Payroll Officer

**Who we are**:
Activate Learning is a pioneering education group with a global reach, committed to transforming lives through our approach to learning.
We see our employees as individuals, empowering them to make the right choices for their ambitions and careers. We value our people as vital to our continued success and aspire to a diverse, open and inclusive environment that provides the motivation for everyone to pursue their career goals and flourish.
When you work for Activate Learning, you’re working for an organisation that provides you with the advantages of a large employer, a trusted partner in your career development, and a transformational way of working whilst also investing in building a community environment for everyone.
**_Together, we will bring out the best version of yourself._**
**About the role**:
This is a varied and busy role where you will work within a great supportive team who advocate knowledge sharing and working collaboratively. No day will ever be the same as there will be exposure to a wide range of queries.
Being part of the team, you will contribute to the efficiency of running the organisation’s monthly payrolls for circa 3,000 employees with varying sets of terms and conditions. An important part of the role will be to provide professional payroll advice and guidance to all staff within the colleges and Activate Apprenticeships.
Other duties include processing starter and leaver payments, process pay/expense claims and statutory/ voluntary deductions and complete detailed checks to ensure the accuracy of the payroll.

**What do you need to be successful as a Payroll Officer at Activate Learning**?**
Joining the payroll team at Activate Learning, you will have experience working within a busy payroll/clerical/administrative or customer facing environment and must be able to demonstrate impeccable attention to detail with the ability to prioritise your workload.
- Experience of LGPS and Teachers Pensions systems
- Experience of payroll Administration
- Knowledge of payroll gross to net calculations and HMRC procedures for PAYE
- Excellent customer service skills & a team player
- Competent using Office programs; word, excel

For those interested in furthering your payroll experience, they’ll be an opportunity to work towards payroll qualifications.
**Why work with the Activate Learning Group?**
**Here are some of our benefits**:

- Enrolment into generous pensions schemes
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Excellent on-site facilities including free onsite parking, refectory facilities, Hair and Beauty salons
- An extensive Learning and Development programme with a range of CPD opportunities
- Specialised support and development for teaching staff
- Access to qualified coaches for all staff
- Leadership and Management development programmes
- Flexible working opportunities, where appropriate
- A comprehensive wellbeing programme including access to the Fika and Everymind app
- Mental Health support including access to Mental Health First Aiders
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee resource groups
- Cycle to work scheme
- Refer a friend vacancy incentive
- Access to student discount programmes
- Activate Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check at the appropriate level._
- Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK as we do not sponsor work permits and work permits from other organisations are unacceptable as proof of right to work in the UK._
- If an agency submits an unsolicited CV to any partner or employee of our company, you should be aware that they have no authority to enter into an arrangement with you. Should we require recruitment agency involvement, we will contact the agencies on our preferred suppliers list, and we would ask that you respect the relationships we have already built with these suppliers._

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £28,627.00-£29,484.00 per year