Payroll Officer

Marlow Education Trust, Marlow, SL7 2BR

56 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  14 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  16 February 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: £33,699.00 - £36,363.00 Annually (FTE)

Payroll Officer job summary

Payroll Officer

Department: Central HR Trust Team

Salary Range: NJC Range 5 Point 22-25 (£33,699-£36,363 FTE)

Hours: 30 - 37 hours per week

Weeks Worked: 52 weeks per year (Term Time plus 4 weeks during school holidays will be considered)

Location: Central HR office, Marlow Buckinghamshire

The Trust

The Marlow Education Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust committed to excellence in education, ensuring the highest possible quality of education for all children in our community. The Trust was founded to support education in schools in the local community in and around Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

The Marlow Education Trust currently includes three schools: Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, Beechview Academy and Great Marlow School.

The Role

The Payroll Officer is a newly created role within the Trust HR Department to support Trust expansion and employee experience. The successful applicant will join an experienced team of 4, comprising, HR Director, HR Manager and two HR Administrators.

The Payroll Officer will deliver an accurate, compliant, and timely payroll service across the Trust, while providing high-quality HR administrative and payroll advisory support to academies and central teams. The role plays a key part in ensuring staff are paid correctly, HR processes run smoothly, and leaders and employees receive confident, practical pay related guidance aligned with Trust policies.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

If you have any queries or if you would like to discuss your situation with us first, please contact HR at hr@marlowet.org

The Marlow Education Trust is fully committed to the DfE guidance on Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education and all candidates for the post will therefore be subject to vetting procedures following Buckinghamshire Council’s guidance and the Trust’s Safer Recruitment Policy.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS including the children's barred list check and qualifications check.

As part of the Marlow Education Trust's Safer Recruitment due diligence checks, online searches may be conducted for shortlisted candidates.

We recognise the value of a diverse and inclusive workplace and are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to ensure that our staffing at all levels and in all roles is diverse and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community.

Early applications are welcomed, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the stated closing date

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 Marlow Education Trust

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

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