Reward & Performance Manager

Job title – Reward & Performance Manager
Location – Remote with occasional office attendance (once per month in London W5)
Contract – Temporary - 6 month 
Hours – 35 hours per week,
Start Date – ASAP

The Role Summary
We’re looking for a Reward & Performance Manager to lead a full Total Reward review while enhancing how performance is embedded across the organisation.
This role will have a strong focus on upskilling managers in performance management, ensuring frameworks are not just in place, but actively used to drive high performance and engagement.
You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders to deliver a modern, data-led reward and performance strategy, with exposure across the full employee lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
Reward

• Lead the annual pay review and reward cycle, ensuring clarity, fairness, and alignment to strategy
• Provide expert guidance to senior leaders on remuneration, pay benchmarking, and market trends
• Oversee reward budgeting in partnership with Finance, including modelling and scenario planning
• Deliver executive-level reporting and insights for governance and remuneration committees
• Lead pay gap reporting and ensure alignment with EDI and organisational KPIs

Performance

• Own and continuously improve the performance management framework
• Lead the annual performance review cycle, including organisation-wide calibration
• Embed best practice performance processes, including system utilisation (e.g. Kallidus)
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and industry standards

Benefits

• Oversee benefits strategy, ensuring value for money and strong employee engagement
• Manage vendor relationships and drive continuous improvement in offerings
• Ensure all reward and benefits policies are compliant and audit-ready

Requirements

• Strong experience in reward, compensation, and performance management within a complex organisation
• Proven track record delivering Total Reward reviews or transformation projects
• Experience driving performance culture change and manager capability
• Comfortable working with data, benchmarking, and HR metrics
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership

Desirable

• Experience with Kallidus LMS or similar performance/learning platforms
• CIPD qualified (or equivalent)

If you are interested in this position and meet the above criteria, please send your CV now for consideration.
If you require any additional information regarding the position, please call Lewis at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208 966 or send an E-Mail to lewis.hodson@servicecare.org.uk