£32,960 pa:
CHOICE SUPPORT:
Choice Support is looking to recruit an experienced and knowledgeable Deputy Payroll Manager.
Maidstone, Kent
£32,960 pa:
CHOICE SUPPORT:
Choice Support is looking to recruit an experienced and knowledgeable Deputy Payroll Manager. Hybrid role – Part home part office in Maidstone, Kent
Maidstone, Kent
£20,400 per annum (FTE £34,000):
THE ALPHA PLUS GROUP:
We are currently seeking a HR Officer to provide generalist HR support to Hilden Grange Preparatory School in Tonbridge, Kent.
Tonbridge, Kent
Pensions Officer
£21,639 – £25,269
Kent Police Headquarters – Kent Police Headquarters – North Kent / Home, Permanent,
Full time (37 hours per week) Monday – Friday
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of Pensions Officer.
You will provide timely and accurate information to pension scheme administrators, to ensure pension benefits can be correctly calculated. You will need to apply the relevant force regulations, policies and legislation and support the delivery of a professional payroll and pensions service for both Essex Police and Kent Police.
This is a challenging role that requires the successful candidate to liaise with pension administrators building key relationships and ensuring that the flow of information is accurate and timely. You will be responsible for providing local government and police pensions’ leaver and retirement information to ensure employees receive the correct entitlement when it is due. You will ensure that payroll input is timely, and accurate including amendments to pay, bank details and set up of pension records.
You will work closely in support of the pension administrators, who are key stakeholders, and the Payroll and Pensions officers.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience of extensive pensions knowledge ideally in the Police pension scheme and Local Government Pension Scheme, excellent Microsoft Office skills and in particular Excel relating to the extraction and manipulation of data. You will need to demonstrate excellent communications at all levels. You will be educated to at least A level or equivalent with a financial / mathematical bias.
Applicants will provide evidence of the following skills/experience:
- You will be able to manage own workload
- You will be able to take ownership
- You will be able to work as part of team
- You will be able to deal with pensioner queries sensitively and empathetically.
This opportunity would suit a highly-motivated and dynamic individual who can bring their wide experience to this evolving collaborative Payroll and Pensions team, for both Essex Police and Kent police.
For further information about the role please contact Philip Trebill, Acting Head of Payroll and Pensions [email protected]
The role will offer flexibility in terms of place of work, including the potential to work from home for those who would like to. In the event that home working is agreed for the successful candidate, there will be a requirement to regularly attend a designated ‘Team Zone’ location on average one or two days a week, as agreed with the line manager. Currently the designated Team Zone for this role is located at Kent Police Headquarters, North Kent. Please note that any excess travel costs from the existing Team Zone to any future Team Zone will not be paid and applicants are advised to take potential travel mileage increases into consideration when deciding to apply.
Closing date: 11 April 2022.
Payroll and Pensions Manager
£33,939 – £38,775
Kent Police Headquarters – North Kent / Essex HQ / Home, Permanent
Full time (37 hours per week) Monday – Friday
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an additional individual to undertake the role of Payroll and Pensions Manager. Following an internal restructure, the role will focus on one of three areas – Payroll, Pensions, or Projects on a rotating basis.
Based at North Kent Police station, there will be some requirement to travel to Chelmsford as well as the ability to work remotely. As part of an on-going programme of collaboration between Kent and Essex Police, you will assist the Head of Payroll and Pensions to provide a focal point, direction, support, and advice in all areas of Payroll and Pensions for the two Forces. You will be a member of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) or equivalent body and will ideally hold a CIPP qualification at level 5 or above. You will be educated ideally to degree level with at least GCSE or equivalent in Math’s and English.
You will line-manage the Payroll and Pension team and manage the day to day running of Payroll and Pensions for the two forces, providing specialist advice, guidance and interpretation to the Force on pay, pension, taxation and related legislative matters in order to provide an efficient and cost effective payroll service.
You will be able to demonstrate significant experience of operating at a supervisory level with responsibility for managing and developing a small team in a similar role within a large organization. You will also have a minimum of 5 years payroll and pensions experience.
You will support the Head of Payroll and Pensions in the delivery of the payroll and pensions service. You will help to manage, maintain, and develop the payroll, expenses and overtime system to ensure its accuracy, relevance and security of data in line with changes to regulations, policy and statistical requirements such as Home Office and pension returns. You will become rapidly familiar with the implications of legal rulings affecting payroll and pensions and will work with the Head of Payroll in leading the Force response. Therefore, good working knowledge of SAP and Microsoft products such as Word and Excel are essential.
Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills will be key in this role as you will act as a Force expert on payroll and pensions queries. A good knowledge of both the Local Government Pension Scheme and the Police Pension Scheme would be a distinct advantage.
The successful candidate will be able to evidence the following essential skills in their application.
Essential
- Experience of previous senior position in payroll and pensions – minimum 2 years
- Proven supervisory experience
- Expert in the use of one or more Microsoft Office products including Excel and word
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals or equivalent professional body
- Evidence of strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Desirable
- Knowledge of LGPS and Police Pension Schemes and Pension auto enrolment
- SAP experience
For further information about the role please contact Philip Trebill, Acting Head of Payroll and Pensions [email protected]
The role will offer flexibility in terms of place of work, including the potential to work from home for those who would like to. In the event that home working is agreed for the successful candidate, there will be a requirement to regularly attend a designated ‘Team Zone’ location on average one or two days a week, as agreed with the line manager. Currently the designated Team Zone for this role is located at Kent Police Headquarters, Northfleet. Please note that any excess travel costs from the existing Team Zone to any future contractual workplace will not be paid and applicants are advised to take potential travel mileage increases into consideration when deciding to apply.
Closing date: 11 April 2022.
£35,000 per year pro-rata (£28,000 per year):
SEVENOAKS SCHOOL:
Sevenoaks School is currently seeking to appoint a part-time Payroll Manager on a permanent basis, for 32 hours per week, all year round.
Sevenoaks, Kent
KR9 – £30,034 – £34,180:
MONKTON C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL:
We are searching for a full-time Business Manager to join us on Monday 4 July 2022 on a permanent basis.
Monkton, Ramsgate, Kent
NJC D2 points 4 – 11 £18,934 – £21,749:
Skills for Life Trust:
We are looking for an exceptional HR Administrator to join the HR team at the Skills for Life Trust.
Chatham, Kent
PAYROLL SHARED SERVICES MANAGER
MID KENT SERVICES
SALARY: £42,799 – £46,768 p/a
Pride in our Borough: A Borough that works for everyone
The Payroll team are responsible for running payrolls for Maidstone, Swale and Dartford councils. The post holder will be based at Maidstone although there will be some requirement to travel between Sittingbourne and Dartford.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a strong payroll professional to join the HR Shared Service who will have responsibility for leading and coaching the Payroll Team and ensuring the delivery of a high-quality payroll service for all three organisations. You will also act as the internal expert on business functionality for the HR/Payroll system (iTrent) for payroll processing and system configuration. Experience of using integrated Payroll/HR system is essential and experience of the MidlandHR iTrent system would be advantageous.
Reporting into the Head of HR Shared Services you will have experience of operating at a senior level with responsibility for managing and developing a small payroll team. The payroll team sits within the wider HR department and you will be expected to work closely with colleagues in both HR and Finance and to build strong working relationships with other key stakeholders across the shared services. You will be responsible for the day to day running of payroll, providing specialist advice, guidance, and interpretation on pay and related legislative matters in order to provide an efficient and cost-effective payroll service. You will also be expected to provide advice with regards to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
You will help to manage, maintain and develop the payroll system to ensure its accuracy, relevance and security of data in line with changes to regulations, policy and statistical requirements such as pension returns and all legislative requirements. Therefore, good working knowledge Microsoft products such as Word and Excel are essential. You will also be required to run and create reports through our reporting tool of SAP Business Objects.
The successful candidate will have exceptional knowledge in payroll legislation, taxation and national insurance rules as well as strong problem solving, numeracy and communication skills.
Candidates must be a member of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) or equivalent body and will ideally hold a CIPP qualification; Grade 5 or above and with significant experience of managing a payroll function.
The role allows hybrid working with opportunities to work remotely and from the council offices.
Maidstone Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employee and volunteers to share this commitment.
For further information or to discuss this opportunity in more detail, please contact Alex Beattie on 01622 602187.
To apply for the position please visit www.maidstone.gov.uk/jobs and complete the online application form or by phone on 01622 602555.
Closing Date: Monday 1 November 2021
Interview Date: Thursday 11 November 2021
Council Benefits: career average pension scheme, professional fee payment, hybrid working (including opportunities for home working and job share), employee benefits package and generous leave entitlement.