Job summary
- Main area
- Payroll
- Grade
- Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship
- Contract
- Fixed term: 24 months (depending on course time and start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 166-DSFS-8229709
- Employer
- Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- DSFS - Chesterfield Royal Hospital
- Town
- Chesterfield
- Salary
- £15,643 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Payroll Apprentice
Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship
Job overview
We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic and organised individual to join our busy payroll and pensions team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is keen to start a career in payroll while gaining hands on experience and working towards a recognised payroll qualification. You will be part of a team within the Finance department that provides a payroll and pension service to Chesterfield Royal Hospital and Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd.
Both in-house and external training will be given for you to progress to take responsibility for your own payroll section.
Interviews 5&6th October 2026
Main duties of the job
• Under the supervision of the Payroll/Senior Payroll Officers you will take responsibility of your own payroll section, prioritising and organising your workload to meet strict deadlines
• Under the supervision of the Payroll/Senior Payroll Officers you will manage your own workload to help deliver an accurate and quality payroll service. This will include the input, checking and processing of payroll information
• Under the supervision of the Payroll/Senior Payroll Officers you will respond to pay queries from staff and managers
• Under the supervision of the Payroll/Senior Payroll Officers you will provide advice and support on pay related matters to our customers, including staff members and managers across the organisation
• Develop and maintain working relationships with other internal departments and external agencies
• Take part in apprenticeship training and apply your learning to the workplace
Working for our organisation
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.
DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together.
Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered
Please see below link for the DSFS website.
DSFS - Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited | DSFS
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that is required.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- • Good standard of general education
- • Educated to GCSE level (or equivalent)
- • Mathematics & English (Grades A-C or 4-9)
- • Willingness to complete a recognised payroll apprenticeship programme and associated learning requirements
Experience
Essential criteria
- • An interest in payroll and finance
- • Ability to carry out basic administrative tasks accurately, including data entry and filing
- • Understanding of the importance of providing a helpful, professional and responsive service to all stakeholders
Desirable criteria
- • Previous relevant office experience
- • Experience of working in a busy environment
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Basic IT skills including e-mails, Microsoft word and excel
- • Ability to prioritise
- • Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
- • Effective written and verbal skills
- • Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of other Microsoft Office tools
- • Knowledge of more complex excel functions
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- • Good communicator
- • Ability to work with attention to detail and accuracy
- • Good numeric ability
- • Team worker
- • Proactive
- • Motivated
- • Enthusiastic
- • Smart appearance
- • Ability to work flexibly to meet deadlines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julia Bates
- Job title
- Payroll Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01246 516124
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