Apprentice Payroll Administrator

Mercia Learning Trust

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About the Role

Payroll Level 3 Apprenticeship offering a hands-on experience and training in payroll management, including processing employee payments, tax compliance, and financial reporting. It provides a pathway to a recognised qualification, enhancing career prospects in payroll and finance roles with an education setting.

  • Payroll Processing: Learn to calculate and process employee payments, deductions, pensions, parental leave, sickness, and statutory obligations such as taxes and National Insurance
  • Compliance & Legislation: Training covers payroll legislation, pensions reporting, parental leave, sickness policies, and ensuring compliance with HMRC regulations
  • Software & Reporting: Gain experience using payroll software, generating reports, and writing formal correspondence for contractual changes, such as salary adjustments or leave entitlements.

Payroll Administrator/Payroll Officer: An entry-level role managing payroll processes and compliance.
Potential opportunities to further train and progress with level 5 CIPP qualifications

About the Training

About the Employer

We are a 2-18+ cross–phase Trust based in south and southwest Sheffield, serving a range of diverse communities. Our mission is simple: to ensure every child, irrespective of background, starting point or need, attends an exceptional school. Our seven schools (four primary and three secondary) are very effective, continuously improving, and over-subscribed. Several are sector leading at a city, regional and national level, and there is much expert practice.

Skills Required

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative

Training Provider

SMART TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT LIMITED

Course/Training

Payroll administrator (level 3)

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