Overview
Job Description
Salary between £50,000 – £60,000 depending on experience
Location Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire
Hybrid working 2 – 3 days/week onsite
Closing date Friday 17th October 2025
This role will identify and implement projects aimed at increasing end user adoption and ease of use of our Core Workday Modules, with particular responsibility for Advanced Compensation. The scope of the position requires deep knowledge of the Workday platform and the ability to build trusted relationships with HR and our Divisional Leaders to translate business requirements into viable solutions.
Responsibilities
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End to end technical ownership of the configuration and ongoing maintenance and support of 2 -3 modules/areas of Workday (Advanced Compensation and one or two others such as Reporting/HCM).Perform gap analysis on existing processes, proactively research upcoming features / functionalities, and recommend solutions that increase end-user adoption and improve the employee experience.
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Establish, develop and maintain relationships with HR, functions, vendors, and consultants to understand business requirements, align on strategy and design, solve system usability issues, maximize productivity, and support new HR initiatives.
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Oversee proper use of technologies and provide support, advice, and training on best practice to HR colleagues.
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End to end configuration ownership of multiple projects, from scope, requirements gathering, analysis, development and testing through to implementation.
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Proactively research new functionality and provide recommendations on new features/functionality/technologies that could be used to improve effectiveness, efficiency and user experience
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Support/provide input to develop the HRIS road map, change control processes and incident management frameworks.
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Provide technical content to support the development of materials to effectively train end-users on how to use Workday.
You are someone who
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Applies creativity, curiosity and tact to challenges and opportunities, being tenacious to see them through and working through any reluctance to change
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Possess strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills with ability to influence and build relationships across a broad range of stakeholders.
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Has excellent communication skills
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Can pay attention to detail, while not losing sight of the bigger picture.
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Has 3 or more years technical Workday experience, ideally with experience of configuring and using advanced compensation functionality.
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Functional knowledge in key HR competencies and processes including compensation, performance management, recruiting, learning & development, etc.
Benefits
When you join Renishaw, we’re committing to your future career. That’s because we believe in developing our people’s skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that’s highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).
We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.
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At Renishaw we believe that our success is powered by welcoming a workforce of diverse and talented people. Through encouraging an inclusive culture, where all our employees are free to be themselves, we can achieve our core values: Innovation, Inspiration, Integrity, and Involvement.
If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team on 01453 524600 or recruitment@renishaw.com.
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Employment Type:
Permanent
Time Type:
Full time
Requisition Number:
R8546 HRIS Specialist – Workday (Open)
