Brighton (On-Site)
Contract, Full time
No DBS check required
£26873 - £28770
37
Job introduction
We are recruiting to a specialist role in the payroll team at Brighton & Hove City Council. This role is responsible for keeping the establishment data - the master list of all employees, their positions and working arrangements - accurate and up to date. This post is fixed term to provide additional resources through the organisational redesign project.
Fixed term for: six months
This role is available as a secondment to internal applicants in line with our secondment policy.
Interview date: expected w/c 11 November
For an informal discussion, please contact team leader Elise Cook at elise.cook@brighton-hove.gov.uk or call 01273 291352
About the role
Based in a small and friendly team, you will have current and demonstrable experience of maintaining the accuracy and integrity of establishment and payroll data in accordance with statutory legislation, council policies and best practice. Excellent customer service skills are required to respond to customer's queries accurately and effectively.
Duties / responsibilities:
- Processing contract amendments and leaver details
- Accuracy checking and proactive work to ensure correct salary payments
- Dealing effectively with queries from customers and managers
- Liaising with colleagues to identify potential system improvements
Skills and experience required:
- A keen eye for detail and accuracy
- A strong grasp of Microsoft Outlook and Excel
- Working knowledge of a computerised payroll software
- Knowledge of how BHCC's policies impact on pay
- Ability to explain complex calculations to customers
- Pro-active team player who is confident working to changing priorities in a busy department
This is a highly deadline-based role so, at times, flexibility on hours in peak times will be required.
Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and provide answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
Company information
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).