Payroll and Pensions Officer

4 weeks ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Care Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 328082**Salary**:

- £27,079 - £28,609- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent
- Loan
- Secondment**Length of employment**:

- This role is being advertised on a permanent basis. If preferable, Loan or Secondment options will also be available for existing Civil Servants (Loan) and applicants from accredited NDPBs or any other employer (Secondment).**Business area**:

- DHSC - Group Operations - Human Resources**Type of role**:

- Human Resources
- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- LeedsAbout the job

**Job summary**:
In DHSC, we are proud of our purpose - to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you’d like to work in, we’d love to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join the Department’s Payroll Operations team, which sits within the HR Services team based in Leeds. The overall function of the team is to provide accurate and efficient operational payroll services to the Department of Health and Social Care working closely with our third-party payroll provider.

The Payroll and Pensions Officer will be a key part of the Payroll Operations team, responsible for delivering a range of employee services across the Department of Health and Social Care.

This role will report directly to the Deputy Payroll Manager and will primarily be responsible for the administration associated with ensuring that the DHSC monthly payroll operates efficiently and accurately.

You will respond to any payroll issues in a timely manner, considering the options available and the impact of each option.

You will communicate explanations of payroll-related issues clearly and effectively to all customers.

You will liaise with external stakeholders on behalf of customers to ensure appropriate payroll activity can be completed, including other Government departments, HMRC, MyCSP (Civil Service pensions administrator)

You will enter payroll data and checking the monthly payroll reports within the agreed

**Job description**:
The key responsibilities include:

- Monthly payroll processing, such as annual leave, overpayments, overtime claims, corrections, advance payments.
- Send new starter checklist/P45s, court orders etc. to our third-party payroll provider.
- Checking and validating pension records.
- Processing all corrections / adjustments from prior month.
- Monthly payroll validation checking, such as variance checks, validating absence warnings and peer to peer checking.
- Responding to all queries in a timely manner.

**Person specification**:
**Key skills and experience required for the role**

**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of providing a high level of customer service with a view to having an eye for detail and the ability to work through ambiguity.
- Be able to investigate possible solutions where the answer is not clear, showing perseverance and resilience when faced with obstacles.
- Communicate clearly and concisely in writing, taking into account the knowledge of the audience.
- Understand the customers’ needs and expectations when working with them, conveying difficult messages sensitively but confidently.
- Be a proven team player with the ability to develop a range of effective relationships within and outside of own team who fosters a collaborative approach to working.

**Desirable criteria**:

- Previous payroll experience is desirable but not essential.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £27,079, Department of Health and Social Care contributes £7,311 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.Sift date: expected W/C TBC

Interview date: expected W/C TBC

Interview location: By Video

Full interview details will be released with the sift scores

Please use your CV to set out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role. These can be found in the ‘key skills and experience required for the role’ section of the advert.

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