Head of Reward

About the role:

We have a great opportunity for an experienced compensation and reward specialist. As Head of Reward you will work closely with the HR Director in developing and implementing the firms compensation and benefits will focus on attracting retaining and motivating talent through competitive and equitable reward programs.

Your key responsibilities will include managing salary structures bonus schemes and benefits packages as well as overseeing the annual pay review process.

The Head of Reward manages two direct reports and holds direct influence over reward and benefits expenditure including responsibility for managing the Total Reward budget.

The direct reports follow as:

• 1 x Senior Compensation Specialist
• 1 x Benefits Specialist

About you:

Were seeking a dynamic and driven professional with deep expertise in reward principles and practices across compensation benefits and performance management. Youll thrive in a high-performing fast-paced environment bringing a proactive and self-motivated approach to leadership. With a proven ability to inspire and guide teams youll set clear priorities and deliver impactful results. Your ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear and engaging way will be keyespecially when influencing senior stakeholders. Youll use data to uncover insights and shape strategic recommendations while building trusted relationships across the legal sector and broader markets.

Experience within a partnership structure or the legal industry is highly desirable and knowledge of international reward practicesparticularly in Europe and the UAEis a strong advantage. However we also welcome individuals who demonstrate a genuine passion and curiosity to expand their global expertise.

To succeed in this role youll embody our firm-wide values: working as one team being open and honest ambitious and accountable. Youll bring the courage and creativity to challenge existing practices and introduce fresh forward-thinking ideas.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 25 consecutive years.

Excellent benefits including:

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy up to a weeks extra annual leave
• Free private medical insurance and the option to add family members
• A generous pension allowance
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices in Birmingham with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Equal Opportunities:

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firmand to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour nationality ethnicity national origins) religion or belief age disability sexual orientation sex gender re-assignment and gender identity marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLGwe seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyones potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at

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