Payroll Apprentice

About the role

An exciting opportunity has risen in the payroll department at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to join our friendly payroll team. As an apprentice, we are offering a role that will combine valuable NHS experience and knowledge, with working towards the payroll level 3 qualification. This Trust supported programme will run over an 18-month contracted period. The working hours are 37.5 hours per week. Full training will be given on payroll systems, and you will be supported by a dedicated payroll mentor throughout your apprenticeship. We are a large payroll dept, providing payroll services to over 20 Trusts in the UK. We have circa 90 staff and offer training to candidates who do not have payroll experience. It is vital that you are reliable, self-motivated, organised and have excellent communication, numerical and literate skills. The ability to work to deadlines and prioritise your workload is also key to this role.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Responsibilities

• To support the provision of an accurate and timely payroll service for our clients
• To be responsible for a section of weekly and monthly payroll with supervision
• To process in accordance with statutory and NHS national terms and conditions of employment.
• To fulfil the requirements of the Payroll Administrator Level 3 alongside day-to-day payroll responsibilities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 GCSE's at grade 5 or above to include Maths and English
• ECDL or equivalent computer skills as a minimum

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet strict deadlines
• Proven interpersonal skills to build and maintain relationships
• Ability to adopt a flexible approach, working on own initiative as well as part of a team
• Excellent telephone manner
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
• Reliable, punctual, patient, pleasant disposition.

Desirable:

• Ability to use Microsoft office software to complete existing templates and spreadsheets
• NHS payroll knowledge
• Payroll legislation knowledge

Pay

This is a fixed term contract role for 18 months and will be paid in accordance with the current Apprenticeship rates: The Trust shall pay to the Apprentice an allowance at the rate of £15,642.00 per annum (net of tax) for the first 12 months of the apprenticeship. Payment thereafter will be at £24,852.00 per annum or in accordance with age as determined by the National Minimum Wage Regulations.

Schedule

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, full-time with flexible working options. Contract duration: 18 months.