Job Description

Company Description

Genomics England partners with the NHS to provide whole genome sequencing diagnostics. We also equip researchers to find the causes of disease and develop new treatments \xe2\x80\x93 with patients and participants at the heart of it all.

Our mission is to continue refining, scaling, and evolving our ability to enable others to deliver genomic healthcare and conduct genomic research.

We are accelerating our impact and working with patients, doctors, scientists, government and industry to improve genomic testing, and help researchers access the health data and technology they need to make new medical discoveries and create more effective, targeted medicines for everybody.



We are seeking a skilled and experienced individual to join our team in a newly created role as a Payroll, Benefits, and Pension Administrator.

In this role, you will play a crucial part in delivering high-caliber and efficient administrative support services within our fast-paced environment. As the first point of contact for employee payroll and benefit inquiries, you\'ll ensure prompt and reliable assistance. Additionally, you will take the lead on all aspects of pension administration, including auto-enrollment, monthly data collection, and coordination with third-party entities. Collaborating closely with the People Operations Manager, you\'ll provide essential support in generating management information and reporting from Bob (our HR system).

Key Accountabilities:

• Efficiently delivering auto-enrollment, starter and leaver payroll processing, calculating on-call payments, and providing accurate data to pension providers.
• Cultivating effective relationships with stakeholders, offering guidance on payroll, benefits, and pension matters, and addressing ad hoc queries from employees.
• Accurate and timely processing of monthly payroll, including updating employee data, importing variable pay-run data, and validating variables with the finance function.
• Calculating and processing all salary payments, additional payments/deductions, and maintaining accurate records on our HR system.
• Handling thorough records on all payroll and pension matters, responding to auditors\' queries, and providing data to third-party benefit providers.
• Ensuring timely processing of purchase orders and invoices, along with collating and reporting management information.
• Providing administrative support for the broader People team, including tasks related to onboarding, contracts, and people administration.
• Participating in projects and initiatives to drive continuous improvement in the People space.

Additional Information

Salary from: \xc2\xa335,000

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself, but in order to support our people, we\xe2\x80\x99re continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals, as well as offering a benefits package including:

• 30 days\xe2\x80\x99 holiday (plus bank holidays), with additional days for long service awards
• A generous pension scheme of up to 15% combined contribution
• Life Assurance (3 x salary)
• Individual learning budgets for every colleague, a Blinkist account and a wide variety of courses on our portal
• A wide variety of wellness benefits including Gympass, a Headspace account, free weekly Yoga classes
• Enhanced maternity & paternity benefits
• Blended working arrangements

Talk to our Talent Team and find out how a career with Genomics England will benefit you.

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Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, or social background.

Genomics England\xe2\x80\x99s policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, being pregnant or recently becoming a parent, race, religion or beliefs, sex or sexual orientation, length of service, whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination, harassment, victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour is contrary to , undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity, respect and integrity of all parties.

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility. We expect most people to come into the office 2 times each month as a minimum. However, this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. For some people this is 1 day a quarter, for others it is several days a week. There is no expectation that staff will return to the office full time unless they want to. The exception would be some of our roles that would require you to be on site full time e.g., lab teams, reception team.

Our teams and squads have, and will continue to, reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit, beyond the minimum. Our office locations are Canary Wharf, Cambridge and Leeds.

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As part of our recruitment process, all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application, as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare.

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