Job summary
- Main area
- Payroll
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3/4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-6868560
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Avnet House
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £24,071 - £29,114 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Payroll Officer - Developmental Post
NHS AfC: Band 3/4
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Payroll Officer who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You must be able to demonstrate attention to detail and be confident using Word, Excel and Outlook.
You must be able to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines, working as part of a team to ensure payroll meets both statutory and NHS terms and conditions.
Experience of Oracle or ESR is highly desirable. We would consider this as a trainee role on a Band 3 with promotion to Band 4 once certain competencies are met.
As a trainee for a minimum of 12 months, you would be keen to learn and expected to work towards achieving competency in the main responsibilities listed above. The majority of training will be targeted ‘on the job’ whilst working as part of the team. This position is ideal for school leavers, recent graduates, or career switchers eager to gain valuable experience in this field
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
Contribute to the provision of a comprehensive payroll service to employees of NHS organisations whose payroll is run by the Trust.
Work with other Payroll Officers and Team Leaders to ensure that staff are paid accurately and on time and to ensure a consistent approach to working practice.
Prepare and complete pay and deduction data entries ensuring correct authorisation by managers prior to processing ensuring these are made in line with the relevant legislation and Trust policies.
Validate and check data input made by Human Resource department / Workforce and advise accordingly. This includes starters / leavers / change of circumstances.
Once validated set up new starter bank account, tax code, National insurance rate, and pension details/rate.
Maintain accurate records of sick/maternity leave/ parental leave / adoption leave calculating reduced pay and sending written notice to Mangers HR and employees when these apply.
Undertaking a range of manual calculations (PAYE, Ni, SMP, SSP etc)
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs including Maths & English at Grades 9-4 (A*-C) or equivalent qualifications. OR GCSE in Maths and English and experience of working in a UK Payroll or Pensions department.
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 3 / CIPP / IPPM Qualification
- ECDL
Previous Experience
Desirable criteria
- Sound knowledge of pay procedures and UK statutory legislation and experience of working in a payroll department.
- Experience of working in a large fast paced Payroll/Pensions environment.
- Experience of working in a shared Service environment
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to work on own initiative and have excellent organisational skills
- Impeccable attention to detail, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work closely and effectively with staff at all levels within or outside the organisation.
- Excellent customer service skills
Desirable criteria
- Manual Payroll Calculations in UK Tax, NI, Pensions and other statutory deductions.
- ntermediate skill level in Excel and Word including VLOOKUPs, Pivots, Mail Merges and Macros.
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS conditions of Pay, NHS Travel and Expenses Regulations, NHS Pension Regulations, Calculation of PAYE and NHS working practices.
- Be up to date with current statutory PAYE legislation.
- Experience of Oracle ESR system.
- Working knowledge in an NHS or local government payroll department.
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion Role model our Trust values every day
Desirable criteria
- Maybe required to travel across sites.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nikki Dean
- Job title
- Payroll & Pensions Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438288388
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