[Hiring] Payroll and Pensions Trainer @Placeholder Commercial Real Estate Platform

Role Description

At IRIS Software Group, we're trusted by thousands of organisations across the UK to deliver mission-critical software and services. Within our Education Division, we're continuing to grow and are now seeking an experienced Payroll & Pensions Trainer to help develop the next generation of payroll professionals supporting schools and education organisations.

This is a unique opportunity for a payroll professional who enjoys sharing knowledge, developing people and driving best practice.

As our Payroll & Pensions Trainer, you'll design and deliver high-quality training programmes focused on education payroll and pensions, ensuring our teams have the knowledge and confidence to provide exceptional service to our customers. You'll work with a wide range of stakeholders, delivering training both remotely and face-to-face while creating engaging learning content and supporting continuous improvement across our operations.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and delivering payroll and pensions training programmes.
• Providing specialist expertise on Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), LGPS and education-sector payroll regulations.
• Creating engaging learning materials, guides, assessments and e-learning content.
• Delivering workshops, webinars, classroom sessions and one-to-one coaching.
• Supporting payroll colleagues with complex queries and technical guidance.
• Helping teams stay up to date with payroll legislation and compliance requirements.
• Evaluating training effectiveness and implementing improvements.
• Supporting onboarding, system migrations and business change initiatives.

Qualifications

• Proven payroll experience, ideally within a bureau, outsourced payroll or education payroll environment.
• Experience delivering training, coaching or supporting learning initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation including PAYE, National Insurance, statutory payments, RTI and year-end processing.
• Understanding of Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), LGPS or similar pension arrangements.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
• The ability to simplify complex payroll concepts for different audiences.
• Professional payroll qualifications such as CIPP or AAT (desirable).

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Charity / volunteering days
• Income protection insurance
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Additional discount schemes
• Cycle to work scheme