# Payroll Officer - Developmental Post > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/payroll-officer-developmental-post/0cfa1284-2a8a-499a-b03f-167eca819f5d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/payroll-officer-developmental-post/0cfa1284-2a8a-499a-b03f-167eca819f5d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust - **Location:** Lister Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Payroll officer - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 13 months (End date 31st Dec 2027) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-27T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T11:11:02.359Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Payroll/Payroll-v8296800 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8296800?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting for a FTC Payroll Officer for Maternity Cover who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. You must be able to demonstrate attention to detail and be confident using Word, Excel and Outlook. You must be able to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines, working as part of a team to ensure payroll meets both statutory and NHS terms and conditions. Experience of Oracle or ESR is highly desirable. We would consider this as a trainee role on a Band 3. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. ### Main duties of the job - Contribute to the provision of a comprehensive payroll service to employees of NHS organisations whose payroll is run by the Trust. Work with other Payroll Officers and Team Leaders to ensure that staff are paid accurately and on time and to ensure a consistent approach to working practice. Prepare and complete pay and deduction data entries ensuring correct authorisation by managers prior to processing ensuring these are made in line with the relevant legislation and Trust policies. Validate and check data input made by Human Resource department / Workforce and advise accordingly. This includes starters / leavers / change of circumstances. Once validated set up new starter bank account, tax code, National insurance rate, and pension details/rate. Maintain accurate records of sick/maternity leave/ parental leave / adoption leave calculating reduced pay and sending written notice to Mangers HR and employees when these apply. Undertaking a range of manual calculations (PAYE, Ni, SMP, SSP etc) ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Demonstrate ability to work on own initiative and have excellent organisational skills - Impeccable attention to detail, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work closely and effectively with staff at all levels within or outside the organisation. - Excellent customer service skills **Desirable** - Manual Payroll Calculations in UK Tax, NI, Pensions and other statutory deductions. - Intermediate skill level in Excel and Word including VLOOKUPs, Pivots, Mail Merges and Macros. ### Knowledge **Desirable** - Knowledge of NHS conditions of Pay, NHS Travel and Expenses Regulations, NHS Pension Regulations, Calculation of PAYE and NHS working practices. - Be up to date with current statutory PAYE legislation. - Experience of Oracle ESR system. - Working knowledge in an NHS or local government payroll department. ### Other requirements **Essential** - Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion Role model our Trust values every day - Role model our Trust values every day **Desirable** - Maybe required to travel across sites. ### Previous Experience **Desirable** - Sound knowledge of pay procedures and UK statutory legislation and experience of working in a payroll department. - Experience of working in a large fast paced Payroll/Pensions environment. - Experience of working in a shared Service environment ### Qualifications / Training **Essential** - Minimum of 5 GCSEs including Maths & English at Grades 9-4 (A*-C) or equivalent qualifications. OR GCSE in Maths and English and experience of working in a UK Payroll or Pensions department. **Desirable** - NVQ Level 3 / CIPP / IPPM Qualification ## Documents - [additional role expectations (pdf, 104.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10673314) - [payroll officer - applicant pack (pdf, 392.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10673313) - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549) - [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551) - [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748) - [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.