• Work within a knowledgeable and experienced team
• One of Australia's leading providers of childcare and kindergarten
• Permanent Full-time position

The Creche and Kindergarten Association Limited (C&K) is Queensland's pre-eminent provider of early education and care and is proudly not-for-profit.  With more than 330 centres, our purpose is to nurture and inspire children to succeed in an ever-changing world.  

About C&K

An opportunity exists for an experienced Payroll Officer to join one of the largest and longest established not-for-profit early childhood provider. C&K is proud to be an established provider of community-based early childhood education and care services in Queensland.

About the opportunity

This position is responsible for processing payroll activities for C&K and provides support to the broader payroll team as required.

Your new role as a Payroll Officer will see you working permanent full time 38 hours per week. Located at our C&K Central Head Office within Kedron, North Brisbane. This role will see you commencing in April 2021. 

Key accountabilities within this will include but not be limited to:

• Accurately collecting, coordinating and processing payroll data.
• Processing fortnightly pay runs for kindergarten/childcare employees.
• Ensuring all payroll information is entered accurately into the payroll system.
• Issuing payroll system user names and passwords and provide on-going support to employees, students, volunteers and external contractors.
• Processing new employees and changes to existing employees in the payroll system.
• Processing payroll variations following agreement guidelines and classifications.
• Respond to queries.

This is an excellent opportunity to build on your payroll career within an experienced and knowledgeable team. You will be a part of a collaborative, welcoming and supportive culture, that is situated in a modern, open plan work environment which supports our dynamic and friendly organisation. 

About you

We are looking for an exceptional Payroll Officer who can work efficiently and be highly productive, be motivated with a 'can do' and positive approach to your role in the organisation. You will pride yourself on being an exceptional organiser and great communicator; and have outstanding time management and have a strong customer service focus.

The successful candidate will possess the following:

• At least two years of hands-on experience processing payroll activities for a medium to large organisation.
• Demonstrated experience working with multiple awards and other industrial instruments.
• Experience using payroll systems. iChris or Chris21 desirable.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills (incl. Excel, Word and Outlook).
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• A high level of organisatioal and time management skills.
• Strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication (written and verbal) skills and ability to build productive working relationships.
• A strong customer service focus.

What's on offer:

In addition to providing an attractive salary package, the successful candidate will have access to professional development opportunities and courses, employee benefits including salary sacrifice, access to corporate health insurance discounts, and a large range of health and wellbeing programs. C&K have flexible working arrangement and additional employee benefits on offer. 

C&K is committed to an inclusive workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

All C&K employees are required to undergo background checks which includes police checks and ability to hold a positive Blue card working with children check. 

Please note the advertising closing date is indicative only. C&K reserve the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore, it is encouraged that you submit your application as soon as possible. 

This online application is the first step in our recruitment process.

You will shortly be asked to:

• Provide some personal details
• Upload your resume (in a Word or PDF document)
• Complete some application questions

When you are ready, please click 'Apply Now'.

Thanks,
The Childcare & Kindergarten Association of Queensland Recruitment Team