Payroll and Pensions Officer

Danes Educational Trust, Chorleywood, WD3 6EW

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2025

• Closing date

  22 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  8 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,061.00 - £34,434.00 Annually (FTE) Full time equivalent salary range: H7 £32,061 - £34,434 plus fringe allowance £1045 pa

Payroll and Pensions Officer job summary

Payroll and Pensions Officer - Danes Educational Trust

Pay range (dependent on experience):

Full Time equivalent H7 £32,061 - £34,434 plus fringe allowance £,1045

Location: St Clement Danes School, Hertfordshire, WD3 6EW

This is an exciting time to be joining our trust. With the growth of the Trust to 13 schools from September 2025, we are looking for a Payroll and Pensions Officer to support the delivery of our trust-wide payroll and pension functions of our growing network of schools.

The Payroll and Pensions Officer is a key role within the central services of the Trust and will work closely with our finance and human resources teams alongside our external payroll provider, pension schemes and auditors. Our central services is a collaborative team of education and business leaders with extensive experience in the education sector.

As a highly regarded multi academy trust, we are committed to operational excellence which is focused on positive outcomes for our learners. You will play an integral role in helping us achieve this. If you are forward-thinking with operational excellence alongside a passion for supporting educational success, we would love to hear from you.

We hope that the details of this outstanding opportunity in a key role offer insight into how you could make a real difference within our Trust. We look forward to receiving applications from those who are interested to join us on our journey.

For full details of this opportunity please click the link here.

Closing date for applications: 9am on Monday, 22 September 2025

Interview date to be confirmed.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Danes Educational Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Danes Educational Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/danes-educational-trust

Danes Educational Trust is a multi-academy trust working to develop optimistic, resilient learners and valued, empowered staff through local, national and global partnerships.

It was established as a multi-academy trust in June 2016, when St Clement Danes School, an outstanding school in Chorleywood, was asked to open a second school in South West Hertfordshire – Croxley Danes School. The Trust now comprises of six schools St Clement Danes, Croxley Danes, Chancellor’s School, Onslow St Audrey’s School, De Havilland Primary School and Elstree Screen Arts Academy.

Danes Educational Trust is led by Dr Josephine Valentine OBE and is based at St Clement Danes School.

Please visit the rest of our website to learn more about our vision, our schools and the opportunities which exist to work within our trust.

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