Job vacancy: Deputy Head of Pay Pensions and Benefits, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester

Job summary

Main area: Pay Services
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 358-6935343-COR

Employer: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Leicester General Hospital
Town: Leicester
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum / pro rota for part time hours
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/03/2025 23:59

Deputy Head of Pay Pensions and Benefits

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are actively promoting flexible working options, helping you to manage a work / life balance

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Ensure flexibility of projects, and service relationship with projects if required to meet conflicting/changing requirements.

· Propose changes that support new methods of service delivery and establish and continuously evaluate how to incorporate users more into reviewing the team’s processes and outputs.

· To challenge and propose changes that enhance the service delivery and to champion such changes to the trust.

· Be fully conversant with all systems used for payroll processing as well as those used for storing/retrieving data.

· Requires specialist knowledge for procedures and practices relating to all terms and conditions of service e.g. Agenda for Change, NHS Pensions, Trust policies, Local agreements and Statutory legislation and relate them to the payroll environment.

· To provide expert advice on data and compliance ensuring that Clinical Groups/ Corporate Services teams comply with all Trust requirements for payroll, pensions and staff benefits.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria

Advanced Theoretical Knowledge of payroll , pensions and staff benefits acquired through qualification and/or experience. Post Graduate Diploma level or Equivalent relevant experience
Proven experience of managing and delivering an NHS payroll , Benefits and pension service

Desirable criteria

IPPM Diploma

Experience

Essential criteria

Exceptional team leader and customer service skills Current experience of staff management

Desirable criteria

Contract management experience of an external payroll , pensions service

Communication Skills

Essential criteria

Strong communication and interpersonal skills giving the ability to influence at senior levels and proven networking skills that help change and transformation become embedded in the wider trust,

Additional Information

Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.

UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.

The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three month period commencing on your first month's payment.

The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.

COVID 19 Risk Assessment

Due to the current Covid pandemic we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.

The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients and visitors.

If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavor to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.

Covid Vaccination Status

Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.