Senior Remuneration Consultant

OES is a vibrant and values‑led organisation, and we are passionate about enhancing lives through education. We work with university partners, training institutes, and professional bodies worldwide, to develop and enable immersive and engaging learning experiences. We empower our teams to be student focused, innovative and embrace change with a growth mindset to ensure we achieve our vision of being the world’s most impactful enabler of education. We encourage our people to grow and develop through teamwork and a diverse range of projects, programs and challenging work. We trust our people to deliver, so when you work with OES, you will join a team who are empowered to impact every day.

The Opportunity We’re seeking a Senior Remuneration Consultant to deliver and continuously enhance OES’s remuneration frameworks, policies and processes. This pivotal role ensures our reward practices are equitable, market‑aligned, commercially sound and compliant, while empowering leaders with high‑quality insights to make informed, strategic decisions. You’ll take ownership of remuneration governance, annual review cycles, people cost modelling, workforce reporting and insights.

If you’re passionate about strategic remuneration, analytical excellence and driving organisational impact, this role offers the opportunity to shape reward at scale in a high‑growth, values‑led organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and continuously enhance OES’s remuneration and job classification frameworks, including benchmarking, job evaluation and salary structure governance

Provide expert remuneration advice to leaders, ensuring decisions are equitable, market‑competitive and compliant with relevant legislation and industrial instruments

Manage and deliver the full annual remuneration review cycle

Working with the HR and Finance teams, to contribute towards designing and executing incentive and commission programs, including modelling, allocation guidance and outcomes reporting

Monitor market trends, regulatory changes and emerging reward practices, assessing their impact on remuneration strategy.

Partner with Finance and People leaders to contribute to cost budgets, forecasts and workforce cost modelling

Deliver accurate remuneration and people data reporting, dashboards and reporting tools, and translating insights into clear recommendations.

About You

Tertiary qualifications in either HR, Business, Commerce, Economics, Finance or similar.

Extensive experience in remuneration, reward, people analytics

Strong analytical ability, advanced Excel skills and excellent data modelling capability

Proven experience delivering annual remuneration review cycles.

Strong commercial acumen and the ability to translate people cost impacts leaders.

Exceptional communication skills and attention to detail.

Experience with HRIS and remuneration tools (desirable).

Experience supporting Board or RemCo reporting (desirable).

What Success Looks Like

Trusted, accurate remuneration and people reporting.

Streamlined, well‑governed and leader‑friendly remuneration processes.

Reporting that drives strong decisions.

Strong cross‑functional relationships with People & Culture, Finance and business leaders.

Equitable, competitive, market‑aligned remuneration practices aligned to organisational strategy.

What’s in it for you? Along with joining a passionate, energetic and highly skilled team, this role will allow you to gain exposure to many growth and development opportunities. OES offers a hybrid, flexible approach to work, where we work 2‑3 days from our state‑of‑the‑art Cremorne office, and the rest from home (or wherever you choose!). Breakfast, snacks, table tennis, Nintendo Switch are all available in the office, as well as weekly staff drinks. Ultimately, you will be joining a values‑driven, collaborative business where your creativity and innovation will be nurtured and celebrated.

Benefits

Professional development and mentoring

OES Culture Club and events calendar

Health and wellbeing activities

Paid parental leave

Purchased leave

Study assistance and leave for eligible employees

Mental health support resources and Employee assistance program (EAP)

Income protection insurance

Access to corporate health insurance rates

Please note that role is a 12‑month fixed term contract. If this role is of interest, please apply now with your updated CV & Cover Letter.

At OES, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment, where we encourage candidates of any nationality, age, background, disability, and gender identity to apply. If you feel aligned to the role and would like to further explore your suitability, we welcome your application and would love to consider your fit for the role at OES.

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