Summary

We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.

Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Payroll Assistant.

This post is a Fixed-Term Contract until 31st May 2025.

What you will be doing

As our Payroll assistant, you will accurately check and process payroll data, in line with organisational and customers’ Service Level Agreement Key Performance Indicators, providing first contact point customer response and delivering timely, efficient and effective administrative support.

Who we are looking for

• Someone with great attention to Detail

• Payroll Experience is desirable

• Microsoft office experience (Excel, Outlook, Teams)

• Communication skills - variety of formats

• Data Input

  We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.

  We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.

  We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.

  Why work for Historic England

  We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.

  We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

  We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

  Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. 

  To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted.

  Provisional interview dates: 6th September 2024

  Please follow the link for a full copy of the Job Description –

  https://historicengland.org.uk/media/0bsgbsxg/payroll-assistant-ifr.odt