Job summary
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Pay & Employee Services Officer to join its busy Pay and Employee services team.
The Pay and Employee Services team provides a full range of payroll and pensions related services to both the Trust and to a number of other NHS Organisations. As well as providing services in respect of Employee Benefits and workforce systems including eRostering, ESR and eExpenses.
You will work as part of a busy team delivering a Payroll service to over 40,000 employees and will be able to demonstrate strong organisational skills to ensure effective service delivery.
Main duties of the job
You will manage and lead a team of Pay and Employee Services Officers ensuring workloads are managed accordingly, payroll deadlines are achieved and all information has been appropriately audit checked to ensure the accuracy of payments being made to employees. Overseeing the full end to end Payroll and HR transactional process for a section of the Payroll within the Trust and/or its external clients.
You will also act as the point of contact for both clients and employees to provide technical advice, information and support on highly complex pay issues, terms and conditions and statutory regulations. Excellent communication skills are required to ensure a high standard of customer service is delivered.
The ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience of working within a busy Payroll and Pensions department and ideally have worked within the NHS and have a good understanding of ESR, NHS Terms and Conditions and Statutory regulations.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CIPP Advanced Payroll Technician Certificate or equivalent Level 4 qualification
- 2 A-Levels or equivalent qualification
- 5 GCSE's (including Maths and English) at Grade A to C or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) or relevant MS office training
- CIPP Foundation Degree in Payroll Management
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in a specialised integrated HR/Payroll/Pensions department
- Knowledge and experience of HMRC regulations in respect of payroll and pensions regulations
- Sound understanding of the Data Protection Act.
- Knowledge of NHS National Terms and Conditions of service
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS pension scheme
Desirable
- Experience of leading and managing a team
- Experience of working with the national NHS Payroll system ESR (Electronic Staff Record)
- Knowledge of differing local and national pay terms and conditions applicable to NHS
- Experience of ESR Connect software
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS pension scheme
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to use Microsoft Office packages including Word and Excel
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent numeracy and writing skills
- Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines by planning and prioritising own workload.
- Self-motivation and ability to work under own initiative.
- Positive team player
- Ability to question and learn quickly
- Conscientious
- Strong demonstration of inter-personal skills to be able to deal with difficult / confrontational situations which call for empathy, negotiation skills, tact, diplomacy and verbal reasoning.
- Flexible and adaptable - able to manage competing and changing workloads
- Analytical / interpretive skills to be able to collate and analyse complex data for specific reporting purpose.
- Meticulous
Desirable
Further Training
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CIPP Advanced Payroll Technician Certificate or equivalent Level 4 qualification
- 2 A-Levels or equivalent qualification
- 5 GCSE's (including Maths and English) at Grade A to C or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) or relevant MS office training
- CIPP Foundation Degree in Payroll Management
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in a specialised integrated HR/Payroll/Pensions department
- Knowledge and experience of HMRC regulations in respect of payroll and pensions regulations
- Sound understanding of the Data Protection Act.
- Knowledge of NHS National Terms and Conditions of service
- Knowledge and understanding of the NHS pension scheme
Desirable
- Experience of leading and managing a team
- Experience of working with the national NHS Payroll system ESR (Electronic Staff Record)
- Knowledge of differing local and national pay terms and conditions applicable to NHS
- Experience of ESR Connect software
- Knowledge and understanding of NHS pension scheme
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to use Microsoft Office packages including Word and Excel
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent numeracy and writing skills
- Ability to work under pressure to strict deadlines by planning and prioritising own workload.
- Self-motivation and ability to work under own initiative.
- Positive team player
- Ability to question and learn quickly
- Conscientious
- Strong demonstration of inter-personal skills to be able to deal with difficult / confrontational situations which call for empathy, negotiation skills, tact, diplomacy and verbal reasoning.
- Flexible and adaptable - able to manage competing and changing workloads
- Analytical / interpretive skills to be able to collate and analyse complex data for specific reporting purpose.
- Meticulous
Desirable
Further Training
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
