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Payroll and Pensions Assistant

UWE, Bristol

Location: Bristol
Salary: £23,715 to £27,131 p.a. Grade D
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 3rd February 2023
Closes: 21st February 2023
Job Ref: R05576

About the vacancy: This is a full time, permanent role working within a busy and supportive team within a fast-paced environment. The focus of the role is to provide payroll and pensions administration support and ensure continuous improvement of our processes for the Payroll and Pensions team and its customers.

You will work in a team with ten colleagues who regularly process payrolls in excess of 5,000 people a month through our HR & Payroll system, MHR iTrent. You will work closely with and support our Payroll and Pensions Officers to provide a seamless, proactive and efficient Payroll and Pensions service. 

Key responsibilities include ensuring that employee queries are resolved in a timely manner; processing payroll and pension data changes and payments; ensuring new employees are set up on the HR/Payroll system, and supporting the Payroll and Pensions Team to ensure an enhanced payroll and pension service for our customers. 

About you: You will be provided with training and support when you join us to help you settle into the role. To succeed and flourish in the role you will have

  • Experience of payroll related administration tasks within a large payroll, processing high volumes of employees and transactions.
  • Strong organisation skills and attention to detail.
  • You will be comfortable using MS Office and SharePoint and be competent with running mail merges.
  • Good understanding of HMRC and Auto-enrolment pension regulations.

Where is this role based?

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed. The campus has excellent transport links; we are within walking distance of two train stations, our bus terminus connects us to the local bus and metrobus network and we also have a range of cycling and changing facilities. 

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 32,000 students, 250,000 alumni and 4,000 staff from across the globe.

In addition to progressive pay rates, UWE Bristol offers a wide range of employee benefits including:

  • holiday allowance of 25 days, rising to 30 days with service
  • up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
  • generous career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 16.1%
  • family friendly policies and wellbeing initiatives
  • onsite nursery at our Frenchay Campus
  • access to a wide variety of in-house training courses and development programmes.

Add your individuality to ours

Proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving.

Further information

This is a full-time permanent post working 37 hours per week.

We are operating hybrid working and this post will require at least 3 days a week on campus while the remaining 2 days can be at home.

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact either Victoria Jones on email Victoria28.Jones@uwe.ac.uk or Tracey Sage on email tracey.sage@uwe.ac.uk

The University’s normal practice is that new appointments will be made at the starting point of the grade.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

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