Payroll Officer

4 months ago


West Perth, Australia Department of Education, Western Australia Full time

Advertised Vacancy Number: DOE882456

Appointment Pool

Payroll Services is seeking to establish an open recruitment pool of Payroll Officers for fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise up until the end of May 2026.

Applicants can submit an application at any time between now and 4.30pm (WST) on Friday, 30 May 2025. Assessment will occur three times during this timeframe. Dates of assessment are listed below.

Please refer to the below  Application and Selection Process  section for information on submitting your application.

Professional Benefits

Working for the Department of Education attracts a range of attractive benefits including:

11 percent employer contributions to superannuation More than 20 days of other leave, including sick leave and carers’ leave

We encourage all applicants with diverse professional experiences to apply.

The Role and our Branch

As a Payroll Officer you will:

provide, generate and maintain employee personal information and pay distributions. process employee commencements, movements, variations and terminations. process leave, salary and allowance payments, income tax and overpayments. ensure work is timely, accurate and in line with applicable industrial instruments, legislation and Department policies and procedures.

As part of the Business and Customer Services (BCS) directorate you will be required to contribute to a safe work environment that fosters equity and diversity and achieve your deliverables to enable BCS to accomplish their goals.

Cultural Diversity

The Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

Your written application will be assessed against the following Selection Criteria:

Demonstrated ability to understand and apply policies, procedures, industrial instruments and legislation. Demonstrated experience with computerised human resource management information systems or equivalent and the ability to perform pay calculations, ensuring accuracy of complex payroll data.

Shortlisted applicants will have their skills and experiences in relation to the remaining selection criteria assessed in the further stages of the recruitment process. Remaining selection criteria can be found on the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

For a full outline of the role responsibilities and selection criteria, please refer to the JDF.

It is recommended that you consider all information contained in the advertisement and any other related information before applying for the vacancy.

All inquiries are welcomed


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