Working hours: Permanent, Full time, 40 hours per week , Monday to Friday 09.00 - 17.00

The environment: Harrow School is situated within a beautiful site in Harrow on the Hill, northwest London, and is one of the best-known schools in the world, with around 835 boys studying at Harrow. John Lyon's Foundation is an educational foundation comprising three main members (Harrow School, John Lyon School and John Lyon's Charity) and seven connected entities (Harrow Association, Old Lyonian Association, Harrow School Enterprises Limited, Harrow Development Trust, The John Lyon Development Trust, Harrow International Schools Limited and Harrow Educational Investments Limited).

Based within Harrow School, the Foundation’s payrolls are run centrally by the Payroll Manager supported by the wider HR team. The successful candidate will join this friendly, well-established, supportive team and will work alongside the existing Payroll Manager in order to provide a comprehensive pay and benefits service.

The role: You will be responsible for The John Lyon School monthly payroll (approximately 200 employees), deputising for the Payroll Manager in their absence and supporting them in the effective end to end running of all Foundation payrolls. You will process all sickness absence, administer the pension salary sacrifice and benefits programmes across the Foundation and partner with the HR team to provide payroll reports and management information when required. The job description provided as an attachment to this advert provides a detailed description of the role.

The skills: This is a great opportunity for someone with experience of assisting with the end-to-end process of running payrolls successfully, who now wants to take more responsibility for their own small payroll. You will have a good standard of numeracy and literacy as well as a Level 4 CIPP payroll qualification or equivalent. Your knowledge of how payrolls interact with the work of HR and Accounts will be invaluable. Attention to detail is essential as you make salary, overtime and shift payment calculations and you will be comfortable working in a busy office using your critical thinking and problem-solving skills to meet deadlines. Using your strong written and verbal communication skills and tactful, discreet, approachable manner, you will build strong professional relationships throughout the Foundation.

The benefits include:

the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week (not Friday)

free lunch

free parking

automatic enrolment in the School’s pension scheme

use of the School’s sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym, and running track.

subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs.

Applications will be processed as they are received and interviews may take place before the closing date, so early application is recommended.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Harrow. We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome everyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All successful applicants must be willing to undergo enhanced child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with any past employer and the Disclosure and Barring Service, and it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. No member of staff will be able to start until these checks are complete and this process takes, on average, a month. Please plan accordingly.