People Services Assistant

Home. There’s no place like it. And there’s no feeling like helping people create the joy of feeling truly at home. At Dunelm, that’s what we do. We’re the UK's number one choice for homewares because we make home life lovelier for our customers. And the caring and encouraging culture we've created makes this a place you'll feel right at home too.

We are the UK’s Number One homewares retailer offering over 100,000 products building a consumer-focused total retail business that delights customers through our multichannel operation.

The Payroll & People Services Assistant role will sit within the People Services function reporting to the Payroll Lead.  The People Services function is responsible for the end-to-end administration of the colleague lifecycle including key areas such as:                                                                        

• Contract Production/Amends
• Leaver Processing
• All Statutory Leave Processing (SMP/SPP/SSP)
• Statutory Returns (P11D, P60, P45)
• Pension Governance & Administration
• Minimum Wage Compliance
• Payroll Processing for 12,000 colleagues
• Fleet Administration Processes

The team are responsible for the timely production of all payroll activity always ensuring the highest degree of accuracy.  A major component of our activity relates to statutory compliance including HMRC, Pension Regulator and Minimum Wage and compliance is at the forefront of our minds in everything we do. The team collaborate closely with internal stakeholders including but not limited to People Business Partners, Finance, Tech and Reward.

As a Payroll & People Services Assistant you will have the opportunity to embark on various courses of study including, Payroll Technician Certificate, CIPP Degree as well as other relevant study.  We also offer an in-house knowledge support process using the Payroll Centre. 

In this role, you will effectively be responsible for delivering all aspects of payroll delivery for a part or parts of the business.