Payroll and people Administrator
| Posting date: | 19 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 10 September 2025 |
| Location: | Haywards Heath, Not recorded, RH17 5DP |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 27d3adbb-e98a-4af5-8bbb-b625057cee6e |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we are now seeking an experienced Payroll & People Administrator to join our central People team to help support high-quality service delivery to our academies and staff. You will
• provide accurate and timely administrative support across all aspects of the employee lifecycle, with a particular focus on payroll and pensions coordination.
• be the key liaison between our internal HR system (SAMPeople) and our external payroll provider, ensuring data integrity, resolving queries, and providing excellent service to staff.
• deal with payroll and pension queries and calculations, supporting the reconciliation of monthly payroll reports, and pension scheme processes (including Teachers’ Pensions and LGPS)
• provide general People related administration support across the full span of the team's responsibilities when required, including advertisements, recruitment and onboarding.
Do you have strong interpersonal, administration, organisational and prioritisation skills? Are you positive, proactive, solution focused and able to respond well in a fast-paced and changing environment? Then you could be what we are looking for.
This is a new role and getting the right person with the above skills and abilities is key. You are likely to be an experienced payroll administrator / clerk or maybe a competent HR/People administrator with some experience of dealing with payroll wanting a broader role.
What the school offers its staff
Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity in an organisation which nurtures and encourages the development of personal and professional excellence? Sussex Learning Trust is a collaborative and inclusive multi-academy trust comprising a number of primary, secondary and all through academies across Sussex. We are committed to excellence in education and operational effectiveness across our central support services.
Further details about the role
If you are interested in this post, please download the application pack from our website https://www.sussexlearningtrust.co.uk/about/vacancies/ which includes the job description and our support staff application form. Please return your completed application form and letter supporting your application by email to jobs@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk If you have any questions our Chief People Officer, Julie Keylock will be happy to answer them via hr@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk.
Commitment to safeguarding
Sussex Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to the equality of opportunity, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check. All applicants will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed along with other relevant employment checks.
Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we are now seeking an experienced Payroll & People Administrator to join our central People team to help support high-quality service delivery to our academies and staff. You will
• provide accurate and timely administrative support across all aspects of the employee lifecycle, with a particular focus on payroll and pensions coordination.
• be the key liaison between our internal HR system (SAMPeople) and our external payroll provider, ensuring data integrity, resolving queries, and providing excellent service to staff.
• deal with payroll and pension queries and calculations, supporting the reconciliation of monthly payroll reports, and pension scheme processes (including Teachers’ Pensions and LGPS)
• provide general People related administration support across the full span of the team's responsibilities when required, including advertisements, recruitment and onboarding.
Do you have strong interpersonal, administration, organisational and prioritisation skills? Are you positive, proactive, solution focused and able to respond well in a fast-paced and changing environment? Then you could be what we are looking for.
This is a new role and getting the right person with the above skills and abilities is key. You are likely to be an experienced payroll administrator / clerk or maybe a competent HR/People administrator with some experience of dealing with payroll wanting a broader role.
What the school offers its staff
Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity in an organisation which nurtures and encourages the development of personal and professional excellence? Sussex Learning Trust is a collaborative and inclusive multi-academy trust comprising a number of primary, secondary and all through academies across Sussex. We are committed to excellence in education and operational effectiveness across our central support services.
Further details about the role
If you are interested in this post, please download the application pack from our website https://www.sussexlearningtrust.co.uk/about/vacancies/ which includes the job description and our support staff application form. Please return your completed application form and letter supporting your application by email to jobs@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk If you have any questions our Chief People Officer, Julie Keylock will be happy to answer them via hr@sussexlearningtrust.co.uk.
Commitment to safeguarding
Sussex Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to the equality of opportunity, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check. All applicants will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed along with other relevant employment checks.