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Grade 6 - £36,648 - £40,221
Part time: 22 hours (3 days a week)
Permanent
Joint Headquarters, Sherwood Lodge, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 8PP

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) have an exciting opportunity for a talented pension and payroll expert. You will join an experienced payroll team and play a critical role in managing pension and payroll processes. Acting as a technical expert, you will provide support to the Payroll & Pensions Manager to ensure the day-to-day running of the Payroll team.

Key Responsibilities:

• The effective processing of pay and benefits and oversee the production, reconciliation, and closure of the monthly payrolls.
• Ensure that monthly data has been submitted to HMRC and the Office for National Statistics.
• Provide guidance notes and training for the Payroll Team and wider audiences such as to our employees and the Fire Pensions Board members.
• Oversee and manage all aspects of the FPS and LGPS schemes for our employees by ensuring the correct implementation and deduction of the schemes from our employees.
• Ensure compliance of relevant regulations and legislation and oversee the implementation of legislative changes.
• Administer pension contributions, calculations and payments accurately and in a timely manner to provide a high-quality service to NFRS.
• Utilise your strong ICT/Excel skills to analyse and manipulate data to provide analytical reports and recommendations.
• Work with external stakeholders and regional service providers to build effective working relationships.

Qualifications/ Experience:

• Have at least three years of Payroll/Pension supervision experience.
• You will have experience working in a pension environment and ideally you will have working knowledge of the FPS and LGPS schemes.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel as well as previous experience working with a pension system.
• Strong communication skills with experience of working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

Why NFRS?

• Agile Working – We are very proud to offer employees the ability to mix office working with working from home to provide flexibility to help with your work life balance.
• Flexibility – We are family friendly and are open to considering different working patterns which help you provide a better service to our community while supporting your home life.
• Annual Leave - 23 days of annual leave with an extra three concessionary days, plus bank holidays and a Christmas concessionary day.
• Health and Wellbeing - As a Service we provide a wide range of Health and Wellbeing support to all out employees which includes a membership to Bupa and a dedicated Occupational Health team who are there to support you. Also, all employees receive free access to a gym.
• Blue Light Card enabling discounts on shopping and eating out
• Development – You will have access to both formal and informal professional development opportunities which will help you advance your career.
• If you feel you have the skills and experience we are looking for and want to play an integral part in keeping Nottinghamshire communities safe, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Further Information

We are proud to be an equal opportunities’ and ‘Disability Confident’ employer, and we are committed to increasing the diversity of our  workforce.  We welcome applications from all parts of our communities and particularly those who are currently under-represented in our workforce.

NFRS is committed to the safeguarding and protection of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and or neglect and operates a safer recruitment process.

The successful candidate will be subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service check and a Police Vetting check.

Please note that CVs will not be accepted in place of application forms.

Closing Date: 11^th December 2023

Interview Date:  3^rd January 2024

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE

WHOLETIME FIREFIGHTER, CREW MANAGER AND WATCH MANAGER TRANSFEREE OPPORTUNITIES

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service are inviting expressions of interest from substantive competent wholetime duty system Firefighters, Crew Managers and Watch Managers who are interested in transferring to Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service in role.

We are looking for candidates who have leadership ability, who role model our Values and have the Core Code of Ethics at the heart of everything they do.

This opportunity is open to wholetime duty system personnel who are currently employed either as a:

• Substantive competent Firefighter
• Substantive competent Crew Manager
• Substantive competent Watch Manager

We are particularly interested in individuals who may have previously worked in a training role who are EFAD drivers or have specialist skills such as technical rescue or ALP.

Further information and online application form are available via our Recruitment Website at:

https://jobs.notts-fire.gov.uk

The selection process is set out in the Candidate Information Pack within the application. 

If you have any problems accessing the site, please contact HR on 0115 8388247.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities’ and ‘Disability Confident’ employer, and we are committed to increasing the diversity of our management team.  We welcome applications from all parts of our communities and particularly those who are currently under-represented in our workforce. 

If you feel you have the skills and experience we are looking for and want to play an integral part in keeping Nottinghamshire communities safe, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date for applications is 2 January 2024. Please note applications will be considered on an ongoing basis as submitted.