Proposition, Recognition & Benefits Specialist

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the Performance & Reward team within our People Function.  Working in Performance & Reward we design and deliver compelling colleague propositions which help make us a great place to work.  Together, our efforts will drive a high performing culture, ensure people want to stay with us and strengthen a strong and exciting employer brand to attract new talent.  

At the heart of this strategy and insight are our 17 million customers, who are at the forefront of every decision we make as a business. Every role, no matter its accountabilities, is customer focused. 

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected. 

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, at our Swindon offices.  If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here. 

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

On a typical day you will be designing, shaping or implementing any aspect of our recognition, benefit and wellbeing propositional framework. This could range from being involved in the deep technical design of a new proposition or enhancing, expanding or improving an existing proposition.  You will research and take a data led approach – creating business cases through to campaign management and launch.  You may manage 3rd party relationships and where necessary, seek new opportunities where these support our plans.  You will be passionate about your cause and seek to find as many creative opportunities as possible in communicating to multiple stakeholders the benefits of change.    

As you engage with stakeholders, you will confidently demonstrate your research and be able to find compelling methods to influence and engage stakeholders from across the organisation – you focus being to achieve the support required to deliver the outcomes we need. 

About you

As a minimum: 

• We are looking for someone with demonstrable evidence of personally leading and delivering propositions in highly competitive markets.  You will understand the gap and opportunity and will be able to provide evidence of game changing proposals which improve engagement internally and candidate interest externally 
• You will have strong and creative experience in campaign management, working with a range of stakeholders, internally and externally in order to drive engagement, utilisation and brand awareness 
• You will be highly effective at project management, with a proven record of working to tight deadlines/budgets within a complex environment 
• We need someone who actively understands and evidences, with proven experience, of the link between proposition, employee experience, culture and the delivery of organisational strategy 
• You are a natural at influencing, and being creative with your communication methods 
• Data is important to us – you must like it too, and see it as an essential in the way you present cases for change 
• The outside world will always be of interest to you – you prioritise knowledge gathering and are well connected within the market place  
• You thrive on change – you will be highly skilled, with backed evidence, at challenging current ways of doing things and driving continuous improvement  

Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.

• Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
• Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
• Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.

We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Gympass – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 25 days holiday, pro rata

What makes us different

Nationwide is the world’s largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK’s population. We’ve got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we’re not a bank.  
 
As a building society, we’re owned by our members – that’s our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us. It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose – Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.  
 
When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself. You’ll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match. You’ll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach more and more people in the UK. We want everyone in the UK to know that they don’t have to bank with a bank. They can choose a modern mutual instead.  

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button.  You’ll need to attach your up to date CV and answer a few quick questions for us. 

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.  

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