HR Officer

Service Care Solutions; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public sector organization in Greater Manchester is seeking an HR Officer to provide payroll and employee services support. The ideal candidate will have strong payroll administration experience and an understanding of local authority processes. This full-time role offers £18.00 per hour Umbrella LTD, with the opportunity for a referral bonus. The position involves ensuring compliance, data management, and resolving pay-related queries in a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Referral bonus

Qualifications

• Strong payroll administration experience required.
• Understanding of public-sector HR systems is beneficial.
• Experience handling high-volume transactional data.

Responsibilities

• Process payroll transactions and update records.
• Handle pay-related inquiries and provide guidance.
• Ensure compliance with payroll legislation.

Skills

Payroll administration experience

Understanding of pay and employment processes

Strong communication skills

Customer service skills

Job description

Job Description

A client within the Public Sector based in Greater Manchester is currently recruiting for a HR Officer to join their team as soon as possible. The client is offering a full time, temporary position on an ongoing basis with the ideal candidate having experience of working within a local authority within a payroll and transactional HR environment.

The Role

The key purpose of the role is to provide accurate, timely, and customer-focused payroll and employee services support across the organisation, ensuring compliance, high-quality data management, and effective resolution of pay-related queries.

Key responsibilities will include but not be limited to :

• Payroll Administration : Processing payroll transactions, updating records, and resolving discrepancies
• Employee Support : Handling pay-related enquiries and providing guidance on payroll policies and procedures
• Data Management : Ensuring accurate entry and maintenance of employee data and HR information
• Compliance : Ensuring all payroll activity complies with legislation, regulations, and internal standards
• Supporting the wider Employee Services function, including Payroll, Pensions, Transactional HR, Resourcing, Agency Client, OM and Compliance

The Candidate

To be considered for this role you will require strong payroll administration experience , sound understanding of pay and employment processes , and the ability to work accurately with high-volume transactional data.

The below skills would be beneficial for the role :

• Knowledge of local government payroll or public-sector HR systems
• Experience within a large HR or Employee Services environment
• Strong communication and customer service skills

The client is looking to move quickly with this role and as such are offering £18.00 per hour Umbrella LTD Inside IR35 (approx. £13.00 – £13.50 per hour PAYE).

How to Apply

If this sounds of interest, please email a copy of your up-to-date CV to or call Megan at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208966 to discuss upcoming opportunities in more detail.

Referral Bonus

If this role is not suitable for yourself, but you know someone who may be interested, please pass on their details, or forward these details to them. If they are successful in applying, you will receive a £250 referral bonus upon completion of an initial probationary period.