Join the Reward & Benefits team as a Benefits Coordinator in this newly created position. You'll join a small team of Reward professionals and support the day to day running of the function. It's a fantastic opportunity to ensure our people feel in control of their benefits and build your experience in Reward.
Salary: Circa £35,000 to £42,000 depending on experience
Duration: Fixed-Term contract for 18 months
Dynamic (hybrid) working: 1 day per week on site in Stevenage
Security Clearance: Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.
What we can offer you:
- Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
- Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
- Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
- Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
- Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
- MBDA funded Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.
- Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
- Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more.
The opportunity:
In this newly created position, you will be responsible for supporting a team of Reward professionals in the day to day running of the function with the opportunity to work across a breadth of benefit related activities as a Benefits Coordinator.
- Support the delivery of our suite of employee benefits across health & wellbeing, finance and lifestyle benefits, working with a range of external providers
- Contribute to the ongoing management and administration of existing employee benefits
- Responsible for monthly benefit reporting to providers and payroll
- Partner with the HR team and external providers for day-to-day benefit related operations, including acting as an advisor for the resolution of benefit queries
- Support the annual benefits renewal project, with input to the design process, communications and testing
- Actively seek to improve and streamline existing benefit and wider reward processes and be part of the design and development of new processes
- Work collaboratively with the broader UK HR team as well as external providers
- Where appropriate you may support wider Reward and Benefit projects across compensation, benefits and pensions.
What we're looking for from you:
- Specific experience in a benefits role or similar in an HR environment would be beneficial
- Clear and adaptable communication style to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong excel skills. You must be comfortable in manipulating large datasets whilst maintaining data accuracy
- Attention to detail and ability to work across various projects
- Initiative driven, with the ability to work independently.
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