Payroll Officer

Salary: £26,600per annum.

Location: Homebased. Must be located permanently in the UK.

Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week.

• 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave.
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailer's discounts.

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivating Payroll Officer to deliver a confidential, accurate, professional and effective payroll service within agreed timelines. Ensuring compliance with internal policies, procedures, statutory regulations and third party requirements.

• Checking and updating an integrated eHR/payroll database, to effect changes to salary, other payroll related data.
• Process statutory notifications and payments (e.g. SMP, SSP), voluntary deductions, third party payments and occupational entitlements.
• Work to agreed service standards and maintaining clear audit trails.
• Apply internal control procedures, checking system generated reports to ensure the integrity of submitted changes to the payroll.
• Ensure the correct adherence with TUPE scheme rules and other implications such as maternity differences and TUPE pension legislation.
• Work in conjunction with the People Insight Analyst to utilise systems and databases.

• CIPP national payroll certificate or equivalent work related experience.
• Experience, in particular gained within a financial environment.
• Working methodically and in a structured way to deliver an efficient transactional payroll service.
• Excellent customer service skills with proven ability to communicate effectively.
• Excellent analytical numeracy skills.
• Use of Microsoft packages in particular Excel to advance level.
• Excellent team player.
• Oracle experience an advantage.
• Minimum of 6 months Payroll Legislation experience.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.

David Simpson on or email us at quoting reference 12516.

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, SupportingStatement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

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Monday 2nd February 2026.

Job Description

See below for further information about working with us:

Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Management Competency Framework