Reward & HRIS Consultant
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Job description, work day and responsibilities
Job description
About the Company
Kimal is a purpose-driven medical manufacturing business with a culture of innovation, care, and improvement.
About the Role
Kimal is embarking on a period of significant transformation across our Reward, HRIS, Payroll, and Benefits functions. To support this, we are seeking an experienced Reward and HRIS Consultant who can lead and deliver sustainable change across several high-impact projects. This is a pivotal role that will bring structure, clarity, and long-term improvements to our HR infrastructure.
Responsibilities
• Payroll Oversight and Transition Management: Stabilise and oversee outsourced payroll (currently MHR/iTrent), resolve persistent issues, and lead the transition to a new payroll platform (People First) with clear governance and accuracy controls.
• Benefits Platform Implementation: Project manage the full implementation of Mercer Marsh’s Darwin platform (including Fizz integration), from configuration to post-launch support, while developing employee communications and training materials.
• HRIS Review and Optimisation: Evaluate current use of People First (MHR) and identify opportunities to enhance workflows, data accuracy, reporting, and system efficiency.
• Benefits and Contractual Terms Audit: Partner with Mercer Marsh to manage renewals, resolve eligibility issues, and standardise benefit offerings. Review pension processes, develop benefit matrices by role level, and clarify contractual entitlements.
• Knowledge Transfer and Capability Building: Deliver structured handovers, coaching, and documentation to ensure sustainability post-engagement.
Qualifications
• Level 5 CIPD or equivalent.
Required Skills
• Proven experience delivering transformation across HR systems, reward, payroll, and benefits.
• Strong project management capability, ideally having led platform implementations.
• Deep understanding of UK payroll, pensions, and HRIS (People First and iTrent knowledge highly desirable).
• Excellent analytical and documentation skills.
• Ability to build trust, collaborate with vendors, and upskill internal teams.
Preferred Skills
• Experience in manufacturing or related industries.
Pay range and compensation package
• Contract Length: 4–6 months.
• Hours: Full-time.
• Competitive Salary
Location
Bromsgrove, Worcester & Hybrid
Equal Opportunity Statement
Kimal is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.
Join Us in Driving HR Transformation
This project offers the opportunity to influence long-term strategy while making a real difference to the employee experience.
Company address
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Offer ID: #1238042,
Published: 3 weeks ago,
Company registered: 2 months ago
