The Role

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Reward Advisor to join our Head Office in Bristol.

Reporting to the Reward Manager, you`ll play a key role in supporting Reward activity across Unite Students, helping to shape how we deliver pay, benefits, incentives, and recognition in a way that is fair, consistent, and focused on creating a great colleague experience.

This is a varied and hands-on role, offering exposure to a broad range of Reward activity. You`ll work with employee data and systems, so a logical mindset and confidence using basic Excel will be important.

We`re looking for someone with experience in Reward, HR/People Services, Payroll, Finance, or a similar discipline who is keen to develop their career in Reward. Just as importantly, you`ll be someone who questions the status quo, looks for smarter ways of working, and enjoys making processes simpler and more effective.

This is a brilliant opportunity to build a long-term career in Reward within a supportive and collaborative team.

What You`ll Be Doing

• Supporting key annual Reward processes including pay and bonus reviews, gender pay gap reporting, benefits enrolment, and benchmarking submissions
• Working with the People Services team to help resolve more complex colleague Reward queries
• Supporting the annual employee benefits cycle, including coordination with external suppliers
• Helping identify and deliver process improvements, including opportunities for automation
• Supporting the maintenance of Reward policies and guidance documents
• Assisting with budget tracking and reporting (monthly and annual cycles)
• Supporting the Reward Manager with projects and ad hoc tasks

What We`re Looking For

• Comfortable working with numbers and basic Excel functions (e.g. IF, VLOOKUP)
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• A proactive mindset with an interest in improving processes and ways of working
• Experience in Reward, HR/People Services, Payroll, Finance, or a related field
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively
• A collaborative approach and enjoyment of working as part of a small, dynamic team

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.