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SalaryVetting | Wiltshire Police
Contract duration
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118/04/2024, 23:55
Wiltshire Police – Payroll Officer
- 1 Permanent Position and 1 FTC contract for 2 years
- 37 hour working week, part time hours considered (unable to accommodate less that 18.5 hpw)
- Hybrid role (with the office being based at Police HQ, Devizes)
- Salary £27,342pa rising to £28,161 after qualifying period
Are you an experienced Payroll professional, with an eye for detail and a ‘can-do’ mindset? Are you looking to join a small team where your skills and experience will be valued and welcomed? Wiltshire Police are currently seeking a Payroll Officer to join the team, to assist with the running of our monthly payroll processes. You will thrive in an environment where data is the key, working with police staff and officers to resolve queries, calculating and processing variable payments, including expense claims and overtime payments. This role will provide an opportunity to develop your payroll knowledge and support other team members with auditing and financial investigations.
Main duties will include:
- Processing payroll data for approximately 2,400 employees
- Checking authenticity and processing claims including overtime and expenses
- Dealing with helpdesk enquiries, primarily relating to payroll
- Preparing and evaluating payroll information
- Assisting in with auditing and financial checks
The successful applicant will have:
- Proven payroll experience, ideally within a large and complex environment
- Knowledge and experience of payroll and HR administration processes
- Sound knowledge of payroll and HR general issues which effect pay and pensions
- Good knowledge of pay regulations surrounding taxation, national insurance, etc
All candidates for positions at Wiltshire Police who are successful will be required to undertake and clear vetting before being formally offered a position.
Please note, previous applicants need not apply.
To be eligible to apply for this role you must have a 3 year ‘checkable history’ in the UK – this means that you would have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years.
Important information before you commence an application
Please ensure you allow time to complete your application fully as part complete pages do not autosave and the application system only remains active on a single page for a period of 60 minutes.
You may require the following detail to complete this application form:
- National Insurance Number
- Identification Detail e.g. passport
- Address information
- Referee information
- Full employment history including dates and any qualifications you may have attained
- Tattoos - you will also be requested to provide photos and describe of any visible tattoos you have
You may require the following documents to complete this application form:
- A Passport style photograph
- A copy of your photo card driving licence
- A downloaded DVLA summary showing full driving record
- A copy of your paper driving licence counterpart (Northern Ireland only)
- A copy of your British Passport or birth certificate (if a candidate does not have a passport, then they may use their birth certificate, but will need to provide a copy of a British passport once they have obtained one.)
- Copies of your qualifications relating to English and Maths (only). If applying for the Degree Holder Police Constable Apprenticeship, you will need a copy of your Degree Certificate.
- Clear, colour photos of any non-intimate tattoos
- Formal translation from a reputable source for any foreign language or symbol tattoos
- Any paperwork relating to discharged debts, CCJ, bankruptcy etc
- Deed poll certificate for any name changes
