The newly named Saints Education currently St Joseph’s offers an inclusive and non-discriminating learning community to young people, who for a variety of reasons, make the choice to attend a specialised learning environment. Saints Education operates across multiple campuses, located in Melbourne, Geelong, Colac, Ballarat, and a dual engagement virtual learning campus, BlendED. The young people who attend have typically experienced one or more significant and complex educational, social, developmental, psychological, health, legal or familial situations which demand unique responses. Such interventions are embedded within the Operation By Principles framework, which combine education with an understanding of trauma-informed practice.

Join Our Team as a Payroll Support Officer!

Are you passionate about helping people and ensuring smooth payroll operations? Join our dynamic team as a Payroll Support Officer and play a key role in delivering accurate and timely payroll services!

Your focus:

• Prepare and distribute employee pay, including calculating wages, allowances and deductions.
• Maintain the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive payroll data.
• Assist in the preparation and processing of payroll for all employees, ensuring timely and accurate payments.
• Verify hours worked and other pay-related data, ensuring all adjustments are correctly applied.
• Assist in generating and reviewing payroll reports for leadership team.
• Input and maintain employee payroll data, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, and benefits updates.
• Ensure accurate record-keeping of employee attendance, leave balances, and deductions.
• Maintain records and reporting, as required by external bodies.
• Maintain accurate payroll records and files for internal and external audits.
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Assist in resolving any payroll discrepancies or issues.
• Respond to employee payroll inquiries in a timely and professional manner.
• Support the use and maintenance of payroll software or systems.

Your skills and talents:

• Be able and willing to uphold and role model the schools’ principles of operation of Respect, Participation, Safe and Legal, and Honesty.
• Great attention to detail, organisational and time-management skills.
• Collaborative team player with the ability to build quality working relationships.
• The ability to meet deadlines and manage time effectively, especially during payroll cycles.
• A commitment to ongoing professional learning for self to enable further development of skills and expertise.
• Resilient with a high level of emotional intelligence.

Why make a choice to join us?

• As a valued and supported member of the broader team, you’ll contribute to providing the best possible experience for our staff and Young People
• Your innovation, experimentation, and creative thinking will be embraced.

The Role

This role is a full -time 1.0 FTE ongoing position, our Fitzroy North office, working both in the office and from home, with travel to school sites.

You will be employed on an ongoing basis, commencing in March 2025, and will be employed under the Catholic Education Multi Enterprise Agreement 2022. The salary will be $81,334 (Education Support Employee Level 3) plus superannuation and leave loading.

You will need:

• Ability to commit to and work within our Operating Principles; Respect, Participation, Safe and Legal and Honesty.
• Formal qualifications at diploma level.
• 2 Years’ experience in a similar role.
• Proven experience in payroll processing or a related field.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Victorian Working with Children Check and provide a National Police Check certificate (issued within the last six months).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity.

To Apply:

Please visit our website, learn about our work, and review the position information in Employment Opportunities at www.stjosephs.vic.edu.au/careers.

Applications must be submitted using the Apply Now function on our careers page and must include:

• A cover letter which outlines your suitability for the role
• A statement which addresses the skills and competencies outlined in the position description (no more than 2 pages)
• A current curriculum vitae outlining previous experience and skills;
• Two referees (including contact details). Please include a referee from current or most recent place of employment, and a current manager.

Applications should be addressed to Rod Hansen, Director of Business Operations.

For further information contact: recruitment@saints.vic.edu.au

Applications close: Wednesday 12 March 2025 at 4pm.

Applications will be considered as they are received. Saints Education is a Catholic School in the Edmund Rice tradition and are recognised as a leading organisation for the provision of educational and social inclusion programs for disenfranchised young people.

All applicants will be subject to EREA and legislative screening procedures. These checks are consistent with EREA’s commitment to child protection policies and procedures. Edmund Rice Education Australia is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and dignity of all children and young people. Please review the Information Collection Notice on our website for details about how we manage your employment application information.

Saints Education is a child safe environment. Saints Education is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing, and participation of all children and young people under our care. All school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards MO1359. All employees abide by the Child Safety Code of Conduct available at our website