent and aligned with business needs.

You’ll be joining a purpose-driven organisation that values integrity, collaboration and continuous improvement — and where your work will help shape a positive employee experience for colleagues across SLC.

What you bring:

• Knowledge of current legislation and regulations impacting on reward practices and the ability to provide advice and guidance on best practice.
• Ability to lead, manage and deliver on multiple tasks and deadlines utilising a range of direct and indirect resources
• Ability to manage complex issues and quickly evaluate a situation, including risk assessment
• and propose a course of action
• Extensive experience in a progressive People / HR Department in similar role, including providing advice to managers/employees on a wide range of people issues to a complex level.
• CIPD Qualified or relevant comparable experience
• Experience of working across and managing multiple projects alongside BAU activities.
• Experience of working with and handling highly sensitive and personal data, in particular in adherence to GDPR.
• Experience of delivering and reviewing a total rewards package.
• Experience of job evaluation and benchmarking.

You can expect more from a career with SLC. We support colleagues to unlock their potential through our Career Pathways development programme and offer an excellent benefit and rewards package that includes:

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays
• Option to buy/sell annual leave
• Flexi-time and enhanced flexible working options available
• Option to join the Civil Service pension scheme
• Life insurance cover for 4 x annual salary
• Enhanced company sick pay and family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption
• Contributory lifestyle benefit options including discounts at hundreds of retailers, cycle to work scheme, access to the Civil Service Sports and Leisure Club for discounted gym memberships, and an optional dental insurance scheme
• To find out what’s it’s like to work at Student Loans Company click here SLC Careers

The Legal Bits

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some background checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include employment history, criminal record check, credit reference check and fraud check.

SLC are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are inclusive for all candidates and will make reasonable adjustments for those who consider themselves to have a disability or long-term condition in line with the Equality Act 2010. Our application process provides candidates with the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments but if you would like to discuss this in more detail, please email [email protected].