With the ambition to mentor and support an enthusiastic Payroll team? This could be the perfect role for you!
We have an excellent opportunity within our HR and OD Directorate, currently seeking a Payroll Team Leader to lead our School’s team in delivery of high-quality services to customers while also making a significant contribution to the development of practices, systems, and processes directly relating to the effective and efficient delivery of the service.
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The Opportunity
Salary: £38,626 - £41,511 per annum
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Contract type: Fixed term or Secondment opportunity, 12 months
Location: County Hall, Chichester, with hybrid working opportunities
Interview Date: w/c 13 January 2025
As the Payroll Team Leader, you will lead a team of up to 8 individuals and will be responsible for the provision of an efficient and customer focussed payroll and HR administration service covering the full range of HR and payroll related transactions. You will be one of several responsible for providing services to the county council, schools and to external partners.
Responsible for ensuring highly efficient, effective and compliant payroll processing, and for continuously developing and improving the quality of services provided in a fast paced and efficient service delivery environment.
You will ensure the resolution of complex problems and issues related to contracts of employment, terms and conditions, pay and pensions. Working collaboratively and flexibly with the management team to address peaks and troughs in service demands.
What are we looking for?
*You will need to be able to supervise and support others, and to provide mentoring, coaching and development for team members.
*You will be able to communicate complex matters in ways that others can understand.
*You will need sound knowledge of relevant payroll and pensions regulations, services, and schemes within Local Government.
*You will have a good working knowledge of SAP or other similar equivalent systems, sound and accurate overall IT knowledge including Excel, and be comfortable using and applying complex sets of data.
*Importantly, you will be inquisitive, with a commitment to continuous learning and improvement in service delivery.
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.
Working for us
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:
*an excellent local government pension scheme
*generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
*a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
*maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
*volunteering opportunities
*training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
*a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
*health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans
For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.
Further information
The reference number for this role is CRS00883.
For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .
Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.
To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.
Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.