The role
Southern Housing is seeking an experienced part-time Reward & Benefits Manager to support the development and implementation a competitive and inclusive pay, reward and benefits approach.
Working across the People Directorate and the wider business, you’ll be responsible for the management of a Reward and Benefit Analyst, leading on pay, benefits, benchmarking and job evaluation, helping us attract and retain diverse talent.
The role is part-time, working 28 hours per week, which can be spread across four or five days. Based in any of our main offices - Farringdon London, Isle of Wight, and Sittingbourne, the role is hybrid, with the option to work from home 2 or 3 days per week.
What you’ll be doing:
- Maintain our pay, reward and benefits approach and policies
- Lead on market benchmarking, job evaluation and pay analysis
- Manage benefit providers, renewals and the development of inclusive, value-add benefit schemes
- Produce reports and insights on pay and benefits
- Work collaboratively across our People Directorate to ensure Southern can attract and retain an engaged workforce, with the right skills to deliver great services to our residents and customers
What you’ll need:
- Level 7 CIPD, reward qualification, degree-level equivalent, or qualified by experience
- Proven ability to manage fair, inclusive and commercially effective pay and benefit processes
- Strong knowledge of employment legislation and pay gap reporting
- Extensive experience of job evaluation, market benchmarking and analysis
- Experience of sourcing and managing benefit providers, including introducing value-add benefit schemes
- Excellent project management, communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills
- Advanced knowledge of HR systems and Microsoft Excel, including reporting and data analysis
- Strong people management capability, with a collaborative, coaching style and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above eight criteria providing real examples.
Closing Date: 21st of June (Sunday) at 23:59
Shortlisting Date: from 22nd of June 2026
Interview Date: in-person interviews will take place in the week commencing 13th of July 2026. Please note, we may ask you to complete an assessment prior to your interview date.
Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to submit your application and supporting statement as soon
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About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.
A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.
What's in it for you
- Pension
- Life assurance
- Healthcare cash plan
- Eyecare & dental
- Birthday leave
- Retailers discounts
- Cycle to work
- Buy & sell annual leave
- Season ticket loan
- In-house academy & career development
- Flexible working
Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.
