Taylor & Francis is one of the world’s largest publishers of high-quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works. For more than 200 years we’ve been on a mission to protect and harness the transformative power of knowledge. We partner with world-class scientists, researchers, scholars and other professionals to challenge and substantiate their ideas and connect them with those who need them. We curate the books, journals and digital content that lead to modern advances in Humanities, Science, Technology and Medicine.

Our 2,000 colleagues are at the heart of all we do. We believe in doing things differently, and we’re looking for people with a variety of skills to help us grow and transform our internationally renowned business.

As part of a bright and dynamic team that brings together the worlds of academia and business, you’ll be encouraged to challenge, question and take risks to build on our phenomenal growth and continually improve our products and services. In everyone that we hire we look for dedication, innovation, disruptive & constructive ideas coupled with passion.

Taylor & Francis are undergoing an exciting and pivotal transformation from a portfolio of separate products to a series of knowledge platforms and services that are designed to meet the needs of 21st Century Researchers, Authors, Librarians, Funders and other stakeholders in academia and beyond.

We are part of Informa PLC, a leading international events, intelligence and scholarly research group, operating at the heart of the Knowledge and Information Economy.

Our People Team is expanding and we are adding a Head of Colleague Reward. Reporting to the Global Director for People Relations, you will design and implement fair, attractive transparent and effective recognition strategies that align to our company behaviors and values.  

This is a new opportunity to drive a coordinated strategy across Taylor & Francis on compensation and benefits; ensuring we reward for the skills the organization needs now and into the future and that we can use compensation tools to drive our business strategy. This role will enable colleagues to feel valued by T&F and for us to have a direct owner for the compensation and benefits policies across the countries 20+ countries.

You will be responsible for ensuring a robust end to end reward process and identifying gaps that exist within it with a view to continuous improvement and change.

Closing date: May 7, 2021

What you'll be doing:

• Develop innovative and competitive compensation and benefits programs understanding the reward challenges and opportunities that exist now and into the future. Focusing, globally on the areas of
  • Basic Pay
  • Financial and non-financial Reward
  • Incentives and benefits
  • Benchmarking
• Lead global reward initiatives and processes for the division alongside responsibility for delivering all cyclical reward activities, including the annual pay review and bonus process for all 2000+ colleagues
• Provide education and guidance on compensation issues, which allow management to effectively attract, retain and reward their employees in line with the Company's pay-for-performance philosophy.
• Create, communicate, and continuously optimize initiatives such as salary structures and short-term incentive plans customized for specific country nuances and ensure compliance with local employment regulations.
• Support the implementation and roll out of a job grading framework.
• Select and participate in compensation/benefits surveys and analyse survey results to assess the competitiveness of internal practices.
• Understand and develop long term senior incentive programmes, partnering with the Global HRD and CFO to discuss and update these programmes.
• Create ad-hoc reports as necessary to meet senior management’s and HR Business Partners’ information/analysis requests.
• Act as a key stakeholder in shaping the reward transformation agenda as a result of mergers or acquisitions.
• Provide analysis on compensation, bonus, equity, recognition awards and ensure fairness and equity is at the core of all awards
• Develop a robust governance structure for all reward processes
• Support any required regulatory reporting that is needed.
• Accountable for the effective communication of all rewards to employees, including the total reward system.

• The ideal candidate will be a highly credible individual with a proven track record in developing, managing and implementing reward strategies across a global business.
• Global knowledge of reward and benefits covering EMEA, APAC and US is essential.
• Highly skilled at evaluating, developing, and implementing compensation and benefits strategies and programs that bring alignment across the organization.
• Passion for collaboration, both within a People team and with senior stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and self-directed and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
• A People focused background would be helpful in executing this role.
• You will have a ‘roll your sleeves up attitude' but use your experience to strategically input and drive  various areas of compensation work already in motion.
• Engaging communication style with high attention to detail across all written communication mediums.
• Excellent numeracy and analytical skills.
• Experience in a global multinational organisation is essential to execute strategy via an often matrix environment
• Able to manage complexity, ambiguity and change.
• A positive approach to lifelong learning, pushing themselves to adapt and grow.
• A proactive attitude, with excellent judgment and problem-solving skills.

Stakeholders:

This role will work closely with many colleagues across the business but for the purposes of defining remits, the following stakeholders are key in the execution of Compensation and Benefits Strategy

• Global Human Resources Director and People Team Senior Leadership Team
• People Relations team
• HR Shared Service Centre and payroll
• Chief Communications Officer & Head of Internal Communications
• Chief Executive Officer and the company Executive Leadership Team
• Head of Reward at Informa Group

• What we offer in return:

• Competitive salary 
• 20 days annual leave
• 4 volunteering days annually
• Day off for your birthday
• Seasonal social and charitable events
• Training and development

At Taylor & Francis we care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about.

• You must have the right to live and work in China
• The role is global