Payroll and HR Officer
£30,049 – £32,997 per annum
30 – 37 hours per week (full or part-time working hours)
Temporary – 1 year maternity cover
Andover – hybrid role with ability to work some of the time at home or another location
We are looking to recruit a pro-active and forward thinking Payroll and HR Officer to cover maternity leave and support our committed HR team, here at Test Valley Borough Council.
The role manages a small HR Admin Team. You will provide a proactive and customer-focused HR support function, one that strives to provide excellent payroll and HR services. You will support all aspects of the employee life-cycle, and ensure recruitment best practice and be passionate about providing excellent learning and development opportunities.
The role involves day to day management of our key external HR contracts and is the lead interface with our external payroll provider. You will co-ordinate payroll processing from a client perspective with responsibility for overseeing an accurate and timely monthly payroll. You will act as our systems administrator for our HR and Payroll system and our e-learning system and be responsible for overseeing the upkeep of employee records. The role requires good data management skills, as data accuracy, retention and data protection are critical.
This is an exciting role with the opportunity to support the improvement of our HR Service. You will bring experience of working in a busy, customer-centric HR or payroll team. Payroll experience is essential and ideally we are looking for someone who also has some wider HR experience in either recruitment or learning and development. It is essential that you are highly numerate, with meticulous attention to detail and have excellent IT systems and organisational skills.
The Council is a great place to work and we offer a range of benefits and working arrangements to support employees. These include opportunities to learn and develop and to work in an agile way, splitting your time in our Andover Office each week with working from home or another suitable location. We offer a competitive salary, generous holiday and flexible leave allowances, free parking at our offices in Andover, discounted gym and health benefits and membership of the local government pension scheme.
Closing date for applications is midday Thursday 17 March.
For an informal conversation about the opportunity please contact Alex Rowland, HR Manager, on 01264 368251 or Hannah Ball, Payroll and HR Officer, on 01264 368261.
Interviews will be held on Friday 25 March.
To find out more or apply please visit our website
https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/aboutyourcouncil/a-great-place-to-work