Remuneration Specialist

About the role

We have a 6-month fixed term opportunity to join our supportive and collaborative People Team as a Remuneration Specialist.

In this role, you'll play a key part in designing, strengthening, and implementing a robust fit‑for‑purpose remuneration framework that supports fair, transparent, and sustainable pay outcomes across Selwyn District Council.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to apply your specialist expertise to a meaningful piece of work that will have a lasting impact on how remuneration is managed across the council.

You will be responsible for:

• Designing, establishing, and embedding a fit-for-purpose remuneration framework that supports fair, transparent, and sustainable pay outcomes across Selwyn District Council
• Collaborating with HR, Payroll and Finance to ensure best practice remuneration processes appropriate for the organisation
• Strengthening Council's remuneration architecture and governance
• Supporting the annual remuneration review process
• Providing specialist input into PSA collective bargaining, remuneration forecasting, and HRIS requirements to ensure systems enable the remuneration framework and processes

About you

We are looking for someone highly skilled with expert remuneration knowledge,

You will be known for your strong interpersonal and relationship management skills. Build credibility quickly and influence stakeholders with confidence, ensuring alignment and successful outcomes.

You will have:

• 4+ years' experience in relevant work
• Proven experience in remuneration, reward, or compensation management, ideally in a complex or unionised environment.
• Experience delivering or contributing to the design or improvement of remuneration frameworks, structures and pay systems.
• Strong analytical capability, including remuneration modelling, forecasting, and interpretation of market data.
• Working knowledge of NZ employment legislation and good practice as it relates to pay, rewards and bargaining.
• Experience partnering with leaders and HR to provide clear, practical advice and guidance on remuneration decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to translate technical content into leader-friendly guidance.

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Demonstrated experience designing or significantly reshaping remuneration frameworks, structures, or pay systems.
• Experience working with Strategic Pay or similar job evaluation and market pricing frameworks.
• Exposure to PSA or other union negotiations.
• Project management experience delivering change, including stakeholder engagement and process implementation.

What we can offer

• Great work-life balance with flexibility
• Career coaching and development
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Two weeks paid Partners Leave
• Sick leave from day one
• Continued KiwiSaver contributions during savings suspension
• Discounts with local and national businesses

About us

Selwyn is New Zealand's fastest growing district. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.

Our head office is based in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together- Make it happen for Selwyn.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

If you'd like to play a part in making Selwyn the best place to live, work and play, join us today!

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the close date.

To apply for this job go to: https://sdcjobs.co.nz/Vacancies & enter ref code: 6882914. 

Applications close 26 April 2026