Global Reward Lead (Temporary Cover)

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• Organisation: Norwegian Refugee Council
• Location: Norway
• Contract: Job
• Deadline: 23 September 2026

What we are looking for:

Ready to lead and make a global impact? Join NRC as our Global Reward Lead and take the lead in shaping and delivering our global Compensation & Benefits strategy.

In this both strategic and hands-on role, you’ll head a dynamic pooled reward team, guiding NRC Country Offices, NORCAP, and P&O Operations with expert support and insight. You’ll oversee resource allocation based on organisational priorities, manage a regional portfolio, and serve as the thematic lead on key projects. With a 70% focus on operational delivery and 30% on strategic leadership, this is your chance to influence reward practices across a global humanitarian organisation.

If you're passionate about innovation, strategy, and driving HR excellence on a global scale - we’d love to hear from you!

This is a temporary cover position for a period of 8 months.

What you will do:

• Line management responsibility for direct reports, overseeing performance management, workforce planning, recruitment, staff development, duty of care, and ensuring effective work planning and resource allocation based on organisational priorities.

• Ensure quality and effective support provided by Reward pooled team. Standardize P&O Reward approaches within assigned portfolio and coordinate with other teams to align on minimum standards, best practices or specific operational needs.

• Lead on and coordinate the effective and quality implementation of reward systems, tools, and procedures, including pay scale development, allowances, and benefits determination across all NRC operations.

• Lead on the provision of technical guidance on reward and compensation and benefits topics across the Employee Lifecycle for assigned portfolio.

• Provide expert advice for NRC’s senior management decision-making by preparing business cases, briefing documents, and making recommendations on reward-related matters, including policy exceptions and deviations.

• Build capacity within Reward by training and mentoring P&O Managers, country office focal points, and people managers, enhancing management capability and accountability.

• Lead on reward policy review and development, working with stakeholders to design, consult, implement, and monitor changes in related P&O policies, strategies, and frameworks.

• Embed change management principles in reward policy implementation, ensuring strong stakeholder engagement and smooth adoption of new and updated procedures.

• Compliance and adherence to NRC policies, guidance and procedures, and a specific responsibility for the functions policies and procedures.

• Develop, review, and facilitate approval processes for national pay scales while maintaining centralized information resources, including benchmarking data.

• Build capacity within Reward by training and mentoring P&O Managers, country office focal points, and people managers, enhancing management capability and accountability.