Interim Payroll Officer

The Education Village Academy Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Education Village Academy Trust is seeking an interim Payroll Officer with experience in education payroll to join the People Team. You will deliver accurate payroll and pensions services for all Trust employees, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and robust controls.

You will maintain workforce data, provide payroll reporting for decision-making, and contribute to system improvements across HR and payroll platforms, including Edupay and TES.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering payroll services in education settings
• Knowledge of payroll legislation and pensions
• Ability to produce payroll reports for management
• Strong data integrity and audit trail practices

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate, efficient payroll and pensions for Trust employees
• Ensure payroll processes comply with statutory requirements and have robust controls
• Maintain workforce and establishment data and generate payroll reports
• Support HR/payroll system implementation and continuous improvement within the People Team
• Ensure data integrity and high-quality payroll service across the Trust

Skills

Payroll processing

Data accuracy

Compliance

Pensions

Education

Bachelors preferred

Tools

Edupay

TES

Job description

We're looking to appoint an interim payroll officer with experience in education payroll.

We use: Edupay and TES.

Immediate start: Interviews 20th, 21st Aug.

The Payroll Officer plays a key role in delivering an accurate, efficient, and compliant payroll and pensions service for all Trust employees. The postholder ensures payroll processes are carried out in line with statutory requirements and supported by robust controls, clear audit trails, and high-quality data.

The role also maintains accurate workforce and establishment data and provides payroll-related reporting to support operational decision-making.

Working as part of the wider People Team, the Payroll Officer supports the delivery of key activities and projects aligned to the Trust’s People Strategy, including the implementation and continuous improvement of HR and payroll systems.

This position plays a key role in ensuring strong compliance, data integrity and high‑quality payroll service delivery across the Trust.

The Education Village Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.