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Reed Further Education are a leading recruitment agency working with colleges, prisons, universities, and training providers across the UK. We are always looking for talented/aspiring support staff to join our team and help us deliver high-quality education to learners.

Payroll Officer

Blackburn

£15 per hour

Temporary Contract | Immediate Start

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Payroll Officer to join a busy FE College on a temporary basis.

The Role

You will be responsible for delivering an accurate and efficient payroll service, ensuring employees are paid correctly and on time. Working within a fast-paced environment, you will support payroll processing and resolve any payroll-related queries.

Key Responsibilities

• Processing end-to-end payroll accurately and within deadlines
• Calculating statutory payments including SSP, SMP and SPP
• Managing starters, leavers and contractual changes
• Processing pension contributions and payroll deductions
• Maintaining payroll records and ensuring compliance with HMRC legislation
• Resolving payroll queries from employees and managers
• Producing payroll reports and reconciling payroll data

Requirements

• Previous payroll experience, ideally processing end-to-end payroll
• Strong working knowledge of payroll legislation and HMRC regulations
• Experience using payroll systems and Microsoft Excel
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Ability to work independently and meet strict deadlines
• Enhanced DBS certificate (or willingness to obtain one) may be required

All candidates who register with Reed Further Education will have 2 years’ referencing taken up and will be required to have a DBS check completed. All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks.

Reed Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by completing mandatory training within 6 weeks of your first assignment and annually thereafter.

Benefits of working for Reed Further Education/our client:

• Exclusive representation to leading FE colleges, prisons, and training providers in the area

• A specialist further education consultant who will search for jobs on your behalf

• A Health Cash Plan and Reed Discount Club

• Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Parental Leave and Antenatal/Pre-Adoption Appointment Payment

• Access to Training and Development - Reed Assessment Centre - Reed Learning.

• Great referral bonus’ (up to £200 per successful referral!)

• Access to roles throughout the UK and online/remote learning

To apply for this role, please send us your updated CV by clicking 'Apply Now'. Your application should demonstrate your passion for educational support and your commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Not looking for a support role? We are also registering teachers, assessors and technicians through to other FE positions including HR, finance, facilities, administrators. We also have a specialist team of interim and senior management consultants with over 20 years’ experience in the sector.