Payroll & Pensions Administrator

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Staff Recruitment, Payroll & Pension Services
Location:  Ormskirk
Salary:  £24,533 to £26,444 per annum
Fixed Term contract for 9 months
Post Type:  Full Time
Closing Date:  Sunday 14 January 2024
Reference:  EHA1034-0124

We’re here to create and harness knowledge, to deliver opportunity for everyone. 

 About the Role

 This is an exciting opportunity for a Payroll & Pensions Administrator to join the Staff Recruitment, Payroll & Pensions Services (SRPPS) team to provide an effective and efficient payroll and pension and recruitment administration service. You will process payroll and pension documents in accordance with payroll legislation the various pension scheme’s rules, administrative guidelines and regulatory requirements.

  You will also act as first point of contact for staff payroll and pension queries, and ensuring the efficient operation of auto-enrolment, starter, and leaver processes, processing additional hours claims and the provision and transfer of accurate data to pension providers.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact: Jackie Bamber, Head of Staff Recruitment, Payroll & Pensions Services at [email protected]  

 About You

As Payroll & Pensions Administrator you will have excellent working knowledge of payroll and pension scheme administration along with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with staff and work flexibly and reliably to meet the needs of the whole of the service. You will be solution-focussed and dynamic with high attention to detail and the ability to your initiative to respond positively to new situations and demonstrate a resilient mind set in a changing environment. You will also have excellent numerical, analytical and IT skills and a positive, customer focused, self-motivated approach with the ability to build and maintain highly effective working relationships with customers and colleagues as well as contribute to the delivery of high levels of professional standards and behaviours

At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Rewards & Benefits

• A minimum of 35 days annual leave per annum (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days) 
• Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
• Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.
• Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and health & wellbeing resources.
• A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career.
• Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment.
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%

Click to view our rewards and benefits package .  

About Us 

At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before. 

Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.

Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world. 

Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.