About us:
Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over £50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.
At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.
The role:
Manage and maintain the HR staff database to ensure personal information and employment records are accurately stored, updated, protected, and monitored. This includes processing monthly payroll changes in liaison with the finance department.
Full time (37 hours per week)
Permanent
£31,861 - £34,019 per annum
Hill House Campus
Key Responsibilities:
Be responsible for the HR database, ensuring the integrity of the data held and production of a range of management and compliance reports
Ensure starter, leaver and contract changes are input into the HR database and inform Payroll to ensure they are actioned
Ensure that overtime payments and any necessary payroll deductions are processed and communicated to Payroll
About you:
Level 4 qualification or equivalent in relevant area i.e. Business Administration or Math
Experience of working with sensitive information and applying information security best practice
Experience of using Excel including formulas and pivot tables
Ability to work under pressure, manage time and meet deadlines
Benefits for you:
28 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period
After five years’ service, you will be awarded with four additional annual leave days
A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2024)
2 staff well-being days
Discounted study opportunities on College programmesWe welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.
If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.
Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for
Please note that we are expecting a high volume of applicants for this vacancy. If we do, we may close the post before the specified date, therefore an early application is recommended.
Appointments will normally be made to the bottom of the salary scale with annual increments on 1st August each year (subject to a start date before 1st February).