HR and Payroll Specialist

Part-time 0.6fte role

Chiswick Park Campus

Salary range: £42,000 to £45,000 per annum pro rata

Plus excellent benefits

Richmond University is seeking a highly motivated, confident and enthusiastic HR and Payroll Specialist to join our small HR team. The HR and Payroll Specialist will be responsible for payroll and pensions administration and support the effective running of day-to-day HR duties. This role will be closely working with our Payroll team in regard to payroll and pensions queries.

This is a hands-on operational role, acting as a first point of contact for payroll and pensions queries (USS and Standard Life pension schemes) and HR generalist advice, maintaining accurate employee records, and supporting HR processes across the employee lifecycle. The role is ideally suited to someone who enjoys a varied position spanning payroll coordination, pensions administration, HR operations, and compliance within a small, collaborative higher education environment.

You will have a previous experience in an HR and/or payroll administrative role and pensions administration or dealing with pensions queries. You will have knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice and strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail.

About Richmond American University London

Richmond American University London is a unique institution, global in outlook and in practice, diverse and cosmopolitan in its culture. A leading private and not-for-profit institution, we are dually accredited in both the United States, by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and registered with the Office for Students in the UK. Our students receive both UK and US degrees, bringing together the best of British and American higher education.

Operating in London since 1972, our mission is to educate and inform future generations by providing them with the knowledge and support to think critically, the freedom to challenge assumptions and the skills to work with others. Our distinctive, multi-disciplinary Liberal Arts degree programmes offer a holistic approach to teaching and learning that focuses on developing academic and personal skills to enable our students to make positive contributions through employment, personal development, and public service after graduation.

Following the move to our new state-of-the-art campus in Chiswick Park, West London, we are developing a new strategy that will see the University grow and further diversify its student body, broaden and diversify is academic offer and expand its international partnerships.

Richmond is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to an inclusive culture and welcomes applications from diverse backgrounds and experiences. A Disclosure and Barring Service check at the basic level is required for this position.

For further information about the vacancy and University, and how to apply for the role, please click on the ‘Apply’ button above.

Interview date: w/c 15 June 2026

Please note that while submitted applications will be acknowledged, we’re unable to provide
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