Reward and Benefits Manager

Reward And Benefits Manager

Location: Hybrid - Sheffield

Annual Salary: £45,000-£55,000 depending on experience

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Line Manager: Head of HR

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As Twinkl continues to grow, we’re looking for an experienced Reward and Benefits Manager to help us attract, retain and recognise the people who make this possible.

About The Role

You’ll shape how we reward our people, combining commercial judgement with hands-on delivery. From developing salary bands and reviewing benefits to supporting the annual pay review process, you’ll turn data and business priorities into practical, clearly communicated decisions.

Working with the Head of HR and the wider People Team and executive leaders, you’ll build reward approaches that balance market competitiveness, fairness and affordability for the location within the UK, US or beyond.

Presenting to our executive team will be a regular part of the role. You’ll make complex reward information easy to understand, explain your recommendations and the reasoning behind them, and respond confidently to questions. You’ll also help managers and colleagues understand how our pay and benefits programmes work and what they mean for them.

In This Role You Will

• Develop and maintain pay structures, salary bands and bonus schemes that support our business goals and help us attract and retain talent.
• Lead the annual pay review from planning through to implementation, coordinating with People and Finance colleagues and providing clear guidance, training and documentation aligned with the performance review cycle.
• Manage the full benefits lifecycle, including development, implementation, administration, colleague communications and renewals across health, wellbeing, pensions and salary sacrifice schemes.
• Analyse salary data and market trends, turning benchmarking into clear recommendations that explain the options, costs and implications for the business.
• Evaluate roles using a consistent approach to job classification and pay levels, working with People and Learning and Development colleagues to support alignment with grading and career frameworks.
• Ensure reward policies and benefits programmes meet relevant local legal, tax and employment requirements, working with specialist colleagues and advisers where needed.
• Present reward insights and proposals regularly to executive leaders, tailoring the detail to your audience and helping them make informed decisions.
• Act as the main contact for reward questions and improve how we communicate the value of our offer to colleagues, including exploring total reward statements.

What You Will Need To Succeed

• We’re looking for someone who brings sound reward expertise, commercial thinking and a practical approach, with the confidence to turn detailed analysis into a clear story and a well-supported recommendation.
• Experience developing and maintaining pay structures, salary bands and bonus schemes, supported by robust market benchmarking.
• Experience managing employee benefits through their full lifecycle, including provider relationships, administration, communications and renewals in partnership with our internal communications team.
• A track record of delivering annual pay reviews and coordinating stakeholders, timelines and communication across a business.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret salary and benefits data, model costs and explain the implications of different options.
• Experience using formal job evaluation methods to support consistent role classification and pay decisions.
• Working knowledge of relevant UK legal, tax and employment requirements affecting pay and benefits, and the judgement to seek specialist advice when needed.
• Advantageous to have experienced managing and embedding Reward & Benefits strategies in the US, Australia, Portugal and New Zealand.
• Demonstrable experience presenting complex information clearly to executive or senior leadership audiences, explaining both what you recommend and why, and responding effectively to challenges.
• The ability to build credibility across teams, influence decisions and translate reward strategy into practical policies and communications that managers and colleagues can understand.

How We Will Look After You

• Westfield Health Cash Plan: Claim money back, up to set limits, for everyday healthcare expenses such as dental check-ups, optical care and therapy treatments.
• Annual Leave: 33 days inclusive of bank holidays, pro rata.
• Me Day: A dedicated Me Day each year for yourself.
• Volunteering: A paid charity volunteering day each year.
• Twinkl Perks: Free Twinkl subscriptions for you and your family.
• Culture: A friendly, welcoming and supportive environment where collaboration and kindness matter.
• Flexibility: Flexible working with opportunities to work from home.
• Inclusion: A commitment to an inclusive workplace, with employee networks focused on LGBTQ+, People of Colour, disabilities visible and invisible, Women in Tech and Working Parents.
• Financial Security: Enhanced pension contributions and life insurance.
• Family Support: Enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay.
• Loyalty: Long service awards and additional annual leave.

Our Selection Process

As part of the interview process, we’ll ask you to prepare a short presentation based on a reward scenario. We’ll be looking at how you interpret the information, develop a recommendation and explain what you would do and why. There will be time for questions, so we can see how you discuss options and respond to challenges. We’ll share the brief and expectations in advance.

If you’re excited by the opportunity to shape how we reward and support our people, and help leaders make informed decisions that benefit Twinkl and our colleagues, we’d love to hear from you.