Team Leader - ESC

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Room 300, County Hall Glenfield, Leicestershire, LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Grade 10 (Pay Points 23-26) £34,350 - £37,950 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week full time

Contract Type: Fixed term until 31st March 2026

Closing Date: 15th April 2025

Interview Date(s): w/c 28th April 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen on a fixed term basis to join a forward-thinking team in East Midlands Shared Services as a Payroll & HR Admin Team Leader.

We provide transactional Payroll and HR Administration services to Nottingham City Council and Leicestershire County Council.

The successful applicant will be working in a deadline driven, fast-paced environment where accuracy is key.

About the Role

The Team Leader is operationally responsible for the day-to-day management of a busy payroll and HR admin team, delivering a payroll service to Leicestershire County Council and the Leicestershire Local Government Pension Scheme, as well as smaller organisations, all with different requirements and deadlines.

Working closely with the Business Partners and the Service Delivery Managers, you will be responsible for managing and supporting your team effectively, looking for improvements and providing clear instructions and processes.

Analysis of workloads is required and collaborative working with other team leaders across the service to ensure that resources are deployed to best effect across all teams. It involves monitoring team performance providing coaching, guidance and development to team members empowering them to deliver.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• Experience of leading and motivating a team and have a sound payroll knowledge to include legislative information.
• Experience of working with Oracle Fusion would be an advantage and a good understanding of MS Word and Excel is essential.
• Able to work within a busy working environment and under pressure, prioritising work to meet tight deadlines.
• Able to respond quickly to change and the introduction of new processes as the service expands.
• Possess people management skills and experience managing performance proactively.
• Knowledge of developing, reviewing, and managing Key Performance Indicators.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Melanie Elliott
Service Delivery Manager
Telephone: 0116 3055030
Email: melanie.elliott@emss.org.uk

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve.

Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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