Payroll Officer Catholic Education Centre

Christ The Redeemer (CTR) Catholic Schools serves approximately 10 500 students 500 teachers and 250 support staff in southern Alberta. Christ The Redeemer Catholic Schools provides an authentic Catholic education to students in traditional schools in Canmore Brooks Drumheller High River Okotoks De Winton Oyen and Strathmore and provides online schooling home education and shared responsibility programs to students all over Alberta and around the world. As a publicly funded Catholic School District our schools and job locations are infused with the Catholic Faith. The successful candidate will demonstrate a respectful and sympathetic sensitivity to the Catholic beliefs and practices of the students and staff.

CTR Catholic invites applications for the position of Payroll Officer. This role is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of monthly payroll and benefits for Support Staff. This role performs day-to-day operational payroll activities while providing high-quality customer service to internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate needs a strong working knowledge of payroll processing employment standards benefits and pension administration and applicable legislative requirements to ensure payroll is processed accurately efficiently and in compliance with established standards. The successful candidate will also need to maintain strict confidentiality of employee information and respond to inquiries from employees administrators and third-party providers regarding payroll benefits and pension matters. This role adheres to established payroll deadlines third-party reporting and filing requirements administrative procedures organizational needs and applicable government legislation.

A Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) designation from the National Payroll Institute with full-cycle payroll experience in both payroll and benefit administration is required. A Payroll Leadership Professional (PLP) designation would be an asset. Prior experience with LAPP and/or other pension programs and bookkeeping or accounting experience would also be considered an asset.

This position which is located at the Catholic Education Center in Okotoks will begin April 13th 2026. Applications must be submitted electronically and include a letter expressing interest accompanied by a resume and two reference letters from professional supervisors. The deadline for applications is February 23rd 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Questions regarding the positions and completed applications can be directed to Carmen Ostafichuk Director of Human Resources at

The School Division expresses appreciation to all those who apply. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.