Payroll & Benefits Officer
Chatham Grammar, Chatham, Kent, ME5 7EHDeadline is today
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,941 - £25,800 for 37 hours per week, 40 weeks per year (FTE £26,233 – £29,503)
What skills and experience we're looking for
To commence as soon as possible.
The University of Kent Academies Trust is seeking a Payroll & Benefits Officer to provide an efficient and high-quality payroll service. This permanent role is 37 hours per week, term-time plus staff development days and 10 additional days, and will be fully based on-site at our central office.
As part of our HR team, you will play a vital role in ensuring payroll is processed accurately and efficiently, while supporting pensions, benefits, and employee lifecycle administration. You will liaise with internal and external stakeholders, handling payroll queries and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
We are looking for an organised and detail-focused individual with strong administrative skills and a willingness to learn. Experience in payroll or benefits is desirable, but full training and the opportunity to gain a fully funded payroll qualification will be available. Strong communication skills, discretion, and the ability to manage sensitive information are essential.
At UKAT, we value inclusivity, collaboration, and professional growth. This role offers the chance to develop your skills in a supportive environment with ongoing training and career progression. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow and make an impact, we would love to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
The successful applicant will be responsible and resilient, and in return will be coming to a multi-academy trust wide supportive learning environment, characterised by open management, and in the knowledge that they will enjoy the full support and care of the pragmatic (and down to earth) leadership team. We have a dynamic, innovative team of professional staff who want to make a difference to the lives, aspirations and opportunities of our young people. We would encourage applicants to visit the UKAT website to view the many employee benefits on offer: https://www.universityofkentacademiestrust.org.uk/careers-with-ukat
Chatham Grammar offers its students a wide variety of educational opportunities with a commitment to ensuring that its students achieve good educational outcomes, develop healthy minds and aspire to be happy confident young women ready to embark on a variety of aspirational careers. It benefits from being part of the University of Kent Academies Trust and has a current Ofsted rating of Good. Chatham Grammar is proud of its comprehensive website and would encourage applicants to visit for further information: http://www.chathamgrammar.org.uk
Further details about the role
HOW TO APPLY
Your application should be made after reading the job description and person specification and you will use the application to tell us how your current skills and experience fit the requirements and why you think you would be suited to this role.
We are keen to attract top talent to our inclusive Trust and therefore we welcome applications from all people across the community spectrum regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity, sexuality, sexual orientation, disability, gender reassignment or age.
Visits and informal discussions are encouraged. To arrange, as such, or for any other queries about the role, please email recruitment@universityofkentacademiestrust.org.uk
For further information and to apply, please visit our website.
CVs will not be accepted, and you must complete a full application form.
Deadline for applications: 12 noon on Monday 10 March 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
The University of Kent Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service
(DBS).
In addition, the Trust will carry out an online search, once, as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Chatham Grammar
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 980 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Chatham Grammar website
- Email address
- recruitment@universityofkentacademiestrust.org.uk
Chatham Grammar (CG) is a selective 11 – 19 girls academy (with a mixed sixth form) whose Lead Sponsor is the University of Kent. Chatham Grammar is part of the established University of Kent Academies Trust (UKAT).
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