Job Introduction

This is a great opportunity for you to join a charity which runs Westminster School and Westminster Under School as a payroll administrator to ensure that all aspects of payroll processes including salaries, pensions and benefits are processed accurately and in compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.

Working as a valuable member of a small, busy and supportive function, you will contribute to the provision of a comprehensive and effective professional payroll and pension service. This position is also responsible for maintaining employee records, ensuring compliance with tax and legislative laws, and assisting with payroll related employee inquiries.

We are looking for someone who is a quick learner, used to working in situations that require high attention to detail and someone who is confident working on their own with minimal supervision.

Excellent time management, attention to detail, communication and relationship management skills and the ability to work within a team is essential.

Role Responsibility

Payroll is a key part of the HR function and requires a competent professional to ensure smooth running day to day running of the operation. By working as part of a small team the payroll administrator will report into the Head of Payroll, Pensions and Benefits and will be required to make a meaningful and welcomed contribution to the department. The role may be suited to those looking to start their career in finance and/or payroll.

The main duties of the role will include but not be limited to:

• Data entry
• Processing payroll for all employees accurately and on time
• Administration of payroll documentation
• Responding to emails
• Monthly processing of payroll for all staff
• Preparation of pension files ready for audits
• Updating salary lists for Teaching and Non-Teaching staff

The Ideal Candidate

Please refer to the below (attached) person specification.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.

Safeguarding and Child Protection

Westminster School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Package Description

Required for: as soon as possible

Location: Dean’s Yard, Westminster

Contract: Full-time, temporary (fixed-term contract for 6-months).

Hours of work: 09:00 – 17:00, Monday to Friday with an hour lunchbreak.

Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 per annum, dependent on experience. The salary will be prorated down to reflect the length of the contract.

Free school lunches are also provided when on site.

The deadline for applications is midday on Monday 21st October 2024. Interviews will follow shortly after the closing date.

About the School

Working at Westminster

Westminster School is a busy, purposeful and vibrant place to be and an excellent workplace. The community is made up of 750 pupils, 120 teaching staff and 108 support staff.

Westminster School is friendly and welcoming, and all newcomers quickly become part of the rhythm of life here.

There is a real sense of community here as, being a boarding school many members of staff and pupils live on site and the School’s premises are very much treated as a home away from home. School life starts before breakfast and continues way beyond the working day; as a result, there is always a lively atmosphere in and around School and always someone to share a tea and biscuit with in the Common Room. Support staff as much as teaching staff are encouraged to embrace the School’s day-to-day activities, whether that be attending an evening concert or a morning service in the Abbey.

At Westminster we will always select the best candidate for every position. We do know, however, that we can only truly choose the best person on every occasion if a broad and diverse pool of candidates see the job advertised and are encouraged to apply.

As such, we continue to work on how our job roles are encountered, and particularly welcome applications from groups who have traditionally been underrepresented here.

Westminster School is for everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We hope you are encouraged to apply.

The School

Westminster School is a selective day and boarding school for boys aged 13 to 18 and girls aged 16 to 18. There are approximately 360 boys in the Lower School (Years 9 to 11) and 400 boys and girls in the Upper School (Years 12 and 13). One quarter of the pupils board, and the School is structured and run as a boarding school, with an extended day and week and a strong House-based system of pastoral welfare, for boarding and day pupils alike.

Westminster is an ancient school, whose origins can be traced to a charity school established by the Benedictine monks of Westminster Abbey. Its continuous existence is certain from the early 14th century. Henry VIII personally ensured the School’s survival by statute and Elizabeth I, who confirmed royal patronage in 1560, is celebrated as the School’s foundress. Westminster is rare amongst long-established schools in remaining on its original site in the centre of London. Its proximity to Parliament and Westminster Abbey, and the use of the Abbey for its chapel, together with the stimulating diversity of the South Bank and West End, account in part for its special atmosphere and outlook.

The School is one of the foremost centres of academic excellence both in this country and internationally. Central to its academic ethos is the dialogue between teachers and their pupils, whether in the classroom or in tutorials, inspiring enjoyment of intellectual enquiry, debate and search for explanation and the development of skills of rational, independent thought well beyond any standard examination syllabus. The desired environment is happy, busy and purposeful; the pupils are intellectually, socially, ethically and politically engaged, with plenty of opportunities to develop initiatives and to articulate and defend their views, in line with the enduring values of the liberal tradition reflected in the School’s Charter. That tradition is fully committed also to the nurture of each pupil’s spiritual, moral, emotional and physical development and wellbeing – with a particular emphasis on drawing out individual talent wherever it lies - and to the preparation of young people for fulfilled private and public lives beyond School.

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