• 0.8 - Full time – Ongoing
• Exciting and rewarding position within our Health Service
• Career progression opportunities
• Friendly and supportive team environment

Are you ready to take the next step in your career, leveraging your experience to contribute to Payroll services within our growing organisation? Then this role is for you!

We are seeking an experienced, positive and motivated Payroll professional to join our team. Reporting to the Executive Director People and Culture (EDP&C) this role is responsible for the provision of accurate and timely payment of wages and salaries in line with legislative requirements, policies and procedures, as well as high level customer service to management and employees on conditions of employment matters. The position will play a lead role in coordinating payroll activities including payroll related enquiries and payroll processing, ensuring appropriate levels of quality and compliance is met. The Senior Payroll Officer provides payroll and salary packaging support to employees and managers at Colac Area Health and their contracted services (Cobden Health & Hesse Rural Health Service).

As our ideal candidate you: 

• Are tertiary qualified with 2+ years of finance/business/payroll experience

• Have highly developed interpersonal skills and easily build respectful relationships and work collaboratively with team members, management, and employees
• Are self-directed, well organised and will proactively explore and act upon opportunities to enhance system and process improvements and organisational outcomes
• Have a growth mindset, value accountability of self and others and consistently model the behaviours you want to promote within your team and across the organisation

Benefits and Perks:

• Opportunities for training, mentoring and ongoing professional development
• Supportive environment where you can grow and develop within your role
• Generous Salary Packaging
• Access to our free Employee Wellbeing Program

About Us

Colac Area Health (CAH) is a unique integrated health service comprising of over 500 employees, providing Acute Care, Aged Care, Community and Allied Health Services to a catchment population of approximately 30 000.  Situated in the Colac Otway Shire, one of the most picturesque Victorian municipalities that provides city conveniences with a country charm.

As an organisation, we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, age, disability, culture, language, gender identity or sexual orientation. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as Australia’s First Peoples and as the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we work. We pledge to provide inclusive and non-discriminatory services.

For further information please contact Marita Ryan on 0428 401 834 or [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Payroll Officer - Colac enquiry via EthicalJobs

For further information on CAH cah.vic.gov.au

A position description is attached.