Payroll Assistant

NHS; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Chesterfield is seeking a Payroll Assistant to join their DSFS Payroll team. This role offers flexible working options and is ideal for those with strong organisational and communication skills. The successful candidate will support payroll and pension services, ensuring accurate data entry and timely responses to queries. Previous experience is preferred but not essential. Join a team dedicated to providing quality services within the NHS framework.

Qualifications

• Experience in an administrative position preferred but not essential.
• General understanding of payroll principles.
• Experience within a finance or payroll team is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Perform general office duties such as filing and managing post.
• Accurate data entry on payroll and pension systems.
• Respond to payroll queries via email and telephone.
• Support payroll processing and reporting for monthly deadlines.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Ability to work under pressure

Proactive attitude

Education

GCSE level or equivalent

Mathematics & English (Grades A-C or 4-9)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

Go back Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the DSFS Payroll team as a Payroll Assistant. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic team player who is pro-active, has great organisational skills and can also demonstrate excellent attention to detail.

This could be a full-time or part-time role and we're happy to discuss different flexible-working options with prospective candidates.

As the Payroll Assistant you will be working as part of the wider Payroll team, within the Finance department, to support payroll and pension services for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. Whilst an understanding of Payroll would be desirable, this is not essential if you have the right 'can do' attitude and administrative skills.

Main duties of the job

• General day-to-day office duties, including filing and management and distribution of post
• Accurate and timely data entry across payroll and pension systems
• Responding to inbox and telephone queries related to payroll in a timely and professional manner
• Supporting payroll processing and reporting, in line with the monthly deadlines
• Collaborating with internal teams to ensure smooth payroll operations
• Maintaining confidentiality and compliance with data protection standards
• Carry out other administrative and payroll duties as may be required, to support the wider team
• To be one of the first points of contact for email and telephone payroll queries, ensuring these are directed to the right people and in a timely manner

About us

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that's 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the 'Chesterfield Royal family', DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that's dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone\'s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

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Job responsibilities

For details of this exciting role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Educated to GCSE level (or equivalent)
• Mathematics & English (Grades A-C or 4-9)

Experience

• Previous experience working within an administrative position (preferred but not essential)
• General understanding of payroll principles
• Previous experience within a finance or payroll team

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to work flexibly and under pressure to meet deadlines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Ability to work with attention to detail and accuracy
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel

Personal Attributes

• Proactive
• Motivated
• Smart appearance

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust