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Join the Wellcome Trust as a Senior Compensation Specialist and contribute to improving global health through strategic reward initiatives
Overview
Salary £61566
Location London, UK - Hybrid
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Expires Expires at anytime
Organisation summary
The Wellcome Trust is a prestigious global charity dedicated to improving health worldwide. With a budget of £16bn over the next decade, they're tackling key challenges in mental health, infectious disease, and climate health. This is an incredible chance to be part of a team that is not only advancing scientific discovery but is also committed to creating a positive impact on the wellbeing of communities globally.
Role Summary
- Work within the People Team in Reward and Wellbeing.
- Report to the Compensation and Recognition Manager.
- Deliver accurate and timely annual compensation and recognition activities.
- Lead, design, and deliver various ad hoc projects to support Wellcome's strategic objectives.
Role Requirements
- Proven experience in Compensation and Reward.
- Ability to build successful relationships and influence senior management.
- Resilience, adaptability, and responsiveness to changing business needs.
Application Process Details
- Submit your CV and complete a short application.
- Interviews will take place on June 3rd and 6th.
- Consult the full job description and learn about employee benefits on the Wellcome Trust website.
Wellcome offers flexible working options, a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and a hybrid work environment with a balance between office presence and remote work.
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.
As a Senior Compensation Specialist, you will be working in the People Team in Reward and Wellbeing. You will report to the Compensation and Recognition Manager and be an integral team member of this small team. The team are responsible for ensuring that reward and recognition supports the Wellcome culture and that people working at Wellcome feel valued and can thrive.
In this role you will contribute to helping Wellcome achieve its strategic objectives. You will play a key part in ensuring that the annual cycle of compensation and recognition activities are delivered accurately and to time as well as leading, designing or delivering other ad hoc projects.
We are looking for an experienced Compensation professional with a deep understanding of Reward and Recognition. You need to have broad experience of building successful relationships and influencing at a senior management level and will need to be resilient, adaptable and able to react to changing business requirements.
To apply please upload your current CV and complete our short application. Interview dates: 03 and 06 of June. You can view the full job description on our website. You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website.
Our Hybrid Way of Working: We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best. We are currently working 2 days per week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from our Euston Road offices (as part of our hybrid Ways of Working) with the remaining 3 days working either remotely or in the office. From 1st September 2024 we will move to 3 days in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition.
