Payroll Assistant

2 weeks ago


Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Fettes College Full time

BENEFITS
In addition to being part of a great team you will be entitled to a range of benefits that include:

  • Free parking within the campus grounds. The campus is easily accessed by car and bus; there is a bus stop located outside the campus serving several routes across the city and to rail stations.
  • Membership of Westwoods gym and health club which offers a range of excellent fitness and leisure facilities including a 25m swimming pool.
  • Free lunchtime meals.
  • Death in service cover.
  • Excellent Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
  • You will be opted into the Fettes College Non-Teaching Staff Pension Scheme after 3 months service.

Job Introduction An opportunity has arisen for a Payroll Assistant to join the Finance team at Fettes College. Reporting directly to the Financial Controller and working alongside the wider Finance team, you will be directly responsible for the accurate and timely processingof the monthly staff payrolls.

Main Responsibilities Please see Job Description for main duties and responsibilities for this role

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience working within a Payroll environment.
  • A comprehensive understanding of payroll and pension administration
  • Up to date knowledge of current payroll legislation
  • Able to identify ways in which processes can be improved
  • Highly competent in the use of Excel

Desirable

  • Experience of PBS (CIPHR) payroll software would be advantageous.
  • Recognised payroll qualification
  • School background, eg teachers' pensions, etc.

Skills and Attributes

  • Highly organised and able to prioritise workload
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Proactive and able to work on own initiative

About the school/organisation
ABOUT FETTES
Fettes College is a leading HMC co-educational boarding and day school close to the heart of Edinburgh. It has a strong tradition of academic, sporting and cultural excellence underpinned by outstanding pastoral care.

Fettes opened its doors in 1870 andbecame fully co-educational in 1980: it is now an independent school of some 785 students.

There are 594 students in the Senior School years) and 191 students in the Preparatory School (7-13 years). Fettes follows the English curriculum of GCSEs, andthe dual pathway of A Levels and IB. Our full-boarding ethos ensures weekends are vibrant and fun.

The academic staff in the Senior School consists of the Head and 91 full-time members of the Common Room. Our Prep School shares the same site and consists of a further 29 full-time teaching staff.

Fettes is a collaborative community in which every memberis working towards fully realising their potential whilst supporting those around them.

The school stands on a stunning and secure 100-acre site, but still within walking distance of Edinburgh's city centre.

The historic main building holds the Chapel, Library, the English, Classics and History Departments as well as the Medical Centre andtwo boarding houses.

A large purpose-built teaching block (the Spens Building) houses Art, Modern Languages, Mathematics, Economics, Geography and Music. The Theatre, Science Laboratories and Dining Hall are adjacent. The Preparatory School and seven furtherboarding houses (including a purpose-built co-educational U6th House) are also on the campus. Our sports facilities (including extensive playing fields, two all-weather pitches and a private Health Club) are excellent.


We have a commitment to build even more ground-breaking facilities, including a Wellbeing Centre and construction of new Science and Innovation buildings.


As well as our teaching staff we employ over 220 Operational Staff across the many departments, including Estates, Security, Housekeeping, Finance, Admissions and Marketing with a pervading sense of community amongst staff, students and parents alike.


OUR VISION


We have created and developed a bold new vision for Fettes, one which focuses on what we believe Fettesians should aspire to be, the skills they will need in life and the impact we want them to make in the world.

We have called this vision

Fettes Moving Forward:
A place to live. A place to learn. A place to grow.


Please also watch (with sound on) our film below - Ode to Place - which complements the vision and captures the ethos of Fettes College and what a Fettes education means.


THE AIMS OF THE COLLEGE

Fettes College will ensure that our students:

  • Feel valued and respected as individuals
  • Receive the highest possible quality of education, engaging them in rigorous and relevant opportunities in a dynamic curriculum that creates lifelong learners
  • Feel safe, have a sense of personal worth, are thoughtful and considerate of the needs of others, while possessing a willingness to take on responsibility
  • Are encouraged to stretch and challenge themselves
  • Develop a sense of selfconfidence, integrity, emotional resilience, loyalty, good manners, leadership skills and teamwork
  • Value a sense of community
  • Are surrounded by inspirational caring staff
  • Feel represented and are provided with equal opportunities regardless of gender, identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity or religion.
- "Our Students will leave the school knowing themselves, looking out for others, capable of thinking critically and ready to make a positive mark on their rapidly changing world. They will be bold and visionary yet compassionate; they will possess a globalperspective and be ready to embrace the opportunities of the future" Helen Harrison, Head_
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