APS4 Payroll Officer

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This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive, friendly, and collaborative Pay & Conditions team as a Payroll Officer.

The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) is currently seeking applications for APS4 Payroll Officers and APS5 Senior Payroll Officers, to join the Pay and Conditions team within our People and Culture section.

These ongoing and non-ongoing hybrid positions can be located in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney.

Remuneration: The annual salary range for the position is APS4 - $76,887 - $83,480 & APS5 - $85,755 - $91,809 p.a., plus a generous employer superannuation contribution of 15.4%

About the opportunity:

The Pay & Conditions team is responsible for the management and administration of pay and conditions for staff and members of the ART in accordance with relevant APS and commonwealth legislation, including maintaining and complete and accurate employee data and documenting processes.

The APS4 Payroll Officer is part of the Pay & Conditions team and assists in managing the pay and conditions for all members and staff, including providing advice to members and staff at all levels.

The APS5 Senior Payroll Officer is part of the Pay & Conditions team and assists in managing moderately complex pay and conditions for all members and staff, including providing high level advice to members and staff at all levels.

About you:

As a Payroll Officer you will be required to consistently improve service standards through developing a deep understanding of employment conditions, innovation, systems, and process enhancements.

To be a successful APS4 Payroll Officer you will have:

• Sound working knowledge of, or the ability to quickly acquire knowledge of, Australian Public Service payroll principles and processes. Experience with, or the ability to quickly acquire knowledge of and utilise, the Aurion payroll system.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake administrative tasks and provide a high level of customer service.
• Strong stakeholder and client management skills to deliver friendly, high quality and timely services consistent with regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good attention to detail, time management skills and the ability to manage multiple and changing priorities whilst meeting key deadlines such as fortnightly pay deadlines.

To be a successful APS5 Senior Payroll Officer you will have:

• High level working knowledge of, or the ability to quickly acquire knowledge of, Australian Public Service payroll principles and processes. Experience with, or the ability to quickly acquire knowledge of and utilise, the Aurion payroll system.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake and manage complex payroll matters, including workers compensation entitlements, administrative tasks and provide a high level of customer service.
• Strong stakeholder and client management skills to deliver friendly, high quality and timely services consistent with regulatory and legislative requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good attention to detail, time management skills and the ability to manage multiple and changing priorities whilst meeting key deadlines.
• Experience in Payroll Processing
• Experience in Aurion HRMIS or similar system

More information about these positions, the scope of the roles, duties and required capabilities and experience, is contained within the Position Descriptions, which are linked below and available on our Career Opportunities page.

How to apply:

To be considered, all applications must be submitted online via the Career Opportunities page. Please click on the job title you are applying for.

Please click APPLY and follow the instructions on the online application.

Position Eligibility requirements:

• The Tribunal requires Australian Citizenship as a condition of engagement.
• All employees are required to undertake an Australian Federal Police Check and a Health Assessment.

Please submit a CV (of no more than 4 pages) and a statement of claims (of no more than 2 pages) addressing how you feel your experience matches the capabilities and experience of role, referring to the Position Description.

Should you wish to discuss this position, please contact:

Tel: (02)6243 4675

Please contact the recruitment team on (02) 9276 5443 or recruitment@art.gov.au should you require assistance with accessing our website or with lodging your application.

We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to responding to every applicant.

Please note a merit list/pool may be created to fill future like vacancies. Suitable candidates on this merit list/pool may be contacted in relation to identical or similar non-ongoing and ongoing roles in the Tribunal, or the broader APS, within 18 months from the original advertised date in gazettal.

The Administrative Review Tribunal is an Equal Opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We encourage and welcome applications from people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, all genders, LGBTQI+ community and mature age people. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us if invited to interview.

RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information visit: https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability