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Talent Acquisition Specialist at Nando's UK & IRE

We are recruiting for 1 x perm opportunity & 1 x 6 month FTC

A bit about us...

Ask people where Nando's comes from and you'll get a different answer every time. Portugal? Mexico? The UK? Our story actually starts in Rosettenville, a Portuguese neighbourhood in Johannesburg, South Africa. With stops in Mozambique and the UK along the way.

It was 1987 and Robbie Brozin and Fernando Duarte opened their first chicken restaurant. Then another. And then another. Fast forward five years and Nando's landed in the UK. Now, with over 500 restaurants (and counting), our PERi-PERi is a bestselling hot sauce and Nando's has become as big a part of culture as drinking tea.

We've got a growing family of 20,000 Nandocas (what we call our employees), fuelled by our values: Pride, Passion, Integrity, Courage and Family. We care as much about them as we do our legendary, flame-grilled PERi-PERi - because it's the people that make the chicken.

Inspired by our Southern African heritage, we know and value the richness diversity brings. So we're committed to creating an inclusive and respectful culture for all. We've even been recognised as one of the industry leaders by the Financial Times.

A day in the life...

• Annual reward cycles : Work with key stakeholders to lead and deliver annual reward cycles including pay reviews, bonus schemes and our Partnership scheme (LTIP).
• Process improvements: Collate data, analyse and report on outcomes of all Reward processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Create and maintain ‘how to’ guides and provide specialist advice on all of our key Reward processes.
• Support Reward Business Partner / Reward Manager: with data, analytics and robust insight to help support projects, shape the business strategy and maintain brilliant stakeholder relationships.
• Study internal and external data: to highlight trends, anomalies and ensure internal equity.
• Benchmarking and Grading: Experience coordinating job evaluation processes, preferably using the Willis Towers Watson methodology, including job matching, salary benchmarking, participating in market surveys, and analysing survey data.
• Benefits: Oversee the delivery and administration of employee benefits, with a focus on streamlining processes, improving efficiency, and ensuring a competitive benefits offering through data-driven analysis and continuous improvement.
• Be an expert for queries relating to pensions or benefits. Work with the Reward coordinator to ensure smooth running of all periodic pensions and benefits actions and pensions interventions.
• Track benefit spend and perform regular assessments for return on investment.
• Supplier relationships: Develop and maintain great relationships with all of our benefits suppliers
• Craft a narrative through the use of data: Be able to take complicated data sets and craft stories tailored to different stakeholders.
• Research expert: Support Reward projects and collaborate with all areas of the business to provide subject matter expertise in research as required.
• Shaping the future: Support the Reward Manager on the delivery of the Reward Strategy.
• Collaborates with the People Tech and Payroll teams in order to identify opportunities for enhancements to configuration and user experience, as well as troubleshoot issues within Workday Compensation & Benefits modules.
• Ensure we stay compliant with all applicable laws, regulations and legislative updates in the UK and ROI.
• Contribute to a Reward dashboard on a periodic basis to highlight key data and statistics relating to the benefits.
• 3-5 years experience in Reward roles from comparable, large businesses
• A naturally curious nature and desire to problem solve, responsible for extensive calculations such as bonus or annual salary review.
• Highly numerate and good at working with accuracy and a high level of attention to detail.
• A passion for uncovering the “why” behind the data — driven to investigate root causes and tell the story behind the numbers.
• Proven experience working with large and complex data sets (c20,000 employees), with the ability to analyse, interpret, and present data effectively.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including expertise in pivot tables, complex formulas, data modelling, and dashboard creation.
• Have pensions and benefit experience.
• Ideally experience working with Workday or other equivalent HR systems.
• Have a natural written and verbal presenting style that brings stories to life with confidence and assurance that influences and inspires audiences.
• Naturally calm under pressure, able to distinguish the critical from the chaos.
• Open-minded & collaborative, with sound judgment.
• Able to manage own time and operate without close supervision.
• Project management skills (organisation, planning, and time management) with the ability to work ‘within the grey areas’, changing direction of projects and priorities with a sense of urgency at pace.
• Can deal sensitively with highly confidential information.
• Detailed knowledge and exposure to fundamental Reward theories, principles, and concepts.
• Company bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Free Nando's when you're working (and 40% discount when you're not)
• Annual team trips, AKA a free holiday
• Perkbox membership and access to great discounts
• Four-week sabbatical every five years you've been with us

This is a hybrid role based in our Central Support offices in Putney 3 days a week.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Restaurants and Hospitality

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