Administrator (Payroll and Pensions)

Do you have excellent numeracy skills and enjoy working in a fast paced and challenging environment?

About the role

Working within the Payroll team, you will play a key role in delivering accurate monthly payroll processes across multiple payrolls, ensuring that HMRC and other statutory requirements are met. You will be a confident communicator, with a passion for delivering excellent customer service and support.

This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week for 6 months to cover a period of maternity leave. Following a training period, there is flexibility to work from home 2 days per week; however, you may be required to attend campus more frequently to meet business needs. Applications from candidates seeking part-time working (29.6 hours per week, 0.8 FTE) will also be considered.

You will be:

• Contributing and delivering accurate monthly payroll processes
• Producing a range of standard payroll documents in an accurate and timely manner
• Interfacing with customers, partners and stakeholders, provideing advice, communicating changes and responding to enquiries and requests in an effective and timely manner

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Richard Hobbs:

by email at richard.hobbs@plymouth.ac.uk

We’re currently unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker visa route. However, we welcome applicants who already have the right to work in the UK, including those on visa routes we can accept (e.g. Graduate visas).

You will:

• Be delivering high volumes of administration and meeting deadlines
• Have numeracy and literacy at secondary education level (or equivalent demonstrable experience)
• Be working as part of a team and on own initiative

For more information about the job and the person specification, please refer to the job description.

Application Process

Please apply online, demonstrating how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training, skills and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.

Following the closing date of the vacancy, you will be notified on the outcome of your application in due course.

Closing date: 12 midnight, Sunday 1 November 2026

Our Offer

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by the University of Plymouth Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Plymouth. Employees of the University of Plymouth Services Limited work alongside the University of Plymouth colleagues in delivery of Plymouth’s strategic vision, and will adopt the University of Plymouth’s HR policies and procedures in full unless otherwise stated.

We have a wide range of staff benefits available to employees, depending on eligibility:

• Generous annual leave: 25* Days Annual Leave (pro rata if part-time) plus Bank Holidays* & Closure Days*
• Generous pension scheme
• Cycle to Work & Electric Car Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Development opportunities
• Enhanced family leave
• Flexible working
• Retailer discounts
• On-site nursery

*Pro rata if part-time/fixed term contract

A summary of our comprehensive benefits can be viewed here.

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