Benefits Manager
Posted 1 week ago by JSS
Negotiable
Fixed-Term
Undetermined
North West, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Benefits Manager role is a fixed-term contract position based in North West England, focusing on managing and optimizing the employee benefits portfolio during a transformative period. The ideal candidate will possess both operational and strategic skills, overseeing benefits renewals, vendor relationships, and compliance. This position requires a collaborative approach within the HR function to enhance employee engagement and ensure competitive benefits offerings. Proven experience in benefits management is essential for success in this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing the full lifecycle of employee benefits programmes (pensions, private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, wellbeing initiatives, etc.).
- Leading annual renewals, benchmarking exercises, and market reviews.
- Managing relationships with brokers and third-party providers, ensuring strong service delivery and commercial value.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and governance requirements.
- Partnering with HR, Payroll, and Finance teams to ensure accurate benefits administration and reporting.
- Reviewing utilisation data and costs to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
- Enhancing benefits communication to improve employee engagement and understanding.
- Supporting broader reward or HR projects as required during the contract period.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience managing benefits.
- Experience leading renewals and negotiating with external providers.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical capability and attention to detail.
- The ability to operate independently and add value quickly in a contract environment.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: North West
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: HR
Benefits Manager (Fixed-Term Contract) Location: North West England Contract: Fixed Term Contract through to December 31st We are partnering with a well-established and highly regarded organisation to recruit an experienced Benefits Manager on a fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a benefits specialist to join a collaborative HR function and take ownership of the end-to-end benefits portfolio during a key period of transformation and delivery. This role will suit someone who is both operationally strong and strategically minded, with experience managing benefits renewals, vendor relationships, and compliance in a complex environment.
The Role As Benefits Manager, you will take responsibility for the management and optimisation of the organisation’s employee benefits offering. You will act as the subject matter expert, ensuring programmes are competitive, compliant, and aligned to business needs.
- Managing the full lifecycle of employee benefits programmes (pensions, private medical insurance, life assurance, income protection, wellbeing initiatives, etc.).
- Leading annual renewals, benchmarking exercises, and market reviews.
- Managing relationships with brokers and third-party providers, ensuring strong service delivery and commercial value.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and governance requirements.
- Partnering with HR, Payroll, and Finance teams to ensure accurate benefits administration and reporting.
- Reviewing utilisation data and costs to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
- Enhancing benefits communication to improve employee engagement and understanding.
- Supporting broader reward or HR projects as required during the contract period.
About You Proven experience managing benefits Experience leading renewals and negotiating with external providers. Excellent stakeholder management skills. Strong analytical capability and attention to detail. The ability to operate independently and add value quickly in a contract environment. If you are an experienced Benefits professional available for a fixed-term opportunity and keen to make an immediate impact, we would love to hear from you.