Payroll and Pensions Officer
Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3US13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
17 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 25 hours per week, term time plus two weeks including one week worked in the Easter break and one week worked in the summer break. The working pattern for the role is 9:00am to 2:00pm from Monday to Friday, but some flexibility can be offered for the right candidate.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- FTE Salary £33,945 to £36,648
Actual salary
- £20,763 - £22,416
Pay scale
- Scale 8 Points 25 to 28
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Alpha Trust has an opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed person to join our friendly team in the role of Payroll and Pensions Officer.
We are a small but growing Multi-Academy Trust with five schools based in Colchester and Manningtree. We are dynamic, innovative and highly successful. The Trust has a small central team of finance and HR staff who work in collaboration with teams in our schools to deliver finance and payroll on behalf of the Trust. The post is based in the Alpha Trust offices on the site of Colchester County High School for Girls. The main duties of the role include:
- Preparation and processing of payroll and pension changes for employees across the Trust;
- Working with schools on the on-boarding of staff new to the Trust schools;
- The preparation of returns to the HMRC and pension schemes;
- Dealing with complex payroll cases including in relation to child-related absences, sickness absences and holiday entitlement;
- Providing support and advice on payroll queries to colleagues in our schools.
Our successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Experience of delivering or supporting the delivery of payroll;
- Good numerical ability, accuracy and attention to detail
- The ability to meet deadlines and to prioritise competing tasks;
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships.
What the school offers its staff
- An opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive team;
- Excellent professional development opportunities as part of a family of schools;
- A pleasant working environment in dedicated MAT offices;
Flexibility over working patterns within the overall requirement of 25 hours per week for the right candidate.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@cchsg.com
CVs are not accepted.
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About Colchester County High School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1183 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- Twoodhouse@alphatrust.org
Colchester County High School for Girls is part of Alpha Trust. It is a selective state school for academically able students aged from 11 to 18 years which consistently achieves public examination results at the highest level and Ofsted "Outstanding". Admission to the school is via the 11+ examination in Year 7; the school also admits academic students to the Sixth Form. The school is lead for the North East Essex Teaching School Alliance and Colchester Teacher Training Consortium is based on the site. Situated a mile to the west of central Colchester, the school is set in its own extensive grounds on a large, quiet campus.
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