Pay & Policy Compliance Lead - ACTING UP

Pay and Compliance Lead - Acting Up

• Acting Up opportunity until June 2026


• Please note Acting Up Opportunities are restricted to employees from the same Directorate


• Grade 6 - £54,495- £64,811 - Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review


• Working 36.5 hours per week

About You

• As Pay Compliance Lead, you will drive the Council's approach to compliant, fair, and transparent pay and reward practices. You'll play a vital role in enabling informed, evidence-based decisions and shaping the Council's approach to pay compliance in a complex and evolving environment.


• This is a critical role ensuring all remuneration policies align with legal, regulatory, and strategic frameworks while embedding governance across pay structures, payroll operations, and reward systems.


• Working closely with senior leaders, you will lead policy development, oversee audits, and mitigate risk across all aspects of pay and reward. You'll provide expert guidance to stakeholders and ensure the Council's strategies reflect equality, inclusion, and accountability. This is an exciting opportunity for a confident, analytical, and people-focused professional with deep HR, payroll, or reward experience to make a measurable impact on workforce fairness, compliance, and organisational integrity.

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached.

Closing date Sunday 1st February

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Job Description and PersonSpecification

BCC JDPS Pay Compliance Lead.pdf