Payroll Officer - Developmental Post
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Stevenage, SG1 2EFView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
27 October 2026
7 days leftJob description
We are recruiting for a FTC Payroll Officer for Maternity Cover who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemp...
Contribute to the provision of a comprehensive payroll service to employees of NHS organisations whose payroll is run by the Trust.
Work with other Payroll Officers and Team Leaders to ensure that staff are paid accurately and on time and to ensure a consistent approach to working practice.
Prepare and complete pay and deduction data entries ensuring correct authorisation by managers prior to processing ensuring these are made in line with the relevant legislation and Trust policies.
Validate and check data input made by Human Resource department / Workforce and advise accordingly. This includes starters / leavers / change of circumstances.
Once validated set up new starter bank account, tax code, National insurance rate, and pension details/rate.
Maintain accurate records of sick/maternity leave/ parental leave / adoption leave calculating reduced pay and sending written notice to Mangers HR and employees when these apply.
Undertaking a range of manual calculations (PAYE, Ni, SMP, SSP etc)
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs including Maths & English at Grades 9-4 (A*-C) or equivalent qualifications. OR GCSE in Maths and English and experience of working in a UK Payroll or Pensions department.
Desirable: - NVQ Level 3 / CIPP / IPPM Qualification
Previous Experience
Desirable
- Sound knowledge of pay procedures and UK statutory legislation and experience of working in a payroll department.
- Experience of working in a large fast paced Payroll/Pensions environment.
- Experience of working in a shared Service environment
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to work on own initiative and have excellent organisational skills
- Impeccable attention to detail, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work closely and effectively with staff at all levels within or outside the organisation.
- Excellent customer service skills
Desirable
- Manual Payroll Calculations in UK Tax, NI, Pensions and other statutory deductions.
- Intermediate skill level in Excel and Word including VLOOKUPs, Pivots, Mail Merges and Macros.
Knowledge
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS conditions of Pay, NHS Travel and Expenses Regulations, NHS Pension Regulations, Calculation of PAYE and NHS working practices.
- Be up to date with current statutory PAYE legislation.
- Experience of Oracle ESR system.
- Working knowledge in an NHS or local government payroll department.
Other requirements
Essential: - Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion Role model our Trust values every day; - Role model our Trust values every day
Desirable: - Maybe required to travel across sites.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
13 October 2026
Last checked
15 October 2026
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