Senior Payroll Advisor

Meridian Trust, Huntingdon, PE28 5TQ

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  27 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  17 April 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: £35,412.00 Annually (Actual)

Senior Payroll Advisor job summary

VACANCY FOR SENIOR PAYROLL ADVISOR

Meridian Trust - Core Team

Salary:

Meridian Trust Support Staff Payscale

Grade 9, Point

£35,412

Hours of work:

37 hours a week

52 weeks a year

We are looking for an experienced payroll professional to join our core trust team as a Senior Payroll Advisor.

You will hold a recognised CIPP payroll management qualification or have equivalent experience and have managed a large payroll within an education setting. You will be able to demonstrate a good working knowledge of payroll and pensions legislation together with an understanding of teacher and support staff terms and conditions, and be able to apply those to resolve payroll queries from our 36 schools.

The post holder will report to our Payroll & Pensions Manager and the key duties include:

Providing timely, expert advice on payroll and pensions queries to the school HR & Finance Officers, acting as a super-user for our HRIS and training new users across the Trust.

Maintaining accurate guidance documents, pay tables and pay calculators and ensuring trust-wide compliance with agreed ways of working for payroll and pensions administration

Supervising the payroll / pensions officer to ensure Core Trust payroll and Trust pensions queries and submissions are done in a timely manner

Using your IT skills to extract and utilise payroll data to support the work of the wider HR team

Meridian Trust offers a wealth of fantastic benefits for teaching and support staff which are highlighted below but are not limited to -

Apprenticeship and CPD opportunities which allow you to gain specialist knowledge in a role you are passionate about developing in

Opportunity to jump start your career in teaching through our dedicated Initial Teacher Training Team (ITT)

Support for mental health and wellbeing through our Employee Assistance Programme and other resources

Cycle to work scheme

Defined benefit local government or Teacher’s pension scheme

Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations

Free on-site parking

Discounts on a wide range of benefits from everyday essentials to holidays

To explore our full range of benefits, please visit https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/jobs-and-training/benefits/.

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.

Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 32 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.

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 Meridian Trust

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

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