Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Employee Services Team Leader to join the Employee Services team to support our payroll shared services for clients across the Black Country and beyond, processing circa. 40,000 employees.

The post holder will provide leadership to the Employee Services Team in accordance with the stated corporate strategy, Standing Financial Instructions and Business Objectives of the Trust and Shared Service clients. Ensuring a high quality, comprehensive, effective and efficient payroll services that ensures the timely payment of all employee remuneration, expenses and allowances in accordance with statutory requirements, Department of Health and Social Care, Agenda for Change and trust policies, and any other legislative requirements where necessary.

You should be hard working, enthusiastic, eager to develop and progress. You should have sound payroll knowledge and preferably expert level of NHS Terms and Conditions of Service; ESR and Pensions online. You will be able to interpret complex national pay related guidance and provide payroll and pension advice to the Trust directors, managers and employees as required. 

Previous experience of working within a Senior Employee Services/Payroll role is required for this role, preferably NHS but not essential.  

Main duties of the job

The Senior Team Leader has overall day to day management responsibility for the staff withing the Employee Services Department, to provide a comprehensive customer focused payroll service.

The Employee Services Team includes Team Leaders, Senior Employee Services Advisors, Employee Services Advisors, through to Employee Services Assistants.

To ensure the delivery of the client organisation payroll each week and month, and that the service runs effectively and professionally, with accurate calculation and timely payment of salaries and staff expenses.

To be responsible for the supervision and completion of the payroll end to end processing ensuring accurate and timely payments of salaries and expenses in accordance with the relevant terms and conditions of employment and adhering to all the necessary policies and procedures.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.