HR Data Insights and Rewards Manager

HR Data Insights and Rewards Manager
c.£74,000 per annum
Bedford
Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Hybrid Working

Join us at the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) as a HR Data Insights and Rewards Manager. This role offers you the chance to make a significant impact by managing a small team and collaborate with senior stakeholders to deliver pay and reward within MaPS, provide data-driven recommendations, ensure compensation integrity, and drive HR digital transformation.

You’ll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to helping people across the UK improve their financial wellbeing.

Role Overview
The HR Data Insights and Rewards Manager will report directly to Corporate Director of HR Operations. In this role, you will be responsible for:

Team Management:

• Manage and mentor a team of HR specialists, including a Reward & Benefits Advisor and an HR Data and MI Analyst.
• Promote professional development and foster a collaborative team environment to achieve organisational goals.

Reward Management:

• Maintain job architecture and ensure pay ranges are up-to-date.
• Lead the annual pay review process from modelling to implementation.
• Handle compensation and reward processes, including ad hoc benchmarking requests.
• Manage benefits contracts and oversee changes to employment terms as needed.

Data Analytics & Reporting:

• Design and develop regular workforce and reward analyses using advanced data analytics.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of HR data.
• Manage the Remuneration and Staff Report for the company's Annual Accounts.

HR Systems and Technology:

• Maintain and configure HR systems, focusing on security and integration with other systems like payroll.
• Ensure data integrity and privacy within all HR systems.

Stakeholder Management:

• Build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders and key partners in Technology and Finance.
• Act as a trusted advisor on HR data, insights, and reward matters, communicating complex data insights clearly.

To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

• High levels of data literacy with advanced skills in Excel and financial modelling.
• Significant experience in data visualisation, analytics, and workforce planning tools.
• Desirable: Experience in Power BI development.
• Strategic thinker with a focus on innovation and process improvement.
• In-depth knowledge of HR system structures and functionality.
• Ability to develop workforce and pay models to inform strategic decisions.
• Technical expertise to lead on integrations between HR, IT, and Finance.

About Us
The Money and Pensions Service (MaPS) is based in Bedford, in a recently renovated modern office. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to become an integral part of a dynamic organisation, working to help people across the UK.

At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting, and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves with our values:

• Caring
  We care about our colleagues and the people whose lives we are here to transform.
• Connecting
  We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
• Transforming
  We are committed to transforming lives and making a positive societal impact.

Our Inclusive Working Environment
By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds. We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity, and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”

Our colleague and ally networks encompass LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men’s health, ethnicity, and diversity.

What We Offer

• Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)
• Interest-free loan for season tickets for buses and trains
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Subsidised eye tests & flu jabs
• Life assurance scheme
• Give as you earn scheme
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
• Enhanced family and sick pay
• Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
• Recognition Scheme
• Discounts portal to numerous retailers

Flexible Working
At MaPS, we take pride in our flexible approach to work. As standard, we work on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 2 days in the office per week. Hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement and our headquarters in Bedford will be your contractual place of work. The number of days that anyone will be able to work at home will be determined primarily by business needs, but personal and other relevant circumstances will also be considered. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working, including whether a hybrid working arrangement is suitable for you, will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

Career Development
In MaPS, we take career development seriously. We actively encourage and support applications from our existing MaPS colleagues. However, we do follow the Civil Service Commissioner recruitment principles, which means that you will be required to participate in a full, open, and fair process.

Reserve List
If you are successful at interview, we operate a reserve list where your details will be held for up to 6 months. Should a vacancy come available in that time with the same essential criteria, reserve list candidates will be offered that position with no further assessment required.

Application Process
The law requires that selection for appointment to the Civil Service is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles, and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact the Money and Pensions Service via email: recruitment@maps.org.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website.

Step 1: Submit Your Application

Open: 31^st October 2025 | Deadline: 16^th November 2025  

To be considered for this position, we kindly request that you submit an up-to-date CV.

Step 2: Telephone Interview

Between: 03^rd November 2025 – 17^th November 2025

Candidates who meet the initial criteria will be invited to a friendly and informal telephone interview with the Reed team. This is a great opportunity to discuss your experience and learn more about the role.

Following this, your CV will be shared with the hiring panel at MaPS for shortlisting.

Step 3: Fireside Chat

Between: 20^th November 2025 - 21^st November 2025

If shortlisted by the panel, you’ll be invited to a relaxed 15-minute conversation with the Executive Director of People and Culture.

Step 4: Final Stage Interview

24^th November 2025 – 25^th November 2025

The final stage will be a formal interview with a three-member panel. You’ll be asked to deliver a short presentation on a given topic, followed by a series of competency-based questions.

Job Reference:  MaPS01032

Close Date: 16^th November 2025