Payroll Officer - Developmental Post

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching 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

Our values – We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

• Include – We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
• Respect – We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
• Improve – We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

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.

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 Managers HR and employees when these apply.

Undertaking a range of manual calculations (PAYE, Ni, SMP, SSP etc).

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:

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

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

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate ability to work on own initiative and have excellent organisational skills
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