Summary

What you'll do

As the head of reward, you will shape the future of compensation and benefits at one of London's largest housing associations, Notting Hill Genesis.

Leading Notting Hill Genesis' reward strategy, the head of reward will design innovative remuneration frameworks that attract top talent, drive performance, and align with NHG's commitment to equality and inclusivity. Your work will ensure our employees feel valued and motivated to deliver exceptional service to our residents and communities.

How you'll do it

The head of reward will have the opportunity to lead transformative projects that impact thousands of employees and residents, supported by a culture that values compassion, progress and dependability.

• Design and implement NHG's reward strategies, ensuring they support business objectives and foster a high-performance culture.
• Manage our Payroll and Benefits Manager, ensuring seamless payroll operations and competitive, cost-effective benefits packages.
• Embed equality, diversity, and inclusion into pay practices.
• Use analytics to refine reward strategies, benchmark salaries, and model pay reviews, ensuring fairness and market competitiveness.
• Partner with HR colleagues and stakeholders including senior leaders, UNISON our recognised trade union and our staff forum to align reward initiatives with organisational goals.
• Stay ahead of legislative changes and industry trends, adapting NHG's reward practices to remain compliant and cutting-edge.

The ideal candidate

We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation. Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.

Essential:

• CIPD Level 5/7 (or equivalent experience)
• Proven experience in designing and implementing reward strategies aligned with organisational goals
• Expertise in data analytics, salary benchmarking, bonus scheme design and pay systems
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and translate complex data in actionable insights
• Excellent leadership skills with experience in managing teams and coaching / delivering through others

Desirable:

• Experience within the housing sector
• A track record of managing external benefits providers and driving value for money.

What's in it for you?

Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

All about us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff. For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/

Selection Process

Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 7 April 2025  

Step 2: Successful candidates will be invited to interview and assessment

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via .  

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.