Payroll Administrator

Central Office staff work closely with schools, offering a wealth of expertise to underpin schools’ own knowledge. Our specialist departments, including HR, finance, technology, strategy and performance, estates, and marketing, work alongside dedicated school improvement teams. By joining us, you will provide ongoing support to schools, ultimately improving the outcomes of our pupils.     

Payroll Administrator   

Location: Peterborough  

Salary: £23,463.00  

Closing Date: Tuesday 13 February 2018       

To apply: https://unitedlearning.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/1135540?cid=1567&jobtitle=Payroll.Administrator.&location=Peterborough&rsid=11830&ad=620958

The role     

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Administrator to work in our Peterborough office.  It is essential that you have in depth knowledge of payroll as you will be responsible for a number of allocated schools. Specific experience of processing payroll within an educational establishment would be advantageous.     An ability to work to tight deadlines and strong communication skills are a must for this role.       

About You     

Ideally you will have the following desirable attributes: 

• Experience of working within a busy payroll department, with good working knowledge of ICT/payroll systems, particularly Excel. Knowledge of Payrite payroll system is desirable 
• Excellent relationship with stakeholders. 
• Very good attention to detail, accuracy and timeliness 
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and an ability to explain sensitive matters to people on a personal level especially on the telephone. 
• Ideally you will be a strong team player able to work with others and willing to share work load.
• Proactive     

Benefits     

As a Group, we can achieve more together than any single School could alone, and we can offer you more as an employee too! As an employee of United Learning, you will receive:  

• A contributory pension scheme, meaning we will save together for your retirement.
• Occupational sick pay, protecting you and your family. 
• Competitive maternity, paternity and adoption benefits. 
• The scope for flexible working.  In addition, you will also have access to a range of flexible benefits, from great discounts with Kids Pass and Tastecard, opportunities to get fit with our GymFlex and Cycle2Work programmes, and a range of health and lifestyle benefits including childcare vouchers, car lease schemes, health and dental plans and travel insurance. These benefits are paid for directly from your monthly pay.           

United Learning     

United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.     Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.    

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’.     

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.      All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).     For more information     For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact:     Rebecca Wareing: 01832 864 493 or Rebecca.wareing@unitedlearning.org.uk