JOB SUMMARY

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) is an executive agency of the Scottish Government and is responsible for the management of the National Forest Estate.
FLS operates primarily on a commercial basis, including the production and sales of timber. Its land management responsibilities include renewable energy, agriculture, community projects, conservation, recreation and tourism.
The Pay & Reward team is responsible for providing payroll & pension services to both Forestry and Land Scotland and to Scottish Forestry (SF), a separate executive agency responsible for policy, regulation and grant-giving for tree planting.
The team comprises one Pay & Reward Manager and two Pay & Reward Officers. It is part of the People Services team which also includes the HR Systems and HR Administration teams.

JOB DESCRIPTION

You will manage the Pay & Reward team to produce the FLS and SF monthly payrolls (for approximately 1300 people) in a timely and accurate fashion.
You will ensure the Civil Service Pension scheme and the Partnership pension scheme are administered in accordance with the rules of the schemes and the service contracts.
You will maintain professional working relationships with HR colleagues, managers and the stakeholders in both FLS and SF.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Human Resources