Location: Hove and Worthing
Vacancy Type: Full Time/Permanent
Pay Range: Grade 6 - £36,872 - £44,558 (DOE) Pro rata for part time roles
Contracted Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Application Deadline: Sunday, April 27, 2025
Job Summary
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity in an amazing charity where the payroll team are valued and pivotal to the organisation. We are looking for an ambitious, personable payroll professional who thrives in an ever-changing environment to join our friendly and professional team.
This role will manage the payroll team of 2 assistants and together ensure accurate and timely end-to-end payroll operations for the group. Working closely with the People Services department and the Head of Finance, they will ensure that Southern Hospice Group meets all its statutory and fiscal obligations in the remuneration of its staff. They will offer staff-focused payroll and NHS pension advice and support the needs of the individuals across all stages of the payroll and pension lifecycle. They will be responsible for the development of the team and support managers with payroll information.
This is an onsite position based either at Martlets Hospice in Hove or St Barnabas House in Worthing with presence at our other sites as required. Due to the location of our Hospices, access to your own transport is essential.
If you wish to have an informal conversation about this post please contact Diane Lawrence, Head of Finance via diane.lawrence@stbh.org.uk
For any queries regarding your application please contact hroperations@stbh.org.uk
Essential criteria
The person we are looking for will be a Payroll professional, preferably with a payroll qualification or AAT qualified with comprehensive and recent experience of managing and running a large payroll, preferably with NHS pension knowledge.
The personal skillset for this role requires a professional and credible team player with the ability to work independently and deliver on deadlines and sudden pressures whilst maintaining accuracy. They must have the ability to inspire confidence and hit the ground running.
About us
Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.
St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.
Chestnut Tree House is the children’s hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.
We warmly welcome applications from all sections of our community. We also invite applications from suitably experienced people for all industry sectors who can demonstrate the skills, ability and enthusiasm to work with a people-centric organisation like ours.
Benefits
* Company pension scheme or NHS pension scheme for eligible employees
* Up to 35 days’ annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
* On-site education support and study leave opportunities
* Option to access Health Shield and cover your everyday cost of healthcare for less
* Free parking, subsidised meals and various social activities
* Corporate rate gym membership, discounts with local complementary therapies and Blue Light Card
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Death in Service
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the published closing date where applicant volume is high.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for an Enhanced submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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