Senior Payroll Officer

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Payroll/Pension officer to join its team. The role involves processing payroll while ensuring high-quality customer service and adherence to employment legislation. Applicants should possess strong analytical skills, relevant experience, and GCSEs in Maths and English. Enjoy competitive benefits including generous holiday entitlement and access to NHS discounts.

Benefits

Minimum 27 days paid holiday increasing with service

Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme

Life assurance if part of the pension scheme

Health and Wellbeing offers

Cycle to work scheme

Uniform provided where required

On-site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme

Ongoing learning and training opportunities

Discounts on everyday purchases

On-site health and fitness club

Qualifications

• Experience in Payroll/Pension department is essential.
• Knowledge of employment best practices and legislation is ideal.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support including processing payroll.
• Handle customer queries related to pay and pension issues.
• Maintain ESR records and ensure data quality.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

5 GCSE (or equivalent) passes including Maths and English

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and organised Payroll/Pension officer who has excellent numerical and analytical skills and a high attention to detail and who thrives on achieving results.

You must have 5 GCSE (or equivalent) passes including Maths and English, a working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and basic knowledge of employment best practice/legislation, ideally together with experience of working in Payroll/Finance area. Support will be provided to staff in developing their payroll/pensions knowledge via a formal payroll qualification. As well as administration experience and the ability to communicate sensitive information in a way that builds on the successful relationships with our customers.

In return you will joining a forward looking payroll team where you will gain a range of Payroll experience, working within a busy and interesting team, driving forward innovative, quality and customer services.

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Payroll Team based at Salisbury District Hospital you will be using The ESR Payroll system and Pension On-Line, you will be responsible for providing administrative support including processing payroll, dealing with customer queries about issues such as pay, employment terms and conditions, pensions and expenses as well as maintaining ESR records and other department systems to ensure data quality.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure Centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Experience

• Must have 5 GCSE passes or equivalent including English & Maths
• Experience of working to struct deadlines & under pressure
• Experience of routine office procedures
• Experience of working in a Payroll/Pension department
• Previous Payroll or Pension knowledge
• Previous ESR knowledge

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.