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About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Reward Specialist to join Global University Systems (GUS) in a highly visible role with significant exposure to C-suite and senior leadership. This role offers challenge, pace, international exposure, genuine ownership, and the opportunity to be part of a growing global organization. The position requires flexibility and agility to manage complex reward challenges in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial, and acquisitive environment.
Responsibilities
- Partner with C-suite and senior stakeholders to provide trusted, commercially focused reward advice.
- Lead executive compensation projects, including benchmarking and incentive design.
- Support the Remuneration Committee by preparing papers, analysis, and recommendations.
- Design and develop Management Incentive Plans (MIPs) and PE-style incentive arrangements.
- Own the UK-wide benefits offering and manage the benefits broker relationship.
- Manage and develop the reward and benefits platform to drive engagement and improve employee experience.
- Oversee UK pensions and auto-enrolment compliance, collaborating with providers and internal stakeholders.
- Lead annual reward activities such as salary reviews, benchmarking, bonuses, and compensation planning.
- Respond to evolving business needs and deliver reward solutions balancing commercial priorities with governance.
Requirements
- Experienced senior Reward professional comfortable discussing executive compensation and detailed benefits/pensions.
- Strong experience across reward, compensation, and benefits.
- Experience with executive compensation and incentive design.
- Exposure to Remuneration Committee and senior executive stakeholders.
- Experience in a privately owned, PE-backed, acquisitive, or entrepreneurial environment is valuable.
- Experience managing UK benefits and external broker relationships.
- Knowledge of UK pensions and auto-enrolment requirements.
- Strong commercial judgment and ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Agility to manage changing priorities in a less structured environment.
- Operate as a senior individual contributor with visibility, influence, and ownership.
Skills
- Reward management
- Compensation and benefits
- Executive compensation
- Incentive design
- Remuneration Committee support
- Benefits management
- Pensions oversight
- Auto-enrolment compliance
- Salary reviews
- Benchmarking
- Bonus planning
- Compensation planning
- Commercial judgment
- Agility
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working
- Contributory Pension Scheme (5% personal, 3% Company contribution)
- Private Medical Insurance
- Season Ticket Loan
- Eye Care Vouchers
- Training & Development opportunities
- Staff Discount Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Refer a Friend Scheme
About the Company
- Global University Systems (GUS) is an international education group empowering students through education.
- GUS believes education drives careers, lives, and society forward, enabling a brighter and more sustainable future.
- Institutions offer industry-relevant skills through inclusive, accessible, and digital-first learning.
- Offer career-enhancing certificates, degrees, and post-graduate qualifications.
- Equip a thriving multi-national community of students for lifelong success.
- World-leading network and state-of-the-art institutions power global student upskilling.
Equal Opportunity
- GUS is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.