Pay and Reward Advisor

About us  

Fusion, the process that powers the sun and stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs. UKAEA leads the way in realising fusion energy, partnering with industry and research organisations to achieve ground-breaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid by developing the power stations of tomorrow and the skilled workforce to deliver them.  

About the Job

You’ll provide first-line advice on pay and reward while supporting the accurate delivery of key pay processes. You’ll analyse data, prepare calculations and help communicate reward policies and programmes clearly to employees. Working closely with Payroll and colleagues across UKAEA, you’ll contribute to pay reviews, benchmarking and wider reward projects.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide first-line guidance on pay awards, allowances, overtime and other reward policies.
• Respond to pay and reward queries, referring complex or specialist matters for further advice.
• Extract, validate and analyse pay and reward data, identifying trends and inaccuracies.
• Prepare calculations, spreadsheets and data outputs for pay reviews, modelling and business decisions.
• Support gender pay gap reporting, benchmarking exercises and external data submissions.
• Help implement changes to pay policies, processes and practices.
• Draft employee communications, pay award notices, guidance and frequently asked questions.
• Support pay negotiations through data preparation, minute-taking and stakeholder coordination.
• Maintain Reward and Benefits intranet content and promote UKAEA’s benefits package.
• Provide administrative, data and communications support for annual reward activities and projects.

What You’ll Bring

• CIPD Level 3, or a willingness to work towards it.
• Previous responsibility within an operational HR function.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to interpret numerical data accurately.
• A background in interpreting policies and explaining information clearly in writing and verbally.
• Previous involvement in producing policies, guidance documents or employee communications.

Benefits 

We have a generous range of benefits (see the full list here) and highlights include:   

• A salary of £32903
• Up to 7% corporate performance bonus 
• Final salary defined benefits pension scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution  
• 25 days annual leave plus 2.5 'privilege' days; 8 Bank Holidays
• Additional 3 days of site closure over Christmas break  
• Flexible working options plus family-friendly leave provisions  

Our commitment to ED&I 

UKAEA's mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds to help us achieve this goal. We are committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility, and strive to ensure fair representation across our workforce. 

Please email talent@ukaea.uk if you have any questions or require adjustments to help you participate fairly in our recruitment process, for example changes to the way we interview or share information. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. 

We particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in STEM, including women and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. All appointments are made on merit and further information can be found here.