Remuneration and Benefits Specialist

Application Close Date: 1st December 2025

At Intrepid Travel we exist to inspire, create, share and lead the best travel experiences ever. More than 35 years later, we’re proud to be a certified B Corp with hundreds of trips in over 100 countries.

At Intrepid, we believe in shaping the future of the world through travel, and we are looking for our next Remuneration and Benefits Specialist to be responsible for shaping the future of how we reward our global workforce.

Working as part of our Global People Team, this role will play a key role in managing and enhancing Intrepid’s total rewards programs. Spanning responsibilities from coordinating annual cycles such as the salary reviews and bonus pay-out, conducting job evaluations, managing salary surveys, preparing compliance reports, to supporting global benefits initiatives, you’ll help ensure our offerings are fair, competitive, compliant, and aligned with our purpose-driven values. You’ll collaborate across regions and departments, translating data into insights, and contributing to projects that strengthen equity, transparency, and engagement across our global team.

You’ll join a passionate, curious, and driven team that believes in doing things differently. We are real, ambitious, and driven by impact, and this role will elevate world‑class employee experiences through annual benefits reviews, process improvement and compliance reporting on global remuneration. If you’re a rewards professional who thrives in a collaborative global environment and loves the idea of working for a company that’s as adventurous as it is ethical, we’d love to hear from you. The next part of your career journey could start here.

This is a permanent, full‑time position based out of either our office in Melbourne or Colombo, on a hybrid basis.

Ideally, you’ll bring with you experience in some of the following:

- 3+ years' experience in Total Rewards, ideally in a regional or global capacity

- Skilled in job evaluation, preferably the Hay methodology

- Well versed in salary survey submissions

- Experienced in salary structure development

- Strong project management and analytical skills, with high attention to detail

- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, experience with SuccessFactors desirable

Our people reflect the diversity of our customers and the communities we visit

Intrepid is made up of 71 nationalities in over 30 countries, and we recognise that diversity makes us a stronger business. We support a culture where people can be themselves and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Including First Nations People, LGBTQI+ people, those living with a disability, or from disadvantaged backgrounds, and all people from different ethnicities, races, and religions.

Rewarding and developing our people is important to us, some of our work perks include:

- Flexible work options, such as work‑from‑home options and the ability to work from anywhere 4 weeks a year

- A free Intrepid trip every year, plus generous discounts for families, and close friends

- 5 extra days of leave a year for use on Intrepid trip's

- A minimum of 10 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, and other additional leave provisions.

- Access to e‑learning platforms, professional development and mentor programs

- 20 hours of volunteer leave every year to use on causes most important to you

- Employee Assistance Program, a 24/7 service that offers counselling for you and your family

We are Real. Together. Ambitious. Impactful. These are our values and to us they're more than just words, they are the pillars of our success and every day it's our people and the work they do that bring them to life.

At Intrepid ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion is an important part of our recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to submit your application, please email careersupport@intrepidtravel.com with your name, location, and the accommodations you need, we will then be in touch to support your application.

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