# Reward Manager > AVK · London, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-26 **Salary:** GBP 65,000–75,000 **Workplace:** hybrid ## Description At AVK, we are on an exciting journey of growth. Three years ago, our revenue was £66m, and we were a team of 140. Last year, our revenue grew fivefold to £325m, and we now have a headcount of over 375 people alongside vacancies across our teams to meet our growing and evolving projects.  As we scale across new geographies, we’re also shaping a future where growth is sustainable, inclusive and responsible. From cleaner power systems to educational outreach, we’re committed to leaving a positive environmental and social footprint.  **Role Summary**  To support this next phase of growth, we are creating a new Reward Manager role to build a robust and sustainable compensation and benefits infrastructure, allowing for us to retain and attract the talent which are critical to our success. A particular focus for this role will be job evaluation, market benchmarking, a benefits review and establishing a competitive total reward approach in all the markets where we operate.   **What you’ll do**  **Reward infrastructure, processes and market benchmarking:**  - Establish a consistent and relevant job architecture, ensuring alignment across multiple job families including Engineering, Sales, Project Delivery, Operations and Corporate Functions.  - Lead the design and implementation of compensation and benefits frameworks, including salary structures, pay bands and grading methodologies aligned to market conditions, geography and industry sector.  - Develop and maintain a job evaluation methodology that supports organisational growth, workforce planning and internal equity.  - Build and manage partnerships with external reward providers and benchmarking partners to ensure access to accurate and sustainable market intelligence.  - Conduct regular market benchmarking reviews and provide recommendations to ensure our reward offering remains competitive and commercially appropriate.  - Use reward data and analytics to inform decision-making, identify emerging trends and support workforce planning initiatives.  **Operational Reward Excellence:**  - Own and continuously improve core reward processes including annual pay reviews, bonus cycles, salary benchmarking and promotions.  - Ensure reward practices are fair, compliant and aligned with relevant legislation, governance requirements and company policies across all operating markets.  - Develop clear reward policies, frameworks and guidance to support managers in making consistent and equitable pay decisions.  - Partner closely with People Partners, Talent Acquisition and Finance teams to deliver a seamless and data-driven approach to reward management.  - Lead the review, redesign and ongoing management of employee benefits programmes, ensuring they meet employee needs whilst delivering value for the business.  - Monitor reward effectiveness through metrics, reporting and employee insights, identifying opportunities to enhance engagement, retention and overall employee experience.  - Maintain reward data integrity within HR systems and establish robust governance around compensation processes.  - Support the preparation of reward-related reporting for senior leaders, providing insights and recommendations that inform strategic decision-making.   **Strategic Reward Partnering:**   - Act as the organisation's subject matter expert for compensation, benefits and reward strategy.  - Partner with senior leaders to develop reward solutions that support business objectives, organisational growth and talent priorities.  - Contribute to the development of a compelling Employee Value Proposition through the design of a competitive and differentiated total reward offering.  - Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to modernise reward practices, increase efficiency and enhance the employee experience. ## Requirements **What you’ll bring**  - Experience partnering in data centre, construction or engineering settings, bringing sector awareness and a strategic approach to enabling growth.  - Significant HR partnering experience in fast-paced, scaling, or international environments.  - Strong understanding of UK employment law with working knowledge of EU jurisdictions.  - Comfortable with ambiguity and change, able to prioritise and adapt quickly.  - Collaborative, pragmatic, and resilient, building trust and relationships through transparency and credibility.  - CIPD Level 7 or equivalent industry experience  - A commercial mindset; connecting People initiatives to business outcomes.  **Why join us?**  - Be part of an exciting team that’s growing fast and collaborating to figure things out.  - Shape the next phase of AVK’s growth journey across the UK and Europe.  - Partner closely with the Executive team, senior leaders and the People team to deliver impactful, integrated People solutions.  - Be part of a high-performing business where your expertise will make a visible difference. ## Benefits Base salary: £65,000 - £75,000 Eligible for travel allowance of £4944 Also eligible for participation in company bonus scheme - 10% ## Apply [Apply at AVK](https://apply.workable.com/avk-seg-uk-ltd/j/15862AF9F7/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)