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Payroll & Pensions Manager - Grade 8

£40.5k - £45.41k per annum
Full-time
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Payroll & Pensions Manager - Grade 8

Professional Services

Finance, Planning, Property and Commercial Operations

Salary: 

£40,497 to £45,413 per annum

Post Type: 

Full Time

Contract Type: 

Permanent

Closing Date: 

Thursday 23 July 2026

Interview Date: 

To be confirmed

Reference: 

HR0200735

This job is only available to University of Bradford staff.  It may be released externally should we not appoint internally.

University of Bradford

At the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. We are committed to social inclusion. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach their potential, has led to us topping the Social Mobility Index of English universities for the last five years. Our University Strategy sets out our ambitions for 2025, which we will achieve by using our proud heritage as a springboard and remaining steadfast in our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Safeguarding

The University of Bradford is committed to safeguarding, protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and Adults at Risk through robust safer recruitment practices.

 

Directorate

The University of Bradford is seeking an experienced Payroll & Pensions Manager to lead the delivery of a high-quality, compliant payroll service

 

What you will be doing:

  • This key role ensures accurate, timely processing of payroll and pensions and supports wider financial and people priorities.
  • You will lead payroll and pensions operations, embed robust controls, drive continuous improvement, and ensure compliance with statutory and scheme requirements, while supporting reporting and risk management.
  • We are seeking a technically strong, proactive professional with payroll and pensions experience in a complex environment, alongside first-class leadership and stakeholder skills.

Qualifications/ experience:

  • Technically strong, proactive professional 
  • Payroll and pensions experience in a complex environment

Do not meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything in the job description or advert, we encourage you to arrange an informal conversation with the hiring manager. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Celebrating Diversity – The University of Bradford 

At the University of Bradford, we recognise and embrace people that work in diverse ways so if you need any adjustments to our recruitment process, please speak to the recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

In Return we Offer:

  • 25 days holiday and 13 statutory and customary days (taken at Easter and Christmas).
  • Family-friendly policies
  • Great campus facilities including:
  • Unique fitness centre
  • Eye clinic
  • Physiotherapy & sports rehabilitation,
  • Counselling & mental health services
  • On site nursery
  • Food & drink outlets
  • Generous employer contribution pension scheme -  USS
  • Generous benefit schemes, including car leasing, cycle to work, holiday purchase, home & technology scheme and shopping discounts

Find more information about the many other benefits, including salary sacrifice schemes and campus nursery.

Additional Information:

If you would like to find out more or are interested in applying, please message, email or call Phil MacDonald - View email address on jobs.bradford.ac.uk, we would love to hear from you.

 

 

Further details:

Confronting Inequality : Celebrating Diversity

At the University of Bradford we accept people for who they are regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sex, marital status, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or socio-economic background and whether you’re pregnant or on maternity leave.  

In line with the University’s commitment to equality charters including Athena Swan, Race Equality Charter, Disability Confident and Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme, we welcome applications from people identifying with these characteristics.  The University has a number of staff networks which provide peer support and safe spaces for staff who hold these and other identities.

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