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HR & Payroll Assistant - Level 1/237 hours per week, Dorchester (combined with home-working)Salary £23,114 - £25,119 • Are you good with numbers? • Have a passion for customer service? • Do you have a high degree of attention for detail? • Are you a strong team player but also able to manage your own workload? We are looking for a highly motivated individual who has the capability to work under pressure to undertake a key role in the delivery of a Payroll and HR service for staff employed within schools and external customers.Efficient administration skills and proven experience in a busy administrative role is essential.You need to have a strong customer service ethos, as we are heavily customer focused in our approach, have the ability to resolve customer queries and provide information and advice to schools and customers. You will be required to undertake complex queries, work to strict deadlines, liaise with other external bodies and have a sound understanding of legislation.We provide transactional support to employers and employees throughout the employee lifecycle, this includes placing adverts, paying employees, dealing with pay issues and adjustments, issuing contracts of employment and processing leavers.It is desirable for you to be able to demonstrate an aptitude to calculate pay from gross to net, and will be required to identify, calculate and process other payroll related issues as they occur.This would be an opportunity to progress a career in Payroll and HR and an understanding of Payroll support service delivery in a large or complex organisation would be advantageous, the ideal candidate will demonstrate experience of the use of ICT systems for the delivery of a payroll service.This role is based at County Hall in Dorchester but you may be required/able to work remotely (. from home). We will discuss this with you during the recruitment process.This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.We cannot accept CVs in the place of an application form as we need the same range of information from all our candidates. Dorset Council: A great place to workWe’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.At Dorset Council we: provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residentshave ambitious aspirationsare excited about our futurecare about Dorset and all the people who live hereknow that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success You will: have access to be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeedhave access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. and welcome applications from everyone.We are We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.We also look for applicants who share . We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at .Find out more about .