Job Description

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom (Hybrid)


JOB INFO


Job Identification
400
Job Category
Administration and Operations
Posting Date
04/23/2025, 05:48 AM
Apply Before
05/07/2025, 05:59 PM
Job Schedule
Full time
Locations
Human Resources
(Hybrid)

The full-time starting salary is normally 34,226 per annum, with progression available in post to 37,203 per annum. (From 1 August 2025, the University will transition to a new pay structure. This role will be Grade E with the salary range of 35,331 - 38,050. The post holder will migrate to the appropriate salary point at that time).

Grade: SO1

Full time, permanent role.

We are committed to making BCU a truly great place to work, fostering an environment where our staff and students thrive and succeed. Our vision is to cultivate a thriving, innovative environment where staff and students are empowered to succeed, our spaces and systems are transformed to enhance learning and efficiency, and our operations are robust and sustainable.



To achieve this, we will invest in developing and supporting our people, so that they are equipped and empowered to deliver excellence for our students. We will create opportunities to work collaboratively with our students on meaningful community projects that help them realise their career aspirations.



The University's HR function is dedicated to the support of colleagues across the University in delivering the above vision.



Deliver a professional, effective, accurate and customer focused operational payroll administration and advisory service in line with University policy and procedure. Be accountable for elements of the process in rotation and ensure stakeholders are fully supported with processing across the payroll lifecycle.



Reporting to the Payroll Manager, the role holder will:


Provide a high quality, responsive and accurate payroll and pensions administration and advisory service to our c.6,000 cores and temporary workforce. Work to pre-determined KPIs and be accountable and responsible for achieving these. Conduct the administration of colleagues' pension schemes, including enrolment, contributions and liaise with all pension providers. Support compliance with all statutory requirements of PAYE and pension schemes and ensure accurate and timely reporting as required such as HM Revenue and Customs Real Time Information Carry out payroll reconciliations. Ensure all pay and expenses queries are logged, responded to or referred appropriately and in a timely manner. Support year end payroll processes including the production of P60s and P11d forms Provide information and advice to colleagues to support their understanding of payroll, pensions and expenses. Comply with all GDPR and other compliance requirements, as stipulated within the department.

You will be qualified to Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) Technician level or able to demonstrate a combination of qualifications, knowledge experience and skills at a comparable level, have a high level of numeracy with the ability to perform manual PAYE calculations with excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and straightforwardly.



You will have strong IT skills, including payroll systems and Microsoft Office with competence in the use of Excel to provide accurate and useful management information and exceptional organisational skills and a proven ability to work under pressure whilst ensuring accuracy, quality and attention to detail.

The appointed candidate will normally be employed through our subsidiary company BCU Support Services Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Birmingham City University. Appointees with prior LGPS membership who wish to enter the LGPS scheme will be able to do so, and will be employed by Birmingham City University directly.

ABOUT US


At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK's second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.



Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.