Head of Payroll, Pensions and Benefits

Westminster School’s reputation as one of the world’s foremost centres of academic excellence is built upon our pupils’ genuine enjoyment of open-minded enquiry, rigorous discussion and the search for explanation well beyond any examination syllabus. 

Westminster School is a selective day and boarding school for boys aged 13 to 18 and girls aged 16 to 18. There are approximately 360 boys in the Lower School (Years 9 to 11) and 400 boys and girls in the Upper School (Years 12 and 13). One quarter of the pupils board, and the School is structured and run as a boarding school, with an extended day and week and a strong House-based system of pastoral welfare, for boarding and day pupils alike. 

Westminster is creating a new role Head of Payroll, Pensions and Benefits to manage the day to day running of the Payroll, Pensions and Benefits team within the People Department, delivering a first-rate Payroll service and support the implementation of a new Defined Contribution Pension Scheme for Teachers.  It is an all-encompassing role working on a variety of payroll, pension and benefits matters. 

The successful candidate will provide a complete payroll service, with responsibility for all payroll operations including  processing pay, pensions and benefit elements for starters, leavers and other changes, pension administration including Teachers’ Pensions, Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Schemes, management of private health and other employment benefits and salary sacrifice schemes. 

The closing date for applications is 18 February 2024.