HR Rewards & Benefits Manager – Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service are looking for a People Rewards and Benefits Manager to enhance our People Services team. The role is based at our Service Headquarters in Exeter, and available on a permanent, full time (37 hours per week) basis. We can offer a competitive salary starting at £53,460 rising annually to £57,416 per annum.

Join the largest non-metropolitan Fire and Rescue Service in England and help shape how we reward, support and develop our people.

About the role:

As our People Rewards and Benefits Manager, you will lead the teams delivering on pay, pensions and benefits across our diverse workforce of operational and professional support staff. You will be the Service expert, ensuring our systems, policies and reward strategies are effective, compliant, and aligned with organisational goals.

What you’ll do:

• Lead teams delivering payroll, pensions, systems, reporting and benefits

• Act as the lead expert on pension schemes and rewards strategy

• Drive implementation of pay, benefits and legislative changes

• Develop and manage reward and benefit programmes aligned to our People Strategy. • Oversee external contracts (payroll, pensions, benefits) and performance.

• Provide insight through workforce data, reporting and analysis.

• Lead job evaluation, grading structures and policy development.

• Build strong relationships with Senior Leaders and Trade Unions.

• Support organisational projects and strategic workforce planning.

What we are looking for:

A strategic HR or People leader with a strong expertise in reward, pensions and people systems, who can balance operational delivery with long-term planning and stakeholder influence.