Payroll and Benefits Assistant (Part time – 21 hours)

Salary: £13,855.80 per annum (Pro-rated, 21 hours)

Location: Birmingham

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Part Time

The Vacancy

Islamic Relief Worldwide is an independent humanitarian and development organisation, serving humanity for over 40 years. With an active presence in over 30 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for those affected by poverty, conflict and natural disasters.

IRW’s People & Culture Division is recruiting for the position of ‘Payroll & Benefits Assistant’ on a permanent, part-time basis (21 hours – Work Pattern 9am – 5pm) to join its payroll team based out of its office in Birmingham, UK. The organisation is currently trialling a hybrid working model.

Reporting to the Payroll and Benefits Lead, the role will support the services deliverables by providing effective administrative support to the Human Resources team. In particular, the role will involve supporting the payroll process, working on the wellbeing project work, managing invoices, and collating statistics for the HR metric reports.

The role will support payroll and benefits projects of strategic significance including HR business data which will be presented to the Board of Directors.

The successful candidate must have or be:

• Proven ability to assess both group and individual needs.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to organise; prioritise and work efficiently under pressure and subject to changing priorities; proven experience managing multiple projects, meeting deadlines, and using judgment and initiative in problem resolution.
• Ability to work towards deadlines and maintain confidentiality.
• Proven ability to record information accurately.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Excellent levels of computer literacy including Microsoft Office.
• Proven experience in providing a variety of payroll and admin activities in a large organisation, especially in HR.
• Proven ability and experience to work towards achieving targets and objectives.
• Proven experience in implementing work plans which help to deliver the unit objectives.
• Ability to work towards achieving key performance indicators and organisational strategy.

For more information, please click on the Documents tab above to view the full Job Description.

If you are talented, reliable, service-minded, resilient and a highly motivated professional looking for a meaningful career, with a strong commitment to IRW’s mission and values of sincerity, excellence, compassion, social justice and custodianship, please apply by completing our online application form.

For more information on the excellent company benefits we offer our employees, please visit:

https://www.islamic-relief.org/work-with-us/what-we-offer/

PLEASE NOTE: Interviews are expected to take place in 23rd May 2024.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• screening clearance
• proof of eligibility to live and work within the UK
• receipt of satisfactory references

Please note, for UK-based roles, we are only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK. We are unable to progress applications which would require sponsorship.

Our values and commitment to safeguarding

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organisation.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer