Payroll Officer (Heo 4)

• Based in the People, Talent and Culture Unit at 101 Currie Street, Adelaide
• Full-time, fixed term contract until 31 December 2025
• Salary Band: $70,476 per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About the Role

We are looking for a Payroll Officer to join our friendly, high performing Payroll team. With excellent attention to detail, you will thrive working in a fast paced and high-volume environment to deliver best practice payroll service across the University.

If you bring a lens of positivity and an eye for process improvement, have initiative and a collaborative approach to team work then apply now!

About People, Talent and Culture (PTC)

As a people team, we've coined the phrase ‘Putting People First’ to reflect our commitment to deliver solutions and outcomes which put people first and create a culture in which all our people thrive. We are very focused on how we add value through a connected and personally communicative style of working and as ambassadors of the University’s core staff attributes, are aware of the impact of everything we do on our people and how we work together.  

Core Responsibilities

• Perform accurate and high-volume payroll related data processing
• Handle staff member payroll enquiries and follow up to ensure matters are resolved
• Calculate staff provisions and perform complex calculations in relation to the employee lifecycle

• Certification in payroll administration or relevant discipline or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience using complex HR systems
• Highly effective communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills and the demonstrated ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with all staff 
• Demonstrated ability to resolve both numerical and written issues through the interpretation of legislation, policy and procedure with accuracy and attention to detail
• Highly developed time management and organisational skills including the ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines in a high volume, complex environment

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as: 

• Access to great personal development opportunities 
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17% 
• Flexible working conditions including 40% working from home
• Various on-site services available at our campuses which may include on-site gym membership 
• A variety of leave arrangements

As a University of Enterprise, we offer a dynamic and agile workplace culture, one that embraces challenges and thrives on breaking new ground. Our staff are creative and innovative thinkers, communicating with clarity, conviction and enthusiasm. We embrace diversity and inclusion in a vibrant, engaging environment.  Our people are authentic, resilient, and influential, and we deliver results. Culture 

Start Your Unstoppable Career! 

For a copy of the position description and to apply, please visit Working at UniSA.  Applicants are required to upload a cover letter addressing their suitability for the role and resume only. 

Please address your cover letter to Emma Kelvin Consultant: Recruitment Central.  For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at ***********@unisa.edu.au using job reference number 6262. 

Applications close: 11.30pm Sunday 23 June 2024

To be eligible to apply for internal positions, you must either identify as an Australian Aboriginal Person, or be a current UniSA continuing, fixed-term or casual staff member at the time the position is advertised and have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of appointment.

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