Payroll, Pension & Benefits Compliance Lead

Bmat Education, Harlow, CM20 2NR

17 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  5 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £39,862.00 - £47,181.00 Annually (FTE)

Payroll, Pension & Benefits Compliance Lead job summary

About the role

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Payroll, Pension and Benefits Compliance Lead to join our Trust. This key role will be responsible for ensuring the effective management, governance, and compliance of payroll, pension, and employee benefits processes across the Trust.

The successful candidate will provide expert leadership and oversight to ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, statutory requirements, and regulatory frameworks, including HMRC regulations, the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), and the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). They will play a pivotal role in maintaining robust controls, managing audits, mitigating risk, and driving continuous improvement across payroll and benefits operations.

Working closely with HR, Finance, school leaders, external providers, and key stakeholders, the postholder will ensure the delivery of accurate, timely, and compliant payroll and pension services while supporting the Trust's commitment to excellence, transparency, and employee wellbeing.

About the Trust

BMAT is a thriving community of schools, committed to providing an outstanding education for every student attending one of our schools. We create environments where individuals matter, confidence flourishes, and every child can achieve exceptional outcomes. We currently oversee seven secondary academies and five primary academies, primarily located in Harlow, with additional sites in Newham and Stansted.

The Trust’s vision is clear - to work together to smash through the barriers that prevent children from becoming confident, high-achieving, and independent individuals.

What can BMAT offer you? BMAT provides a range of benefits to support your personal and professional well-being:

Enhanced and flexible PPA

Generous employer pension contribution through Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pension Scheme

Private healthcare benefits, including 24/7 Doctorline access

Home and electronic salary sacrifice scheme

Cycle to work

Discounted Gym membership through salary sacrifice

Lifestyle and discount savings

Workplace nursery fee salary sacrifice scheme via Yellownest

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for wellbeing support

BMAT Education is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to close this advertisement prior to the stated closing date should a suitable candidate be short listed and appointed.

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

All staff are responsible for the safeguarding and wellbeing of pupils and must follow BMAT guidance and policies. Burnt Mill Academy Trust Directors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

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 Bmat Education

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Bmat Education website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bmat-education

Schools, teachers and pupils freed to succeed.

These few words sum up what BMAT is about. We are a growing multi-academy trust supporting primary and secondary schools across Essex and East London.

We started as a team of educationalists who succeeded in turning around the fortunes of Burnt Mill Academy in Harlow between 2010 - 2012. Since that time, we have built up a regional schools trust that is committed to the following:

‘No limits’ attitude towards children'. We believe that no child should be limited by where they’ve come from; that every child within the

BMAT family deserves the chance to move on from where they are now to somewhere better. This belief – this attitude – is a non-negotiable for us here at BMAT.

Letting our teachers truly teach. We believe in letting our teachers do what they’re best at – teach. Our experience is that a strict scheme of work and carbon copy approach doesn’t work. Why? Because, ultimately, instinctive teaching is the kind of teaching that will inspire a child to see and discover new possibilities.

Local schools with local personalities. We are not in the business of making every school in our network look like each other. In fact, we
celebrate the personality and character of each school that joins our network. Local schools by nature have local personalities – and we aren’t afraid of that.

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