Payroll Officer

Payroll Officer 9789 Temporary Contractuntil 31 March 2027 37 hours per week 26403 to 28142 per annum (Scale E) County Hall Norwich / Hybrid

Norfolk County Council (NCC) are looking for a well organised and practical payroll and absence administrator to join the vibrant and enthusiastic NCC payroll team. Excellent attention to detail time management and good administration experience is essential for this role.

Your role will be to ensure all pay data is accurately collated verified and paid each month to all NCC staff. You will support and engage employees throughout their absences advising of pay changes updating systems andwriting to them directly. The role will include setting up and maintaining employee records on Oracle Fusion processing changes following business as usual monthly payroll and organisational change activity and producing accurate and timely documentation. You will need to establish and maintain good working relationships with all employees while delivering an agreed level of service to specified timescales.

This role is currently hybrid working from home with an expectation to attend the office one day a week.

If this sounds like your next challenge then apply now!

If you would like a chat about the position then please contact Heather Pettifer NCC Payroll Manager on or email

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary

• Generous holiday entitlement

• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service

• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time part time remote and hybrid working dependent on your job role and business need.

• Financial benefits such as:

  • Norfolk Rewardsour employee discounts programme which helps yousave money on almost anything from everyday groceries and clothes to holidays new technology gym membership trips to the cinema and days out.

  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers

  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)

  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work

  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution life assurance death in service payments and dependants pensions

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together make the most of our workspaces enjoy a healthy work-life balance and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work with hybrid working a key feature formany roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

Before you apply we recommend reading the full Job description and person specification to help you demonstrate how you meet the criteria. You can also find information on ourTerms and Conditionshere.

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Redeployment closing date: 4 February 2026 23:59

All other applicants closing date: 18 February 2026 23:59