Payroll Assistant (5992)
- Annual:15,761.84
- Location:Whitecross Studios, United Kingdom
- Group:
- Vacancy type:permanent
- Closing date:21 January 2026
Payroll Assistant (Part Time)
- Temp role with potential to move to Permanent
- 21 hours per weekto fit around core working hours and childcare where necessary.
- £26,269.74 per annum / pro rata
- Location - office based or remote depending on location (various offices across the UK and head office in London).
Benefits include:
28 days holiday
Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
We match up to 8% pension
Free counselling service
Opportunities to develop and widen your skills
The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We deliver essential local services that provide safe, trusted support to children and young people during times of significant need.
This role sits within our People Culture and Transformation Group.
A key part of this role will be your ability to to work on own initiative, supporting with the monthly payroll process. Providing high quality customer service to all internal stakeholders and supporting staff engagement by helping to ensure that TCS is paying employees in line with contractual and policy requirements and all related statutory payroll legislation whilst ensuring continuous improvement for the customer experience.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
The required skills and competencies for this role are
- Supporting the full end to end in house payroll function. Completing input, calculations, key checks and occasionally covering for the Payroll Lead by cut off to ensure team TCS is paid accurately and on time in line with all pay related legislation
- Supporting compliance aligned with HMRC guidelines, including calculating remuneration packages, complex tax arrangements and ensuring accurate reporting to avoid penalties.
- Supporting internal and external audit requests and reporting.
- Providing support as required to the People Services team, working collaboratively to ensure smooth delivery of HR and Payroll services to TCS.
It would also be an advantage if you have any of the following skills and competencies
- Have proven payroll experience in order to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role
- Have knowledge of statutory and payroll legislation
- Have attention to detail with a focus on legislative compliance
- Work on own initiative at all times
- Have a pro-active and collaborative approach in providing specialist payroll advice to teams and managers
The closing date for applications is midnight on 21st January 2026
Interviews will be held in the week commencing 2nd February 2026
The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protection of the children and young people we work with. As such, for Youth Impact roles, our safer recruitment process includes a Basic DBS check, 2 years of employment references, and additional vetting checks relevant to the role. We have a comprehensive range of policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices across all areas of our organisation.
n support of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, shortlisting is carried out on an anonymised basis. Personal details are hidden from the shortlisting panel, and candidates are referenced by a candidate number only. As part of this process, we ask that your CV is anonymised before submission - this means removing personal information such as your name, contact details, age, and any other identifying details.
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- Annual:15,761.84
- Location:Whitecross Studios, United Kingdom
- Group:
- Vacancy type:permanent
- Closing date:21 January 2026