Trust Payroll Officer

Discovery Academy; Longton; On-site; GBP 13,859 - 15,034; Part time

Job summary

TheAlpha Academies Trust (AAT) is seeking a Trust Payroll Officer to join our Central Team. This role delivers accurate payroll services to over 500 staff across our Trust, with 20 hours per week working flexibly over 3 or 4 days.

The successful applicant will understand HMRC payroll requirements, pension schemes and maintain data accuracy while upholding confidentiality and providing excellent customer service. Training and support are provided.

Qualifications

• Payroll experience in a school or trust setting.
• Understanding of HMRC payroll requirements.
• Knowledge of pension schemes and employee pay arrangements.
• Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to manage confidential information professionally.
• Good IT skills including Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate payroll services to over 500 staff across the Trust.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC and pension schemes; protect data privacy.

Skills

Payroll experience

HMRC payroll requirements

Pension schemes

Attention to detail

Customer service

Confidential information handling

Microsoft Office

Job description

Chief Executive Officer: Mr S French | Required: As Soon AsPossible | Trust Payroll Officer | Permanent | Term Time plus one week (40.2weeks) | 20 hours per week | Level 6, Actual Salary £13,859 to £15,034 | Working over 3 or 4 days to beagreed at interview

TheAlpha Academies Trust (AAT) is seeking a Trust Payroll Officer to join ourfriendly and supportive Central Team. This is an excellent opportunity to playa key role in delivering accurate payroll services to over 500 staff across ourTrust. We offer flexibility regarding how the 20 hours are worked across theweek, it can be done over 3 or 4 days allowing the successful candidate toachieve a positive work-life balance. The successful applicant will bring:

• Payroll experience
• Understanding of HMRCpayroll requirements
• Knowledge of pensionschemes and employee pay arrangements
• Excellent attention todetail and data accuracy
• Strong customer serviceand communication skills
• Ability to manageconfidential information professionally
• Good IT skills includingMicrosoft Office

Our Trust has an amazing familyof academies, and each has its own ethos and values that contribute to thewider Trust purpose. We are committed to delivering a first-class education toovercome inequality and as a member of the Trust Central Team, you will play a key part in helping us to achieve that. We are a local trust with all academiesin close proximity, this allows us to focus our strategic direction on learningfrom each other to ensure that we can deliver the very best in experiences andstandards for the communities that we serve.

Our main priority is to developpeople and our staff in the organisation are no exception to this. The TrustCentral Team facilitates the very best in collaboration, staff development andwellbeing. In order to continue this, we need exceptional people, who we will supportto be outstanding professionals.

Theability to converse at ease with members of the public, including staff andstudents in accurate spoken English is essential for the post, thereforepostholders must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role withconfidence through the medium of English.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to deliver a first-class education forevery child that overcomes inequality. We recruit outstanding staff and maketheir professional development a number one priority. We are committed toworking with other stakeholders to create a joined-up momentum, with theambition of bringing about transformational change.

Our values

• Ambition
• Respect
• Belonging

Why Alpha?

Our Trust is located in Stoke-on-Trent and consists oftwo Secondary Academies, four Primary Academies and a Central Team. AlphaAcademies Trust has been established to create a network of Primary and SecondaryAcademies in North Staffordshire.

We help over 4000 pupilsdevelop and grow into very special individuals. Our staff thrive in doing thisand as a result, fulfil their own immense sense of purpose. Joining us, will inturn mean that you can support those pupils as well as our staff in being thebest that they can be. You will be a part of their success.

We care about our people andfeel that we can achieve the greatest impact through a research led culture.

We believe that mutual Respectshould serve as the foundation of our organisation. This supports collaborationand as a result our peopleidentify the approaches that have the greatest impact on children and supportthe well-being and workload of all our staff.