Senior Payroll Officer

Tove Learning Trust, Towcester, NN12 6DJ

7 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  6 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time: Some flexibility over working patterns and hours subject to payroll dates being covered, between 25 and 27 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,654 - £40,476
• Pay scale: Grades I to J, points 22 to 31

What skills and experience we're looking for

We require a conscientious and hardworking individual with strong understanding of UK payroll legislation and the ability to handlecomplex payroll calculations with exceptional attention to detail. This role will also provide training, support and technical expertiseto our school based payroll colleagues as well as advice and guidance to the central operations team in the development of thepayroll system.

Experience of educational payroll and pensions including term time only pay calculations and working with MHR i-Trent payrollsystems would be an advantage.

The successful candidate will:

• have a proven record of payroll management, recording and reporting.
• able to understand complex payroll software and add value to the transactional processes by developing & defining procedures
• be able to calculate variations to basic pay, wage increments, overtime payments, holiday and sickness pay
• calculate and process statutory deductions, including income tax, National Insurance contributions, and pension contributions.
• oversee the administration of employee pension schemes, including TUPE transfers, auto enrolment, contributions, and leavers
• manage the employer portals and liaise confidently with Teachers Pensions and Local Government Pension Scheme teams
• be effective at data management and manipulation ideally with experience of advanced excel and power BI software
• conduct payroll audits to ensure data accuracy and compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• have empathy with less experienced users and a desire to help, support and provide excellent customer service

What the school offers its staff

In return, as a Trust we are able to offer some great employment benefits including:

● Some flexibility over working patterns and hours subject to payroll dates being covered

● Wellbeing package including a health cashback plan, 24/7 virtual GP, retail discounts, free flu jabs and professional advice

● Employee Assistance Plan for specialist counselling and support

● 27 days holiday plus 8 statutory bank holidays

● Generous Local Government pension scheme

● Cultivating Excellence staff development programme and the opportunity to study for further qualifications and skills

● Automatic increments through the pay grade until top of scale is reached

● A variety of working locations

Flexible working opportunities

Some flexibility over working patterns and hours subject to payroll dates being covered. Between 25 to 37 hours per week, full year contract.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trustees of Tove Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

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Upload additional documents

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TLT Senior Payroll Officer Ad Nov 24.docx.pdf - 125 KB (opens in new tab)

TLT Application Form (Non Teaching) (4).docx - 59.4 KB (opens in new tab)

Disclosure of Criminal Conviction Form.docx - 14 KB (opens in new tab)

TLT Senior Payroll Officer Person Spec Nov 24.docx.pdf - 51.9 KB (opens in new tab)

TLT Senior Payroll OfficerJD Nov 24.docx.pdf - 132 KB (opens in new tab)

About Tove Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Tove Learning Trust website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hr@tovelearning.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tove-learning-trust (opens in new tab)

Tove Learning Trust is a successful and growing multi-academy trust. We have recently undergone a rapid period of expansion and now have thirteen schools in Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and the West Midlands.

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