Job Description
About the team
The People and Culture team plays a critical role in supporting the NMC's mission by ensuring we attract, retain and develop talented colleagues. We partner with leaders across the organisation to deliver a people strategy that enables high performance, inclusion and continuous improvement.
As part of this team, the Pay and Data function provides expert insight on pay, benefits, workforce planning data and reward governance. Working closely with HR Business Partners, senior leaders and organisational committees, the team ensures our reward approach is fair, transparent, financially sustainable and aligned with organisational priorities.
The Pay, Data and Workforce Lead will also lead a small specialist team, developing capability in reward and workforce analytics while ensuring high standards of data quality and insight across People and Culture.
Your role and impact
This is a pivotal role in shaping and embedding the NMC's approach to reward. You will lead the development and implementation of key reward initiatives, including grading and pay structures, pay progression and benefits, ensuring they are fair, competitive and evidence based.
Working closely with the Heads of People and Culture and HR Business Partners, you will provide expert reward advice to senior leaders and support the delivery of reward elements within the People Plan. This includes designing and managing consultation processes, supporting directorates through organisational change, presenting options to UNISON and Senior Leaders and ensuring reward considerations are fully integrated into wider people initiatives.
The organisation is also navigating a challenging financial context, and this role will play a key part in implementing any potential voluntary and compulsory redundancy programmes where required.
Alongside reward leadership, you will provide strategic oversight of people data and workforce analytics. You will develop dashboards and insights that inform strategic workforce decisions, support regulatory reporting requirements such as Gender Pay Gap reporting, and ensure robust governance of people data. You will be the lead on these areas, being able to confidently report on all aspects of the job role.
Through your work, you will help ensure the NMC's reward practices are equitable, transparent and sustainable while providing leaders with the insights they need to make informed workforce decisions.
What you will bring:
- You will bring strong expertise in reward strategy and operations, with experience of grading frameworks, pay progression, pensions and benefits within a complex organisation.
- You will be confident advising senior stakeholders and translating complex reward concepts into practical solutions.
- You will also have strong analytical capability, using workforce data to generate meaningful insight and support evidence-based decision making.
We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate:
- Experience shaping or implementing reward strategies in partnership with senior leaders
- Proven experience delivering reward or organisational change projects from design through to consultation and implementation
- Strong understanding of UK employment legislation, HMRC rules and reward governance
- Excellent analytical skills and experience developing workforce dashboards, reports and metrics
- Strong written communication skills, with the ability to produce clear and influential papers for senior leadership and governance forums
- The ability to build trusted relationships, influence stakeholders and act as an internal expert on reward matters
- Experience leading or developing teams and building capability within HR functions
You will also demonstrate a collaborative and inclusive approach, building strong relationships across teams and bringing people together to deliver shared outcomes.
Please note we work hybrid with a minimum of two days in the office.
