HR & Payroll Administrator
West Sussex County Council
HR & Payroll Administrator
£24702
West Sussex County Council, Chichester
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 3 weeks ago, 22 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 33760bf68f1f4b5fa15eb449e533d236
Full Job Description
- Setting up new starter details
- Processing changes to existing contracts
- Calculating payroll related information
- Responding to general customer queries
- Providing customers with standard information and guidance relating to the service
- Maintaining employee details on the HR/Payroll system
- Producing standard correspondence according to set procedures and guidelines, For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Lucie West (Head of Business Services) at . For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .
- an excellent local government pension scheme
- generous holiday entitlement of 25 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
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.
You will provide reliable, efficient and effective flexible specialist payroll support across our services. Having an eye for detail with be invaluable in this role., To thrive in this role, you will need good knowledge of Excel and Word, be confident, flexible, resilient, organised, be able to balance priorities and deadlines and enjoy working as part of a team.
You will be comfortable working on routine payroll processing and related administrative tasks.
You will have experience working in a customer focussed role, with the ability to explain basic payroll information.
You will be dealing with council and school staff on the telephone, and will need to demonstrate excellent customer care and communication skills when responding to potentially sensitive payroll queries from staff.
You will also need to be able to work on your own initiative, organising your work appropriately and responding to changing priorities to meet agreed deadlines.
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: