Payroll Officer

Girls' Learning Trust, Sutton, SM3 8AB

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  9 November 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  19 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £43,448.00 - £46,160.00 Annually (FTE) Salary Range: GLT SO2

Payroll Officer job summary

The opportunity:

The Trust currently operates an outsourced payroll model and is exploring the transition to a more integrated in-house payroll function. This is a rare opportunity to join the Trust at a pivotal stage and play a key role in shaping the future of payroll services.

Working closely with Finance, People Services and external partners, the successful candidate will help develop a payroll function that is efficient, resilient and well-controlled, whilst ensuring that colleagues across the Trust are paid accurately and on time.

What we offer:

Staff are our most valued asset, and we are continuously working to introduce initiatives or make changes which support them both professionally and personally. Some of the initiatives we have recently introduced are a new Health and Wellbeing Cash plan for staff and their dependents; a generous discretionary leave scheme; and we have made changes to the performance review process ensuring a strong focus on continued professional development.

The role offers flexibility - while the successful candidate will be required to work in the office on a Tuesday and a Thursday and may also be required to work from different schools - there is an opportunity for home working which can be agreed with your line manager.

Our commitment to you:

You will be part of a newly formed finance team, who are committed and work hard, but who also create a fun and supportive environment.

We recognise that your induction and training will be key to your success and we will invest time to ensure you are given all the guidance and support needed at the outset and over the ensuing weeks to fulfil your role effectively.

We will uphold a culture that promotes kindness, collaboration and recognition, ensuring an open, safe, supportive and inclusive environment where everyone feels heard, valued and empowered to contribute.

Professional growth and personal wellbeing are central to our approach. We will provide continuous learning and development opportunities that will help staff thrive and progress their careers. We will uphold a culture that promotes kindness, collaboration and recognition, ensuring an open, safe, supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals feel heard, valued and are empowered to contribute to our mission.

Key responsibilities for the role include:

The role offers far more than monthly payroll processing. As the Trust's payroll specialist, you will:

• lead end-to-end payroll operations across the Trust
• provide expert payroll advice and guidance
• contribute to the development of the future payroll operating model
• support payroll system implementation and improvement
• strengthen controls, reporting and compliance; and
• help improve integration between payroll, HR and finance systems.

The successful candidate will:

We are seeking a suitably qualified and experienced payroll professional who enjoys combining operational delivery with process improvement and is excited by the opportunity to help establish and shape an in-house payroll function within a growing multi-academy trust.

Key Application Dates:

• First Stage Online Interview: Wednesday 18 November.
• Second Stage In Person Interview: Tuesday 24 November

Sponsorship:

We are not able to offer sponsorship to non-settled individuals for a Skilled Worker Visa.

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 Girls' Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/girls-learning-trust

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