Salary: Band 10, £48,132 - £52,491 per annum

Location: Agile, Forth Bank Police Station and homeworking

Hours/Contract:  37 hours per week, permanent

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.

As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training and time to carve out the career you always wanted.

As one of the top 50 UK inclusive employers and a disability confident employer, we promote a culture of respect in the workplace so everyone can feel seen, heard and valued.

Whether you’re a member of staff or a volunteer, you can also expect first-rate support to manage your health and wellbeing. With year-round events, a 24/7 welfare support hotline and a leading approach to neurodiversity, our initiatives enable you to be at your best.

Above all else, here at Team NP, we can offer you a career that is so much more than just a job, it’s a chance to be part of something that really matters.

Learn about our full benefits package

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Finance Department as a Deputy Finance Lead Payroll and Pensions.

As a Deputy Finance Lead Payroll and Pensions, you will provide support on force projects, ensuring key annual tasks are completed.

You will be responsible for the effective day to day running of payroll, pensions, and pension remedy.  You will implement internal controls and ensure deadlines are met.

You will have a responsibility to ensure that any regulatory/legislative changes are implemented correctly and are communicated to key stakeholders and the business.

You will lead the section in the Finance Lead’s absence.

What you’ll do

•  Assist in the management of the Force’s payroll and pensions section, including planning and prioritising workload, ensuring an effective service is provided to the Force.
• Ensure implementation of pension remedy and relevant changes in LGPS and Police Pension Scheme in accordance with national guidance.
• Establish position and act as ‘Force Expert’ in all payroll and pension matters regarding employee taxation, both Police Pensions and Local Government Pensions, including ongoing pension remedy, reviews of ill health/death in service/past retirements, impact on current and deferred members, review of past annual allowance/lifetime allowance tax charges.
• To represent the Force at national meetings and participate in the National Police Chiefs Council technical working group in relation to pay and pensions to ensure that the Force is kept up to date with developments in the field and working collaboratively with other police forces to develop and share best practice and provide professional support and guidance as required
• Provide specialist advice and guidance, interpreting and explaining regulations and statutory legislation governing pay and police pensions to the Police Pension Board to assist with effective monitoring and ensure both legislative and regulatory compliance.

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the job description

What you’ll bring

•  Significant experience in payroll and pensions at a senior managerial level.
• Extensive knowledge of Police and Local Government pension scheme legislation and regulations.
• Knowledge of Police Injury Benefit regulations and ill health pensions.
• Knowledge of HMRC rules and statutory regulations governing pay, tax, national insurance, salary sacrifice, sickness and child related leave.
• IT skills and experienced user of Microsoft Office with an ability to manipulate and analyse data in Excel using formulae, lookups, pivot tables.
• Experience of managing and prioritising team workload, in line with organisations objectives.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to motivate individual and team performance to achieve goals and objectives whilst promoting a standard of collaboration and ownership.

We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact Alex Vladoiu, Finance Lead – Payroll and Pensions by email at alex.vladoiu@northumbria.police.uk

What we offer

• 26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays.
•  NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme.
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave.
• Flexi time - allowing you to fit your working hours around your individual needs.
• Flexible working (we are happy to discuss options such as compressed hours).
• Agile working – option to work from home, your team zone, and spaces across the force.
• Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution.
• Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts.
• Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers.
• Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets.
• We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support.
• Access to gyms in some stations.
• Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Just so you know

Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Deputy Finance Lead – Payroll and Pensions with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.

The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by an interview.  Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed.  A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information and references.

Terms of appointment

This is a permanent role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a six-month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.

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.