Payroll Administrator

Contract: Fixed-Term (6 Months), Part-Time (30 hours per week)

Location: London or Manchester

Salary: £20,514.40 per annum (London) or £18,720 per annum (Manchester)

Closing Date: Monday 29th April 2024 - Please note that the advert may close earlier if a large volume of candidates have been received.

Interviews will be held w/c 2nd May 2024 via Microsoft Team (online).

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Payroll Administrator to join our HR team based either London or Manchester.

About us

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.

The HR team at Centrepoint are a small, friendly, and proactive team who focus on high levels of delivery, continuous improvement, and putting their colleagues first. As a Payroll Administrator, you will provide a high quality and sound service to all staff across the organisation. As a primary responsibility, you will take the lead on all aspects of monthly payroll, ensuring all staff are paid correctly. In addition to this the successful candidate will be responsible for carrying out manual calculations, issuing payroll letters and managing all payroll related reports.

This role will suit someone who has previous experience leading organisation wide payroll, and is able to work with a high attention to detail ensuring short deadlines are met.

About you

• Previous experience of payroll administration is essential
• Experience working with a HR System (we currently use Cascade)
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to maintain confidentiality at all time
• Proficient in managing data with an emphasis on attention to detail
• Formal HR Qualification is desirable

What you’ll be doing

• Processing all payroll changes on a monthly basis; including new starters, changes, leaver, family leave and sick pay.
• Liaising with the internal finance team and our external payroll provider to address any queries in a timely manner.
• Support with minute-taking in monthly account management meeting. 
• Acting as the first point of contact for all payroll related queries, ensuring they are dealt with in line with internal SLA.
• Providing support to the wider HR team on an ad-hoc basis.
• Managing and developing all payroll associated communication for the wider organisation such as HR Bulletins, regular reminders etc.

Why join Centrepoint?

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
• Private Medical insurance
• Income protection
• Employer pension contributions of 5%
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

In order to apply you will need to complete a short application form, which includes a supporting statement that clearly demonstrates your skills and experience.

If you would like to arrange an informal chat about the role, please HRSupport@centrepoint.org.