8243 - Judicial Payroll Team Leader
Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Gorffennaf 2025 |
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Cyflog: | £28,312 i £30,011 bob blwyddyn |
Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
Dyddiad cau: | 08 Awst 2025 |
Lleoliad: | BS1 3NU |
Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 2 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
Cwmni: | Ministry of Justice |
Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
Cyfeirnod swydd: | 8243 |
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EO Judicial Payroll Team Leader
Directorate: Chief Financial Officer
Location - Bristol
About us
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales. Our roles support our service users and colleagues, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice. We’re looking for individuals who are committed to public service and want to make a difference in people’s lives in delivering justice. If you’re interested in developing a career with a real purpose, please apply.
Background
The Judicial Pay and Expenses team is part of the Chief Financial Officer Directorate. The team administers the judicial payrolls, ensuring that judicial office holders are remunerated at the correct rates, be they salaried, fee-paid or non-legal office holders in the Courts and Tribunals. The Finance Support Centre manages the fee-paid payrolls. The Access Expense database holds fee and expense information and generates the fee-paid and salaried expenses payrolls.
The key purpose of the role is to:
The Judicial Payroll Team Leader’s role is to control payrolls of judicial fees and expenses, and witness and appellant costs, arising from the work of the Courts and Tribunals. Duties include approval of fee and expense claims, and the onboarding and offboarding of individual judicial officers to/from payroll. The Payroll Lead leader is supported in these tasks by a team of administrative officers.
Judicial Payroll Team Leaders complete second stage approval of fee and expenses claims in preparation for submission to payroll. They investigate and resolve data errors and anomalies in payroll data, and they take responsibility for complex queries and complaints referred to them.
They oversee the timely accurate and secure addition of new appointees to the judicial payroll, and the removal from payroll of leavers and retiring judiciary. They manage and safeguard sensitive and personal data held in connection with payroll functions.
They ensure all team members are fully skilled in their relevant duties, and they manage individual team members performance.
Interaction with Others (internal/external)
Judicial Payroll Team Leaders work within the Finance Centre Team, reporting to a Finance Manager. They have contact with judiciary, legal professionals and lay members of the Tribunals. They also liaise with Courts, Regional Hearing Centre staff, Ministry of Justice teams, and partners such as our IT and payment services providers.
Outputs
· Judicial expenses and fee paid payrolls
· Responses to queries arising from claims
· Financial records
· IT reports and management information
Place in the department’s structure
The Finance Support Centre is a unit of the Judicial Pay and Pensions Team (JPPT). The JPPT is a part of the Finance, Governance and Performance division of the HMCTS Finance Directorate reporting to the Deputy Director Financial Controller.
This role is within Operational Finance, which is part of the Finance profession.
Main Activities/Responsibilities
Your role as the Judicial Payroll Manager encompasses several key aspects (but not limited to):
Operations
· Lead the implementation of efficient and consistent administrative practices, procedures and standards, identifying and implementing solutions to identified problems.
· Complete second line approval of fee and expenses claims, confirming that claims are valid, correct and comply with policy, performing checks proportionate to the level of risk.
· Run mismatch reports to identify anomalies and resolve errors in payroll data.
· Produce and submit payrolls for salaried, fee paid judiciary and witness costs to ensure timely and accurate payment.
· Take appropriate action on instances of non-compliance with policy and advise claimants accordingly. Manage recovery of overpayments.
· Oversee onboarding and offboarding of judicial office holders to the judicial payroll, managing and safeguarding all relevant personal and sensitive data.
Ensure governance and assurance around payroll accounting and safe and secure receipt of personal data.
Leadership
· Ensure that team members are fully skilled to meet work objectives. Effectively manage team and individual performance, addressing any issues as they arise, in line with HR policy.
· Plan, co-ordinate and organise training and development for staff. Ensure that learning and development needs of all staff are identified and met. Identify staff potential and develop in line with business and individual needs.
· Work as part of a team to clear the business unit workload efficiently ensuring equal standards of service across all customer groups.
· Be responsible for health and safety issues for the team and their immediate working environment.
· Take a lead in employee engagement activities to maintain good working relationships with staff and to improve service delivery and staff morale / motivation.
· Role model HMCTS values, and apply policies and procedures (including diversity, attendance and discipline).
· Ensure staff are aware of HMCTS strategic objectices/and or updated in relation to corporate messages.
Communicating with the public, the judiciary, other courts and tribunal and agencies and organisations
· Maintain effective working relationships with the judiciary, regional offices, other departments, and partners. Work together to improve the level of service offered to users.
