Job Title: Reward ManagerLocation: ChelmsfordSalary: £44,263 - £54,395 per year. Job Type: Full Time, Permanent.Closing Date: Sunday 12th May 2024.About ARU:ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).ARU's rese...
Job Title: SolicitorLocation: ChelmsfordSalary: £44,263 - £54,395 per year. Job Type: Full Time, Permanent. Flexibility will be considered; remote working included Closing Date: Wednesday 22nd May 2024About ARU:ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded thro...
Job Title: Reward Manager Location: Chelmsford Salary: £44,263 - £54,395 per year. Job Type: Full Time, Permanent. Closing Date: Sunday 12th May 2024. About ARU: ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU's research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK's Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK's leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK. The Role: We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced HR Reward Manager to join our dynamic team. This is a newly formed key role in HR Services to deliver on our new transformative approach to talent acquisition and retention. This is an exciting time to join, as our friendly, collaborative, and focused HR Team move into the new era of our 'One HR' approach. Taking a lead role in identifying, advising, and planning all aspects of our total reward package offering. As an expert in reward and recognition you will demonstrate a knowledgeable and pragmatic approach to guiding and advising managers. Working closely with colleagues, you will play an active role in the HR Team. You will be responsible for (but not limited to) the following: Monitoring salary structure and benefits Development of competitive reward and recognition initiatives, ensuring all benefit packages are legally compliant Operationally manage ARU's annual recognition and reward process, including the annual Academic Promotion round Conduct external benchmarking to ensure ARU remain competitive, attracting the best available candidates within a competitive recruitment market Working closely with the ED&I team, contributing to action planning for ARU's gender pay gap exercises Undertaking reviews and proposing changes where appropriate, ensuring the process is fair and inclusive following ARU's strategic priorities Recruitment is key to our growth as a university. You will be market aware of new reward and recognition schemes, staying current, relevant, and up to date with new approaches. Creating guidelines and available content to inform managers when making decisions, and building trusted and respected relationships with colleagues, using effective communication, you will ensure managers and their wider teams understand the benefits of working at ARU and relevance of these. Benefits: We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment. We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working. We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. Please click on the APPLY button where you will be redirected to our website where you can find out more about this opportunity. Candidates with experience of: Head of Pay, Head of Reward, Head of Recognition, University Project Lead, Strategic Project Officer, Implementation Officer, Academic Project Lead, Transformation Manager, Business Transformation Manager, Business Projects Manager, University Project Manager, University Project Officer may also be considere JBRP1_UKTJ
Job Title: Solicitor Location: Chelmsford Salary: £44,263 - £54,395 per year. Job Type: Full Time, Permanent. Flexibility will be considered; remote working included Closing Date: Wednesday 22nd May 2024 About ARU: ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU's research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK's Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK's leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK. The Role: We've an exciting, in-house opportunity at our leading business facing University. Our legal requirements reflect our mixture of academic excellence and engagement with the commercial world. ARU has been recently named University of the year, making us a lively forward-thinking place to work. As a solicitor within the University, you'll provide legal advice independently as part of a small legal team to internal clients on a wide range of commercial, IP and property law matters. Key responsibilities will include drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements, so you'll need to have excellent drafting and other technical legal skills. You'll also be responsible for the day-to-day management of your own legal files. With a working knowledge of procurement law, you'll help to ensure that we're compliant with our legal and regulatory obligations so we can withstand scrutiny by relevant external bodies as well as legal challenges. Candidate Requirements: With a degree plus demonstrable professional experience for the role or relevant professional/degree level qualification (chartered where appropriate), you'll be a current UK qualified solicitor. Ideally, you'll have strong training and post qualification experience from a recognised private practice law firm or local authority, although all background experience will be considered. You'll also have significant and substantial experience working in a legal role. Proven ability to be sensitive to client needs as well as the ability to work in a higher education environment is essential for this role. Benefits: We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment. We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working. We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. Please click on the APPLY button where you will be redirected to our website where you can find out more about this opportunity. Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Legal Advice, Legal Secretary, Legal Administrator, Legal Business Support, Paralegal, Legal Support, University Solicitor, Qualified Solicitor, Academic Solicitor, and Legal Aid will also be considered for this role. JBRP1_UKTJ
