Payroll Administrator Apprentice

AUTISM INITIATIVES (UK)

Bootle (L30 4XR)

Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 5 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 22 July 2025

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Summary

Autism Initiatives, based in Bootle, Merseyside, have an excellent opportunity to join us as a level 3 payroll administrator apprentice. You will be responsible for assisting the Payroll Officers with the day-to-day processing of the Autism Initiatives Group payrolls.

Wage

£18,270 a year

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Training course
Payroll administrator (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday between 9am to 5pm.

35 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Main duties and responsibilities

To assist Payroll Officers in the following:

  • End to end processing of monthly/fortnightly payrolls in accordance with the Groups strict payroll time scales and Statutory/Group regulations for 2,000+ employees.
  • Standard payroll routines including starters/leavers, additional hours, variations, absence, statutory payments, tax codes, student loans, BACS files, payslips and RTI submissions.
  • Ensure all statutory deductions are processed in accordance with the organisations procedures and current employment legislation.
  • Prepare payroll journals and export to Sage Intacct accounting system.
  • Ensure contractual and auto enrolment pension schemes (including Teachers Pensions) are administered in accordance with Pensions Regulations.
  • Prepare, provide and retrieve specific payroll information to internal and external parties.
  • Reconciling and producing month/year End returns, including PAYE, NI and Teachers Pensions returns.
  • Implement changes in remuneration and/or conditions of service and/or changes in employment law.
  • Liaise with staff and management on payroll queries.
  • Liaise with the Human Resources department to ensure that all company policies and procedures are correctly administered.
  • Ensure maintenance of good working relationships with other departments, staff and external customers.
  • Additional ad-hoc duties as and when required.
  • Undertake and attend relevant training.

Where you'll work

Sefton House
Bridle Road
Bootle
L30 4XR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

NATIONAL UPSKILL LIMITED

Training course

Payroll administrator (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • gather, analyse and process payroll data and information
  • resolve different types of queries that may be presented from payroll customers such as employees, clients, management, explaining and documenting responses
  • deal with complaints, following processes and escalating complex situations
  • meet client or customer needs in line with service level agreements
  • provide customer service using agreed systems and processes, taking ownership for work applying agreed processes for checking
  • adhere to deadlines and process schedules both internal and statutory, mitigating the impact on the business, employees and clients of deadlines not being met by reprioritising tasks when dealing with conflicting or changing demands
  • select appropriate media for communication etc recognising the advantages and risks related to each method
  • escalate concerns relating to deadlines in a timely manner, suggesting solutions
  • use the appropriate communication media for each stakeholder for each situation. Examples may include ‘phone, face-to-face, email and letters, communicating and engaging professionally, accurately and appropriately, respecting the principles of data protection and confidentiality
  • Build and maintain trust and sound relationships with stakeholders to deliver quality payroll services
  • develop and maintain strong working relationships with team colleagues, supporting and collaborating to achieve results, seeking advice when appropriate within parameters of the role
  • use computerised payroll software and spreadsheet packages such as MS Excel
  • use systems and processes to support the payroll function. Examples may include the provision of accounting information and the Real Time Information submissions to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
  • gather, analyse and process payroll data and information
  • resolve different types of queries that may be presented from payroll customers such as employees, clients, management, explaining and documenting responses
  • deal with complaints, following processes and escalating complex situations
  • meet client or customer needs in line with service level agreements
  • provide customer service using agreed systems and processes, taking ownership for work applying agreed processes for checking
  • adhere to deadlines and process schedules both internal and statutory, mitigating the impact on the business, employees and clients of deadlines not being met by reprioritising tasks when dealing with conflicting or changing demands
  • select appropriate media for communication etc recognising the advantages and risks related to each method
  • escalate concerns relating to deadlines in a timely manner, suggesting solutions
  • use the appropriate communication media for each stakeholder for each situation. Examples may include ‘phone, face-to-face, email and letters, communicating and engaging professionally, accurately and appropriately, respecting the principles of data protection and confidentiality
  • Build and maintain trust and sound relationships with stakeholders to deliver quality payroll services
  • develop and maintain strong working relationships with team colleagues, supporting and collaborating to achieve results, seeking advice when appropriate within parameters of the role
  • use computerised payroll software and spreadsheet packages such as MS Excel
  • use systems and processes to support the payroll function. Examples may include the provision of accounting information and the Real Time Information submissions to His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

Training schedule

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical

Other requirements

You must be able to reliably commute to our office in Bootle, Merseyside and have a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, along with a confident and polite phone manner.

About this employer

Autism Initiatives is committed to working in partnership with the people we support, their families, commissioners and others to provide a personalised, autism specialist service that makes a positive difference to the lives of people on the autism spectrum.

http://www.autisminitiatives.org (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the level 3 payroll administrator apprenticeship there may, where available, be the opportunity to join Autism Initiatives as a full-time permanent staff member.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

AUTISM INITIATIVES (UK)

Kate Jones

Kate.Jones@autisminitiatives.org

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332997.

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Closes in 13 days (Tuesday 5 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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