Payroll Assistant
Life Education Trust, Romford, RM1 2RR13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,524.00 - £32,931.00 Annually (FTE) Actual annual salary for 43 weeks is between £20,741 and £21,667
Payroll Assistant job summary
Building Great Learning Communities
At LIFE Education our Mission is 'To build great learning communities where children flourish'. To accomplish our mission, we keep our 3 core beliefs at the heart of everything we do: Courageous Optimism, Boundless Creativity and Heartfelt Compassion. We support our schools to deliver excellent pupil outcomes, create vibrant, exciting environments, and offer rewarding careers for employees.
To help us with this, we are looking to appoint a Payroll Assistant to work closely with the Trust Finance Manager who reports directly to the Chief Finance and Operating Officer.
The Payroll Assistant will play a pivotal role in ensuring the Trust’s payroll processes are carried out accurately, efficiently, and on time, contributing to the effective financial administration of the Trust.
Key duties include; payroll coordination and administration, financial reporting and reconciliation, employee support and external liaison, administrative and financial support.
The successful candidate will;
- Have experience in office administration and using computerised systems
- Payroll experience is desirable
- High level of attention to detail and accuracy
- Organisational and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team
- Ability to remain calm and composed under pressure and work to deadlines
- Excellent time management skills and ability to manage your workload
In return we can offer you;
- Supportive and friendly colleagues
- Happy, friendly and well-behaved pupils
- A stimulating and welcoming learning environment in a fantastic school community
- High quality continuous professional development
- An all-inclusive Multi-Academy Trust
- Access to the Schools Advisory Service (SAS) the Trust's employee well-being support and medical programme. This includes 24-hour-a-day access to a GP helpline for you and those in your household, a counselling service, stress management and weight loss programme, physiotherapy, menopause support and much more
- Increased priority in admission to our schools for your child/ren
- Close proximity to the M25, Romford Railway Station (Elizabeth Line)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Access to TES Development
- Retail discounts
Appointment Process
Suitable applications will be shortlisted for interview as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, we are unable to give feedback if you do not get shortlisted.
If you are successful, you will receive either a phone call and/or email inviting you to attend for interview. If you require any assistance in attending for interview, please let us know the nature of that assistance in good time so that we may make appropriate arrangements.
References and DBS Checks
All offers of appointment will be subject to receipt of satisfactory references. LIFE Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.
Inclusion
As a Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity and to a proactive and inclusive approach to equality, which supports and encourages all under-represented groups, promotes an inclusive culture, and values diversity. We will ensure that the selection process is fair and without discrimination for or against any candidate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. The person specification sets out the criteria used to assess candidates through the selection process.
Why Choose LIFE Education Trust
For more information on why to choose LIFE, head to the website here.
Commitment to safeguarding
At LIFE Education Trust, we prioritise the safety and welfare of our students. All staff and volunteers are expected to share our commitment to safeguarding children from abuse.
Our schools comply with the 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' guidelines, which require shortlisted candidates to submit a self-declaration of their criminal record before an interview.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and an enhanced DBS disclosure check is mandatory for the successful applicant.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Life Education Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
LIFE Education Trust is a multi-academy trust with 11 schools in Havering and across Essex .
Our mission is to build great learning communities which unleash creativity and champion optimism, in a spirit of compassion.
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