Trust Payroll Officer

Chief Executive Officer: Mr S French | Required: As Soon As Possible | Trust Payroll Officer | Permanent | Term Time plus one week (40.2 weeks) | 20 hours per week | Level 6, Actual Salary £13,859 to £15,034 | Working over 3 or 4 days to be agreed at interview

The Alpha Academies Trust (AAT) is seeking a Trust Payroll Officer to join our friendly and supportive Central Team. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in delivering accurate payroll services to over 500 staff across our Trust. We offer flexibility regarding how the 20 hours are worked across the week, it can be done over 3 or 4 days allowing the successful candidate to achieve a positive work-life balance. The successful applicant will bring:

• Payroll experience
• Understanding of HMRC payroll requirements
• Knowledge of pension schemes and employee pay arrangements
• Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy
• Strong customer service and communication skills
• Ability to manage confidential information professionally
• Good IT skills including Microsoft Office

Our Trust has an amazing family of academies, and each has its own ethos and values that contribute to the wider Trust purpose. We are committed to delivering a first-class education to overcome inequality and as a member of the Trust Central Team, you will play a key part in helping us to achieve that. We are a local trust with all academies in close proximity, this allows us to focus our strategic direction on learning from each other to ensure that we can deliver the very best in experiences and standards for the communities that we serve.

Our main priority is to develop people and our staff in the organisation are no exception to this. The Trust Central Team facilitates the very best in collaboration, staff development and wellbeing. In order to continue this, we need exceptional people, who we will support to be outstanding professionals.

Do you want to be a part of this? If you do, we would love to receive your application.

The ability to converse at ease with members of the public, including staff and students in accurate spoken English is essential for the post, therefore postholders must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English.

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to deliver a first-class education for every child that overcomes inequality. We recruit outstanding staff and make their professional development a number one priority. We are committed to working with other stakeholders to create a joined-up momentum, with the ambition of bringing about transformational change.

Our values are Ambition • Respect • Belonging

Why Alpha?

Our Trust is located in Stoke-on-Trent and consists of two Secondary Academies, four Primary Academies and a Central Team. Alpha Academies Trust has been established to create a network of Primary and Secondary Academies in North Staffordshire.

We help over 4000 pupils develop and grow into very special individuals. Our staff thrive in doing this and as a result, fulfil their own immense sense of purpose. Joining us, will in turn mean that you can support those pupils as well as our staff in being the best that they can be. You will be a part of their success.

We care about our people and feel that we can achieve the greatest impact through a research led culture.

We believe that mutual Respect should serve as the foundation of our organisation. This supports collaboration and as a result our people are creative, confident and work as one. Our staff identify the approaches that have the greatest impact on children and support the well-being and workload of all our staff.