Payroll and Pensions Officer 3 views

Salary: Band 5, £27,531 – £28,653 per annum

Location: Agile, Forth Banks Police Station and homeworking 

Hours/Contract:  37 hours per week, permanent 

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.

As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.

As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued.

Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.

Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters.

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Finance Department as a Payroll and Pensions Officer.

Working as part of a busy team you will be required to work methodically to process all authorised payroll and pensions related data.  You will provide a comprehensive administration using core finance payroll and pensions systems ensuring the prompt and accurate payment to all Police Staff, Officers, Office of Police and Crime Commissioner and Police Pensioners in accordance with their relevant condition of service.

You will be required to deal with any queries within the payroll deadlines ensuring accuracy of remuneration in accordance with legislation, policy and regulations.

What you’ll do

• Process all authorised information and data on core finance payroll & pensions systems within specified timescales and in accordance with legislation, regulations and payroll procedures to ensure that appropriate and accurate payments are made to all staff, officers, OPCC and pensioners within agreed timescales.
• Calculate all employee sicknesses, child related absences and related statutory payments. Liaising with individuals and welfare officers. Provide relevant information as required to third parties in line with the Data Protection Act and GDPR. Process incremental pay progression for police staff and officer in line with current policy and procedure.
• Ensure all manual and electronic records are maintained on core finance payroll & pensions systems to ensure accurate reporting and budget monitoring to enable an efficient service to the force.
• Processing of all police officer retirements, including the calculation of lump sum and annual pension payments ensuring that all relevant tax charges are deducted in accordance with legislation.
• Administration of the police pensioner payroll ensuring accurate calculation and application of pensions increase to applicable police pensioners, calculation and operation of GMP, calculation and implementation of any widows’ benefits. Processing of pension transfers into the police pension schemes and cash equivalent transfer values for matrimonial purposes.

What you’ll bring

• Basic knowledge of payroll and pension scheme.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and high personal and professional standards.
• An ability to take responsibility in an innovative and proactive manner, applying problem solving skills where required.
• Experience of operating to strict deadlines.
• Good understanding of Microsoft Office, in particular, Excel.

We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Payroll and Pensions Officer with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by an interview.  Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed.  A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.