· Provide feedback to staff, judiciary, and other stakeholders on performance against targets.
· Ability to think beyond own area of responsibility.
Directorate: Chief Financial Officer
Location - Bristol
About us
HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is responsible for the administration of criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales. Our roles support our service users and colleagues, where people and businesses access potentially life-changing justice. We’re looking for individuals who are committed to public service and want to make a difference in people’s lives in delivering justice. If you’re interested in developing a career with a real purpose, please apply.
Background
The Judicial Pay and Expenses team is part of the Chief Financial Officer Directorate. The team administers the judicial payrolls, ensuring that judicial office holders are remunerated at the correct rates, be they salaried, fee-paid or non-legal office holders in the Courts and Tribunals. The Finance Support Centre manages the fee-paid payrolls. The Access Expense database holds fee and expense information and generates the fee-paid and salaried expenses payrolls.
The key purpose of the role is to:
The Judicial Payroll Team Leader’s role is to control payrolls of judicial fees and expenses, and witness and appellant costs, arising from the work of the Courts and Tribunals. Duties include approval of fee and expense claims, and the onboarding and offboarding of individual judicial officers to/from payroll. The Payroll Lead leader is supported in these tasks by a team of administrative officers.
Judicial Payroll Team Leaders complete second stage approval of fee and expenses claims in preparation for submission to payroll. They investigate and resolve data errors and anomalies in payroll data, and they take responsibility for complex queries and complaints referred to them.
They oversee the timely accurate and secure addition of new appointees to the judicial payroll, and the removal from payroll of leavers and retiring judiciary. They manage and safeguard sensitive and personal data held in connection with payroll functions.
They ensure all team members are fully skilled in their relevant duties, and they manage individual team members performance.
Interaction with Others (internal/external)
Judicial Payroll Team Leaders work within the Finance Centre Team, reporting to a Finance Manager. They have contact with judiciary, legal professionals and lay members of the Tribunals. They also liaise with Courts, Regional Hearing Centre staff, Ministry of Justice teams, and partners such as our IT and payment services providers.
Outputs
· Judicial expenses and fee paid payrolls
· Responses to queries arising from claims
· Financial records
· IT reports and management information
Place in the department’s structure
The Finance Support Centre is a unit of the Judicial Pay and Pensions Team (JPPT). The JPPT is a part of the Finance, Governance and Performance division of the HMCTS Finance Directorate reporting to the Deputy Director Financial Controller.
This role is within Operational Finance, which is part of the Finance profession.
Main Activities/Responsibilities
Your role as the Judicial Payroll Manager encompasses several key aspects (but not limited to):
Operations
· Lead the implementation of efficient and consistent administrative practices, procedures and standards, identifying and implementing solutions to identified problems.
· Complete second line approval of fee and expenses claims, confirming that claims are valid, correct and comply with policy, performing checks proportionate to the level of risk.
· Run mismatch reports to identify anomalies and resolve errors in payroll data.
· Produce and submit payrolls for salaried, fee paid judiciary and witness costs to ensure timely and accurate payment.
· Take appropriate action on instances of non-compliance with policy and advise claimants accordingly. Manage recovery of overpayments.
· Oversee onboarding and offboarding of judicial office holders to the judicial payroll, managing and safeguarding all relevant personal and sensitive data.
Ensure governance and assurance around payroll accounting and safe and secure receipt of personal data.
Leadership
· Ensure that team members are fully skilled to meet work objectives. Effectively manage team and individual performance, addressing any issues as they arise, in line with HR policy.
· Plan, co-ordinate and organise training and development for staff. Ensure that learning and development needs of all staff are identified and met. Identify staff potential and develop in line with business and individual needs.
· Work as part of a team to clear the business unit workload efficiently ensuring equal standards of service across all customer groups.
· Be responsible for health and safety issues for the team and their immediate working environment.
· Take a lead in employee engagement activities to maintain good working relationships with staff and to improve service delivery and staff morale / motivation.
· Role model HMCTS values, and apply policies and procedures (including diversity, attendance and discipline).
· Ensure staff are aware of HMCTS strategic objectices/and or updated in relation to corporate messages.
Communicating with the public, the judiciary, other courts and tribunal and agencies and organisations
· Maintain effective working relationships with the judiciary, regional offices, other departments, and partners. Work together to improve the level of service offered to users.
· Provide feedback to staff, judiciary, and other stakeholders on performance against targets.
· Ability to think beyond own area of responsibility.