Lift Schools Β· London
Salary: Β£36,500 + generous holiday entitlement + wellbeing cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: 37 hours per week, full time
Contract: Permanent
Location: Home based, with one monthly keeping in touch day in Gateshead
Start date: ASAP
A role where accuracy, trust and people matter
At Lift Schools, we know that excellent schools rely on strong central services behind the scenes. Our payroll team plays a vital role in supporting colleagues across our network of schools, making sure people are paid accurately, on time and with care.
We are looking for an experienced payroll supervisor to join our central HR operations team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong end-to-end payroll knowledge who enjoys solving problems, improving processes and supporting others to do their best work.
This role is primarily home-based, with a monthly in-person team day in Gateshead to support collaboration, training and team connection.
What you'll be doing
You will oversee the day-to-day running of payroll operations, supervising a small payroll team and helping to deliver a compliant, high-quality service across the trust.
The role includes:
* overseeing monthly payroll activity and quality assurance * supporting and developing three payroll analysts * managing reconciliations, BACS approvals and HMRC submissions * supporting complex payroll and pension queries * working closely with our outsourced pension provider * helping improve systems, processes and guidance * building positive relationships with schools and colleagues across the trust
You'll also play an important role in ensuring compliance across Teachers' Pensions and LGPS processes, helping us maintain a reliable and responsive payroll service for colleagues across our network.
What we're looking for
We would love to hear from you if you have:
* strong experience running payrolls end-to-end * detailed knowledge of payroll legislation, tax and national insurance * experience working with occupational pension schemes, particularly LGPS and Teachers' Pensions * experience supervising or supporting payroll colleagues * excellent attention to detail and organisational skills * confidence using payroll systems, Excel and Google Workspace tools, including Google Sheets * a collaborative and customer-focused approach
Experience within education or the public sector would be highly beneficial. Experience using iTrent is also desirable.
Who is Lift Schools?
We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 59 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.
We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.
We offer you:
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