Payroll Advisor

**About the Department**

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

**About the Division**

People and Workplace Relations (Schools) supports the School Workforce group in the delivery of workforce supply initiatives, to ensure schools are provided with a sustainable workforce who are supported and have expertise to deliver excellence for Victoria's students.The division sits within the Schools Workforce group and is:

- focused on growing the supply of teachers across Victoria
- supporting hard-to-staff schools to recruit and retain teachers
- delivering quality HR and employee relations advice and services to schools.

**About the Branch**

Schools People Services, SHRO branch provides support and advice in the areas of human resources policy, payroll and leave, recruitment, and targeted initiatives. Functions include:

- providing support and advice on payroll and recruitment
- support school workforce performance and development
- supporting Schools Workforce Planning
- HR data analysis and reporting and Workforce Supply and Demand Report
- implementation and management of a range of workforce supply initiatives aimed at increasing supply and distribution of teachers across Victoria.

**About the Role**

The Payroll Advisor contributes towards accurate and timely payroll processing. The incumbent provides guidance on policy adherence and resolves complex payroll issues. Collaborating cross-functionally, they optimise procedures to deliver high-quality payroll solutions and services.

The team provides specialist payroll activities for multiple agencies associated with the Department of Education. These activities include administration services such as payroll reconciliation, superannuation and taxation. The team also provides payroll systems support for HR areas across the Department of Education and its associated agencies. The Payroll Advisor is expected to provide leadership and guidance for the Payroll Officers within the team.

**Attributes**

**Flexibility and Adaptability**:Accepts changed priorities without undue discomfort. Responds quickly to changes. Comfortable working in collaboration with teams outside of own work area.

**Working Collaboratively**:Builds a supportive and cooperative team environment. Engages other teams to share information in order to understand or respond to issues. Support others in challenging situations.

**Innovation and Continuous Improvement**:Seeks opportunities for continuous improvement and ways to innovate. Offers suggestions and ideas, encourages others to do the same. Leverages existing continuous improvement systems and procedures to improve outcomes, quality, and efficiency of work.

**Future Focus**:Develops objectives that link to broader team and departmental objectives. Considers future aims and goals of the team and department in prioritising own and others' work.

**Critical Thinking and Problem Solving**:Resolves issues through deep understanding or interpretation of existing guidelines. Where guidelines are not available, analyses ideas available and takes action through self, or in consultation with others to resolve problems. Applies critical thinking and problem-solving concepts in the right context.

**Stakeholder Management**: Takes steps to add value for the client or stakeholder. Links people with other areas as appropriate. Constructively deals with stakeholder issues.

**Customer Focus**: Understand customer requirements and how work addresses customer needs. Identifies opportunities to improve services. Committed to delivering high quality outcomes for clients.

**Team Management**:Aligns work activities with operational plans and departmental values and goals through effective people management and role modelling. Allocates tasks in line with roles defined.

**Further Information**

**Applications close** 11:59pm on Monday 30 June, 2025.