Payroll and people Administrator

Sussex Learning Trust, Haywards Heath, RH17 5DP

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 15 - 20 hours per week (flexible working considered)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,584 - £28,015 per annum
• Actual salary: £10,371.89 - £15,143.24 pro-rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we are now seeking an experienced Payroll & People Administrator to join our central People team to help support high-quality service delivery to our academies and staff. You will

• provide accurate and timely administrative support across all aspects of the employee lifecycle, with a particular focus on payroll and pensions coordination.

• be the key liaison between our internal HR system (SAMPeople) and our external payroll provider, ensuring data integrity, resolving queries, and providing excellent service to staff.

• deal with payroll and pension queries and calculations, supporting the reconciliation of monthly payroll reports, and pension scheme processes (including Teachers’ Pensions and LGPS)

• provide general People related administration support across the full span of the team's responsibilities when required, including advertisements, recruitment and onboarding.

Do you have strong interpersonal, administration, organisational and prioritisation skills? Are you positive, proactive, solution focused and able to respond well in a fast-paced and changing environment? Then you could be what we are looking for.

This is a new role and getting the right person with the above skills and abilities is key. You are likely to be an experienced payroll administrator / clerk or maybe a competent HR/People administrator with some experience of dealing with payroll wanting a broader role.

What the school offers its staff

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity in an organisation which nurtures and encourages the development of personal and professional excellence? Sussex Learning Trust is a collaborative and inclusive multi-academy trust comprising a number of primary, secondary and all through academies across Sussex. We are committed to excellence in education and operational effectiveness across our central support services.

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.

If you are interested in this post, please download the application pack from our website https://www.sussexlearningtrust.co.uk/about/vacancies/ which includes the job description and our support staff application form. Please return your completed application form and letter supporting your application by email to jobs@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk If you have any questions our Chief People Officer, Julie Keylock will be happy to answer them via hr@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk.

Commitment to safeguarding

Sussex Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to the equality of opportunity, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check. All applicants will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed along with other relevant employment checks.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Sussex Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Sussex Learning Trust website
• Email address: jobs@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk
• Phone number: 01444476556
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sussex-learning-trust

Arranging a visit to Sussex Learning Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jobs@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk.

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