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Join Our Team as a Payroll and Pension Specialist!

Are you passionate about delivering exceptional customer service and have a keen eye for detail? We are looking for a dedicated Payroll and Pension Specialist to join our dynamic team and contribute to the high-quality Payroll and Pension function at our organization. This role involves collaborating with Payroll Managers to ensure the accurate and timely production of payrolls, managing pension schemes, and supporting various payroll projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Payroll Management: Assist Deputy Payroll Managers with monthly payroll runs, including producing reports and managing third-party payments.
• Project Implementation: Work with the Group Payroll Manager on onboarding new schools and colleges on iTrent, resolving technical issues, and implementing payroll projects.
• Pension Administration: Handle the administration of LGPS, TPS, and NEST pension schemes, including member changes and year-end returns.

Main Duties:

• Time and Expense Claims: Monitor and review claims to ensure compliance with internal policies and legislation.
• Payroll Processing: Use your thorough knowledge of iTrent to process payroll accurately, handle starters, leavers, and salary amendments, and manage occupational and statutory payments.
• Pension Management: Oversee auto-enrolment and qualifying pension schemes, process pension assessments, and handle opt-ins and opt-outs efficiently.
• Data Management: Monitor payroll mailbox/service desk, respond to queries, reconcile pay period end reports, and ensure accuracy in all payroll data.
• Compliance: Stay updated with new payroll and pension legislation, maintain confidentiality, and ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act.

General Duties:

This role is adaptable to the evolving needs of the College Group and the Multi Academy Trust. You will be expected to work flexibly and may be assigned additional duties as required.

Why Join Us?

• Professional Development: Work in a supportive environment that encourages continuous learning and development.
• Impact: Play a vital role in ensuring our employees receive accurate and timely compensation and pension benefits.
• Team Collaboration: Collaborate with a committed team of professionals dedicated to excellence in payroll and pension administration.

If you have strong payroll processing skills, are proficient with iTrent, and are committed to maintaining high standards of customer service, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and be a part of our mission to deliver excellence in payroll and pension management!

About You

About Us

The College

London South East Colleges is a successful and innovative College operating with sites across Bromley, Bexley, Orpington, Greenwich and Lambeth. With nearly 14,000 students and 1,000 members of staff, the College is a major employer in the area and makes a significant impact on the lives and future prospects of its learners who travel from across London to study with us. The College is also the sponsor of London South East Academies Trust, a growing Multi-Academy which is rapidly developing a track record of academic and financial success. With a combined turnover of circa £65m and the ambitious growth plans of the group, there has never been a better time to join this exciting organisation.

Benefits The benefits package includes annual leave of 27 days (excluding bank holidays) plus 3 efficiency closure days during Christmas, up to 2 additional College closure days, and leave for volunteering (pro rata for part time staff). There are excellent pension schemes, including employer contributions (Teachers' Pension Scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme or Nest). Staff also have access to our Employee Assistance Programme, free onsite parking, salary sacrifice cycle to work/bike loan scheme and annual season ticket loan. You will have access to onsite gym at Bromley, discounts in inhouse restaurants and hair and beauty treatments.

Accreditations

As employers, we recognise and embrace our legal and quality-assurance framework responsibilities, and use these frameworks, as well as other accreditations and schemes, to further develop our development and progress of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. We also acknowledge that there is always more that we can learn, and so we use these accreditations to provide an external lens and share/gain best-practice information.

Our Accreditations include:

• Investors in People - meaning we are committed to the professional development of our staff members.
• Recognised nationally in 2021 by the TES, as Overall FE Provider of the Year, FE College of the Year, and winning the Contribution to the Local Community award.
• Disability Confident - Committed
• Stonewall Workplace Champions - Silver Award
• Investors in Ethnicity - Exemplary Employer and member of the Top 25 employers 2 years in a row
• Affiliate member of the Black Leadership Group

As the College supports a number of children and vulnerable adults, all staff are exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Accordingly, all staff will be subject to an 'Enhanced' DBS (formerly CRB) check, along with a Children's Barred List check if in regulated activity. Any offers of appointment may be withdrawn if these checks prove to be unsatisfactory to the College. Self-disclosure will be required as part of the recruitment process. If you fail to make a full disclosure or provide sight of your DBS certificate then your offer of employment is likely to be withdrawn. The College's DBS policy covers the recruitment of ex-offenders which is available upon request.

In line with KCSIE (Keeping Children Safe in Education) guidance we conduct social media checks for all candidates who are shortlisted for roles in order to ascertain their suitability to work with children and young adults.

Equal Opportunities

London South East Colleges is fully-committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer, and creating a diverse and inclusive workspace, free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, parental status and/or marital/partnership status.

As a Disability Confident - Committed employer, we will offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meet the minimum job role criteria.

If you have accessibility needs and/or require any adjustments for the application and interview process, please let us know.

If a suitable applicant applies, we may close the advert sooner than the closing date.

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