The Crown Prosecution Service is recruiting a head of operations of payroll. If you’re looking for a career with real purpose, this is an opportunity for you.

ABOUT YOU

We’re looking for someone with experience delivering a monthly payroll, with a strong knowledge of regulatory and statutory requirements for tax and pensions. Experience leading and managing a payroll team is desirable, but not required

ABOUT THE ROLE

As head of operations, you lead a dedicated team to manage all aspects of payroll processing, including pensions, HMRC compliance, statutory payments, and year-end activity. You are accountable for system integrity, risk management, and audit readiness, while also driving continuous improvement and contributing to wider transformation across HR, finance, and digital services.

At the Crown Prosecution Service, we pride ourselves on providing benefits that ensure our employees’ needs are central. We want to ensure you can thrive at work and home, offering support to achieve a balance. This includes flexible working hours, flexibility to support caring responsibilities and a family-friendly approach to work. We also offer a range of benefits including:

• flexible and family-friendly working
• competitive salary
• Civil Service pension, with an average employer contribution of 28.9%
• 25 days leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
• 3 days paid volunteering leave
• an extra privilege day for the King’s birthday
• £350 a year individual learning budget
• wellbeing support and counselling
• Cycle2work scheme, high street retailer offers and discounts