Remuneration Team Manager

NHS; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Southend-on-Sea is looking for a Remuneration Team Manager responsible for managing the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and ensuring effective workforce and payroll management. The ideal candidate will lead a dedicated team, work collaboratively with stakeholders, and possess a strong background in payroll and workforce systems. This full-time role offers a salary range of £47,810 to £54,710 per annum, making it an exciting opportunity for skilled professionals in the healthcare sector.

Qualifications

• Educated to masters degree level and/or equivalent experience in a leadership role within workforce systems.
• In-depth knowledge of ESR/workforce systems.
• Significant experience in managing workforce structures and payroll functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Remuneration Team.
• Provide support and guidance regarding technical aspects of ESR.
• Compile and present reports to stakeholders.

Skills

Effective communication

Management of workforce systems

Data analysis

Problem-solving

Education

Masters degree or equivalent experience

ESR/Payroll Qualifications through CIPP

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Remuneration Team Manager

The closing date is 01 January 2026

This role will be responsible for managing and developing the Trust's Electronic Staff Record (ESR), ensuring benefits realization, best practice, and integration across associated systems, i.e., Payroll.

Reporting to the Head of Establishment Systems Team, the post holder will manage and develop systems and processes to ensure ESR and associated systems are effectively deployed and used across the Trust, providing an essential data management function and ensuring timely workforce and payroll management of all employee groups.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide leadership to the Remuneration Team, ensuring that the team delivers an effective, efficient and customer focused service, which meets the changing needs of the NHS, the organization, managers, employees and deliver key objectives.

The role will work closely with the EST Reporting Manager to ensure that the quality checking staffing structures/hierarchy is in place, and that ESR is updated with establishment and employee specific changes.

To provide transactional services that should be fully compliant with national guidelines and local policy requirements including GDPR.

To act as the operational lead for the liaison with the Trust's payroll provider. The post holder will be expected to travel to any one of the MSEFT sites as required for meetings.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and to provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

• Lead and manage the remuneration team
• Provide support, advice and guidance to own team with regards to technical aspects of ESR, workforce structures, pay and grading
• Support the overriding requirements of the function and the Trust by demonstrating the ability to work in a flexible independent manner
• Provide training and advice to managers and key stakeholders as appropriate
• Manage key stakeholder relationships regarding terms and conditions, pay awards and the timely execution of implementation and management of the operational aspect of the relationship with SBS
• Highly developed and effective communication skills in dealing with complex information
• Interpret and advise the Trust on the impact of pay circulars, Agenda for Change amendments and incremental changes to the workforce
• Analyse and interpret highly complex issues/problems relating to payroll data and formulate action plans where required to address any identified risks
• Ensure that key performance indicators are monitored monthly, and any challenges escalated appropriately
• Compile and present reports and analysis as required to key stakeholders, at all levels of the Trust, providing assurance that the project is delivering on the business case objectives

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to masters degree level and/or equivalent level of experience working in a leadership role with workforce systems/Payroll
• ESR/Payroll Qualifications acquired through CIPP

Knowledge and Experience

• In depth knowledge of ESR/workforce Systems
• Significant experience of managing workload in a workforce/finance systems function and agreeing solutions with service users, across the Trust, and giving advice
• Significant experience managing workforce structures, data reporting and information management
• Experience of working within a payroll function
• Understanding of workforce metrics and KPI's

Communication Skills

• Effective communication and interpersonal skill, able to deal with Managers and staff at all levels efficiently and courteously and in a confident and assertive manner. Attend meetings and present to diverse groups of people
• Able to produce and develop complex and intuitive management reports to monitor utilisation, identify themes and trends and performance compliance

Physical Requirements

• Excellent Windows IT skills, including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and in particular, Excel

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.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)