Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and organised Payroll/Pension officer who has excellent numerical and analytical skills and a high attention to detail and who thrives on achieving results.
You must have 5 GCSE (or equivalent) passes including Maths and English, a working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and basic knowledge of employment best practice/legislation, ideally together with experience of working in Payroll/Finance area. Support will be provided to staff in developing their payroll/pensions knowledge via a formal payroll qualification. As well as administration experience and the ability to communicate sensitive information in a way that builds on the successful relationships with our customers.
In return you will joining a forward looking payroll team where you will gain a range of Payroll experience, working within a busy and interesting team, driving forward innovative, quality and customer services.
Main duties of the job
As a member of the Payroll Team based at Salisbury District Hospital you will be using The ESR Payroll system and Pension On-Line, you will be responsible for providing administrative support including processing payroll, dealing with customer queries about issues such as pay, employment terms and conditions, pensions and expenses as well as maintaining ESR records and other department systems to ensure data quality.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure Centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Must have 5 GCSE passes or equivalent including English & Maths
2. Experience of working to struct deadlines & under pressure
3. Experience of routine office procedures
Desirable criteria
4. Experience of working in a Payroll/Pension department
5. Previous Payroll or Pension knowledge
6. Previous ESR knowledge
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-
7. Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
8. Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
9. An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)
10. Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
11. Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
12. An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
13. Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
14. Cycle to work scheme
15. Uniform provided (where required)
16. On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
17. On site health and fitness club
18. On site car parking
19. Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.