Job Description

Payroll officer

Contract Type:

Permeant

Working Hours:

08:30 to 16:30 Monday to Friday

Reporting To:

Director of HR

Rate:

NJC Pay Scale - CLPT18 30,559.00 to CLPT23 33,366.00

Start date

- Monday 1st September 2025

Job Purpose:

To improve outcomes, transform lives, and enable social mobility by delivering an efficient and professional HR and Payroll service to all academies.

The Payroll officer will embody and promote the organisation's values while supporting the Director of HR in providing high quality transactional HR services and overseeing the outsourced payroll function.

Initially working independently, the post holder will manage all day-to-day transactional HR and payroll activity, with a future opportunity to lead a small team as the service expands. This role combines operational delivery with process development and continuous improvement.

Key Accountabilities

To take accountability for the management of dedicated People casework, ensuring legislation, policy and best practice are followed, and options and risks are clearly explored and analysed
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: 30,559.00-33,366.00 per year

Schedule:

Day shift Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:

Wolverhampton WV11 2QE: reliably commute or be willing to relocate with an employer-provided relocation package (required)
Application question(s):

Have you worked in a school before ?
Experience:

Payroll Management: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:

Enhanced DBS (required)
Work Location: In person