Head of Payroll and Pensions
Job Reference: 453-A-20-2572860
- Employer: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Department: Payroll and Pensions
- Location: New Mill, Bradford
- Salary: £53,168 – £62,001 per annum
We are committed to providing high quality care for the people of Bradford, Airedale and Craven. Are You?
As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we provide a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
The Trust’s purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work.
Everything we do is underpinned by the following core values: –
We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen – We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Head of Payroll and Pension Services who will be part of the senior leadership team, responsible for 23 staff, within the Trust’s Human Resources and Organisational Development Directorate.
You will be responsible for the delivery of a comprehensive and high-quality Payroll/Pension Service to all partner organisations ( 13,300 staff, including weekly and monthly payslips) within the Bradford Payroll Consortium (Bradford District Care Foundation Trust, Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust & Bradford District & Craven Clinical Commissioning Groups). This will include ensuring that the service provided meets agreed quality standards through a customer-focussed approach.
Working within the HR/OD directorate you will lead and manage the Payroll/ Pension Teams and associated activities and responsibilities and provide leadership to the Teams to create a culture of a customer-focussed service.
The Trust has a strong culture of continuous improvement and as such you will be responsible for leading all the service improvement / quality programmes for the team and support wider directorate initiatives around quality improvement.
You will be an experienced manager and leader with a commitment and track record in delivering and developing high quality payroll and pension services. You will also have an in-depth specialist knowledge of payroll, pensions, and financial procedures, including expert knowledge of computerised payroll, pension and expenses systems as well as legislative and statutory regulations
Working Flexibly – At BDCT we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns which includes working from home as and when required.
We manage candidates’ applications through the trac.jobs recruitment system. This means that all of the information provided in your application form will be securely transferred from NHS Jobs following submission, and it will only be used for the purpose for which it was provided.
Candidates applying for this vacancy are informed that preference will be given to Trust staff who are currently going through the organisational change process within the Trust and the role may be withdrawn from external candidates on this basis. In the event of this happening the Trust will inform candidates via their email address on NHS Jobs.
We would welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care needs.
We welcome people from all backgrounds and in particular Bradford District Care Trust is keen to reflect the population we serve, we are currently under represented in terms of black and minority ethnic staff. Applications are encouraged from these groups but it must be stressed that selection will be solely on merit and in accordance with the Trust recruitment policy.
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and homes lives and support staff by offering a range of benefits including nursery facilities. We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
We want to understand how you demonstrate the values, skills and knowledge that we are looking for. Please ensure that you read the job description and person specification attached below as this will help you complete your application.
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