SUPPORT THE WELLBEING OF OUR WORKFORCE BY GETTING THE DETAILS RIGHT AND DELIVERING ON TIME.

As a Payroll Officer, you’ll play a key role in delivering a smooth and reliable payroll service. Whether it’s solving issues, checking the details or helping shape our new in-house system, your work will have a direct impact on colleagues across the Council.

ABOUT US

Kensington and Chelsea is home to diverse communities, thriving businesses and unique local places. Everything we do is focused on supporting our residents, strengthening our approach and creating a fairer borough.
As a competent and caring Council, we take pride in our work every day, ensuring our services are delivered with care and competence. We listen to our residents, act with integrity and work together to build a borough that is greener, safer and fairer for all.
In this role, you’ll be a key part of that – getting stuck in to keep our payroll running smoothly and making sure colleagues are supported, valued and paid on time.

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE EXPLAINING HOW YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN THE PERSON SPECIFICATION AND JOB DESCRIPTION.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.
We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
We are committed to fair, transparent, and consistent pay practices. New hires will start at the minimum of the advertised salary range.
Employees receive annual salary increases until they reach the top of the pay scale. In addition, employees will receive any agreed cost of living pay rises

You’ll be part of a small, friendly team handling payroll for a wide and varied workforce. As the first point of contact for pay-related queries, you’ll support employees, managers and external partners, responding with clarity, empathy and professionalism.
You’ll process day-to-day payroll transactions, handle queries around pay and deductions, and run regular and ad-hoc payroll cycles. You’ll also manage overpayments, claims and court orders, working carefully to make sure everything is accurate, up-to-date and in line with regulations.
We’ve recently brought our payroll in-house, so there’s also an exciting opportunity to shape how we work going forward. You’ll help test and refine our new Oracle payroll system and play a part in developing streamlined processes for the future. You’ll be based in the office three days a week.
For further details, please review the Job Description and Person Specification.