Reward Specialist

At Severn Trent, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re in the top 5% of utility companies worldwide for employee engagement, and we’re equally proud of our strong Glassdoor score — reflecting how much our people love working here.

Join us to make a positive impact on the environment and our communities, while being valued and supported in a truly inclusive workplace.

If you want to do more, because you care, we want you on our team.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

As a key senior member of our Reward team, you’ll play a vital role in shaping and delivering Severn Trent’s reward strategy. You’ll act as a trusted technical expert on pay, job evaluation and total reward, ensuring our practices are fair, competitive and aligned with both our values and business priorities.

Working closely with HR colleagues and senior leaders across the organisation, you’ll influence decisions that directly impact how we attract, retain and motivate our people. Your insight will help us create a reward approach that feels both compelling and meaningful for everyone at Severn Trent.

What you’ll be doing

Compensation Strategy & Delivery

Lead and support our annual pay review and bonus cycles, ensuring strong governance, accuracy and timely delivery.
Own job evaluation and market benchmarking activity (Hay / WTW), providing clear recommendations on role sizing and pay positioning.
Develop and evolve pay frameworks that strike the right balance between internal equity and external competitiveness.
Offer expert advice on salary proposals and compensation structures, using internal relativities, external data and total reward principles to guide decisions.
Stay close to external reward trends and emerging practices, using insight to shape future reward design.
Work with the Reward Manager on strategic improvements to our total reward offer.

Business Partnering & Advisory

Act as a trusted partner and advisor to HR and business leaders, translating complex reward concepts into clear, practical guidance.
Build strong relationships with business areas to understand workforce challenges and provide solution‑focused reward advice.
Coach and upskill HR colleagues to strengthen capability and confidence in reward-related matters.
Provide reward expertise on organisational change activities, including TUPE and regulatory change.
Support and lead business projects as required.

Insights & Governance

Deliver high‑quality data, MI and analytics to support senior-level decision‑making.
Ensure reward processes and pay changes are delivered accurately, consistently and with strong governance.
Drive continuous improvement, enhancing reward policies, processes and systems to increase efficiency and user experience.

Benefits

Understand and advocate how our benefits offering enhances the overall total reward package.
Support annual benefits enrolment activity where needed.
Work with colleagues to ensure benefits are clearly and effectively positioned within reward offers.

HOW WE WORK

You'll be based at our Severn Trent Centre in Coventry. With this being such a critical role, we’re looking for someone who can join us 37 hours a week.

You'll join a caring culture that collaborates to achieve, grow, and develop. Our employee engagement scores are among the highest globally in energy and utilities. That’s why, we value in-person moments to keep our culture alive but also understand the flexibility working from home can bring. So, you'll usually find us in the office, but working from home is supported, when you need it.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Experience

Essential

Proven experience delivering compensation processes in a complex organisation.
Strong expertise in job evaluation, market benchmarking, salary offers and pay frameworks.
Experience partnering with stakeholders to solve complex reward issues.
HR systems experience (ideally SAP/SAP SuccessFactors).

Desirable

Hay Job Evaluation and/or Willis Towers Watson benchmarking experience.
Experience supporting organisational or business change, ideally within regulated environments.
Exposure to benefits, recognition platforms or supplier management.

Capabilities

Essential

Strong analytical skills, with confidence interpreting data and presenting insight to senior audiences.
Excellent communication and influencing skills.
Collaborative, customer‑focused approach.
Flexibility, resilience and the ability to work at pace.

Desirable

Change or project management experience.
A continuous improvement mindset.

Qualifications

Essential

A‑levels or equivalent (or qualified by experience).
Full driving licence.

Desirable

CIPD or relevant reward/analytics qualifications.
Experience with Power BI or advanced data visualisation.

Skills and experience are important, but character, positivity, and a caring attitude matter too. We welcome and celebrate diverse individuals, knowing they help us better serve our communities. We seek people who get involved, want to be part of something bigger, and make a difference because they care.

HOW WE’LL REWARD AND CARE FOR YOU

It’s not just a job you’ll get here, you’ll get a career too.

We have a range of benefits that reward and recognise great work and award-winning training to ensure you reach your potential. And we’ll also help you play your part in looking after the environment and the community in which we live.  

Here’s some of our favourites:

28 days holiday + bank holidays (and the ability to buy/ sell up to 5 days per year)
Annual bonus scheme (of up to £2,250 per annum based on company performance)
Leading pension scheme – we will double your contribution (up to 15% when you contribute 7.5%)
Sharesave – the chance to buy Severn Trent Plc shares at a discounted rate
Dedicated training and development with our ‘Academy’
Electric vehicle scheme and retail offers
Family friendly policies
Two volunteer days per year

LET’S GO

We can't wait to hear from you! Have an updated CV ready and spare five minutes to apply. We'll let you know the outcome after the closing date, so keep an eye on your phone and emails.