We are committed to making BCU a truly great place to work, fostering an environment where our staff and students thrive and succeed. Our vision is to cultivate a thriving, innovative environment where staff and students are empowered to succeed, our spaces and systems are transformed to enhance learning and efficiency, and our operations are robust and sustainable. To achieve this, we will invest in developing and supporting our people, so they are equipped and empowered to deliver excellence for our students. We will create opportunities to work collaboratively with our students on meaningful community projects that help them realise their career aspirations. The University’s HR function is dedicated to the support of colleagues across the University in delivering the above vision.

We are looking for an experience Pensions and Payroll Assistant to support the delivery of an effective, efficient, accurate and customer focused pension and payroll administration service for the University. Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will be responsible for carrying out payroll processes in line with University Financial Regulations, policies and procedures. Your duties will also include, but not be limited to the following:

• Support the payroll and pensions administration and advisory service within Birmingham City University.
• Process relevant new hire and leaver documentation for each of the University’s pension schemes, as required.
• Provide advice and guidance to employees about pension administration processing requirements.
• Provide more technical support as required to the Payroll Team, the Pensions Manager and the wider HR team as required.
• Input monthly payroll data and assist with accurate processing, as required.
• Assist with payroll reconciliations as required.
• Provide information and advice to colleagues to support their understanding of payroll and pensions.
• Provide general administration assistance as needed.

You will hold the relevant vocational qualifications such as payroll certificates, NVQ Level 2 in Business Administration or similar or able to demonstrate equivalent work experience and relevant skills. You will have familiarity with pension requirements and processing for Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) and Teacher’s Pension Scheme (TPS) and experience of working successfully in a payroll environment, with knowledge of payroll administration procedures and systems. It is also desirable if you have experience of working with University Superannuation Scheme (USS) and Defined Contribution schemes. You will also have a good standard of literacy and numeracy equivalent to GCSE English and Maths with good written and verbal communications skills.