Payroll & Pension Administrator – Part Time – Fully Remote

Location: Fully Remote

Salary: £13,500

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time

About The Role

Are you a detail-oriented administrator with a passion for accuracy and great organisational skills?

We're seeking a Payroll & Pension Administrator to join our HR team on a part-time basis (17.5 hours per week), working fully remotely. Supporting our Payroll & Pension Specialist, you'll play a key role in ensuring payroll and pension processes run smoothly, accurately and compliantly, helping to deliver an excellent employee experience.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting the end-to-end payroll process and maintaining accurate employee records
• Administering pension contributions, enrolments and scheme changes
• Processing payroll-related payments, deductions and statutory requirements
• Preparing payroll reports, reconciliations and data analysis using Excel
• Responding to employee payroll and pension queries professionally and efficiently
• Supporting payroll system updates, process improvements and compliance activities
• Managing sensitive employee data with the highest level of confidentiality

What We're Looking For

• Previous administration experience, ideally within payroll, HR or finance
• Strong numerical skills and excellent attention to detail
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• A proactive approach and willingness to learn

Desirable Experience

• Payroll or pension administration experience
• Knowledge of payroll systems such as Cascade Payroll
• Experience with payroll reconciliations and statutory deductions

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your payroll and pensions knowledge within a supportive and collaborative HR team. You'll enjoy the flexibility of remote working while gaining valuable experience across payroll, pensions, compliance and data analysis.

If you're organised, analytical and passionate about getting the details right, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

We are committed to our cause and the work we carry out as a charity. Equally the wellbeing and the employees who work for us are also important. Joining us an employee, we will offer you the following benefits –

• Flexible working
• Training and development opportunities
• BHSF Cashback Scheme (optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

Please note that we may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.