Pay & Benefits Administrator

Chinook's Edge School Division; Innisfail; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Chinook’s Edge School Division invites applications for a full-time Pay and Benefits Administrator at the Division Office in Innisfail, Alberta. The role will work closely with the Treasurer and Director of Finance to process monthly payroll for about 2,300 staff across full-time, part-time, and casual roles.

We seek a deadline-driven, service-oriented professional with strong Excel skills and experience in payroll, data analysis, and benefits administration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of payroll experience and knowledge of payroll standards.
• Strong data querying and reporting using Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Process monthly payroll for ~2,300 employees (full-time, part-time, casual).
• Ensure compliance with employment standards and provincial/federal legislation.
• Prepare advanced data queries, analyses and reports using Excel.
• Collaborate with Treasurer and Director of Finance to deliver accurate payroll.
• Maintain confidentiality and meet deadlines.

Skills

Payroll processing

Data analysis

Microsoft Excel (advanced)

Interpersonal communication

5+ years payroll experience

Education

Canadian Payroll Association certification

Tools

Bellamy software

Job description

Chinook’s Edge School Division (CESD) invites applications for a full-time Pay and Benefits Administrator at the Division Office in Innisfail (20 minutes south of Red Deer and 50 minutes north of Calgary). The successful candidate will work directly with the Treasurer and Director of Finance as part of a team that processes monthly payroll for approximately 2,300 full-time, part-time, and casual employees. The applicant will be deadline-driven, service oriented, and attentive to accuracy. Preference will be given to candidates with minimum 5 years of payroll experience, payroll training, outstanding technical and analytical skills as well as effective interpersonal and communication skills. This is a full-time permanent position with guaranteed annual salary, full benefits (including a health & wellness spending account) and pension through the Local Authorities Pension Plan.

The successful candidate will have professional payroll experience, ensuring compliance with employment standards, provincial and federal legislation, collective agreements, handbooks, benefit plans and pensions. Excellent interpersonal and organizational/time management skills are required. Knowledge and high proficiency in preparing advanced data queries, analyses and reports using Microsoft Excel are also required. Preference will be given to candidates with Canadian Payroll Association certification and experience using Bellamy software.

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 pm, Sunday, September 27, 2026. The successful applicant will be required to provide a Criminal Record and Vulnerable Sector check.

Chinook’s Edge is one of the largest school divisions in the province, serving over 11,000 students in 40 Central Alberta schools between Calgary and Red Deer. Our schools are located in 13 small communities that sprawl east and west from the Highway 2 corridor, conveniently providing Chinook’s Edge staff and families with the best of both worlds: a friendly, healthy and affordable small-town lifestyle combined with the proximity to big city amenities! Plus, the world famous Rocky Mountains are a short drive away. The Chinook’s Edge reputation for staff and student wellness, our family-friendly communities that boast easy access to exciting cultural and recreational opportunities, and our highly regarded quality learning environments make us a desirable division in which to live, learn, work and play! For more information on Chinook’s Edge School Division, please check our website (www.cesd73.ca).

By virtue of the submission of an application, the applicant agrees that the Supervisor or designate can contact previous employers for the purpose of conducting confidential reference checks whether or not the applicant has listed a reference for that employer.

While we thank all applicants for their interest, only those individuals selected for interviews will be contacted. Resumes of individuals not granted an interview will not be kept on file.

We respectfully acknowledge that the schools within Chinook’s Edge School Division are situated on Treaty 6 and 7 land, home of the First Nations (Dene, Nehiyawak (Cree), Nakoda, Anishinaabe, Niitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy), Tsuu T’ina), the Métis Nation of Alberta, and Inuit Peoples. From the majestic mountain views, vast prairies, and skies of the chinook arch, we express gratitude for the beauty and abundance these lands provide. In recognizing the harmony of earth, plants, water, and wind that breathe life into all we do, we strive to learn and grow as a community while cherishing individual differences. This land acknowledgment represents our commitment to reconciliation, connecting us to those who once walked these lands and forging a path together for the generations to come.