AddressThe Role
We are looking for a Benefits Advisor to lead on the day-to-day administration, development and promotion of our benefits and perks packages.
In this role, you'll be responsible for promoting our current offering and building on our proposition to complement the lives of our diverse population.
Who we are
We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success – read more about our history, here.
Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).
Your day-to-day
- Brilliant BAU – you will be responsible for the smooth administration and delivery of the Arsenal benefits and perks offering, this includes everything from day to day administration, owning opt-in windows, maintaining employee records and payroll reporting, budget tracking and managing invoices
- Trusted expert – give employees guidance and advice in relation to their benefits and their tax treatments, as well as managing our processes and relationships with third party suppliers, providers and partners
- Platformcontent – manage front and back-end content of our employee benefits platform, ensuring it is accurate, informative, engaging and easy to navigate for our employees
- Build on our benefits – identify, research and deliver new prospects for benefits and perks, and support employee engagement initiatives, presenting recommendations that show insight into our business, assessing value and calculating cost impact
- Promote – find new and exciting ways of increasing our employees’ connection and engagement with their benefits, helping them to understand and maximise everything available to them
- Close collaboration – collaborate closely with internal teams and external third parties to explore new opportunities and partnerships
- Focus on EDI – ensure that diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our benefits and perks offering through continuously reviewing our offering to ensure that our benefit proposition keeps up with innovations, is reflective of our employer brand and ensures that everything we offer is flexible and relevant for our diverse population and makes a positive contribution to our inclusive culture
What we are looking for
- Previous experience in an employee benefits focussed role – you come with experience administering and delivering employee benefits and perks (ideally you will have worked with recognition schemes, Private Medical, Dental, Group Life and Income insurances, Cycle to work, gym memberships, travel season ticket loans or equivalents)
- It would be an advantage if you have managed the introduction of new benefits
- It would also be an advantage if you have worked with Reward Gateway
- Excellent administrator – you will be experienced working with HR and payroll processes, with a solid understanding of tax implications and legal compliance requirements of P11D / PAYE / BIK
- It would be an advantage if you have substantial knowledge of Pensions and 401k.
- Strong communicator and relationship builder – you will have a genuine passion for employee wellbeing and benefits. You will enjoy supporting employees with queries and managing provider relationships. You are a strong communicator who can use different mediums to promote and highlight different elements of our offering at the most relevant times for our people.
- Data driven and analytical – you bring together internal metrics (like product engagement and performance, employee demographics) and external best practise (like legislative changes, benefits trends, top providers in the market) to make recommendations and suggestions based on qualitative and quantitative data and have proven experience in making recommendations to improve the employee experience
Why choose us
At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:
- An exciting reward and recognition scheme
- Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service
- Great internal learning and development programmes
- A flexible hybrid working model
- Priority access to apply for match tickets
- A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package
- A leading Employee Assistance Programme
- Great discounts with some of our Partners
Please note: this role is being managed by Filippi Consulting on behalf of Arsenal Football Club.
Arsenal for Everyone
Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch.
Disability Confident Leader
We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.
If you are likely to meet the definition of being a ‘disabled person’ according to the Equality Act 2010, we will offer you an interview if you meet the minimum criteria for a role. Please choose the option of a guaranteed interview on your application form. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment decisions.
Application Closing Date: Please note, applications for this role will close on Friday 15th March
