Payroll Officer

Business and Customer Services

Payroll Services

Payroll Officer

Pool Ref DOE882456

Level 3, $79,156 - $84,977 per annum (pro-rata) (PSCA 2022)

Advertised Vacancy Number: DOE882456

Appointment Pool

Payroll Services is seeking to establish an open recruitment pool of Payroll Officers for fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise up until the end of May 2026.

Applicants can submit an application at any time between now and 4.30pm (WST) on Friday, 30 May 2025. Assessment will occur three times during this timeframe. Dates of assessment are listed below.

Please refer to the below Application and Selection Process section for information on submitting your application.

Professional Benefits

Working for the Department of Education attracts a range of attractive professional and personal benefits including:

• 11 percent employer contributions to superannuation
• More than 20 days of other leave, including sick leave and carers' leave

We encourage all applicants with diverse professional experiences to apply.

The Role and our Branch

As a Payroll Officer you will:

• provide, generate and maintain employee personal information and pay distributions.
• process employee commencements, movements, variations and terminations.
• process leave, salary and allowance payments, income tax and overpayments.
• ensure work is timely, accurate and in line with applicable industrial instruments, legislation and Department policies and procedures.

As part of the Business and Customer Services (BCS) directorate you will be required to contribute to a safe work environment that fosters equity and diversity and achieve your deliverables to enable BCS to accomplish their goals.

Cultural Diversity

The Department is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and persons from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

Your written application will be assessed against the following Selection Criteria:

• Demonstrated ability to understand and apply policies, procedures, industrial instruments and legislation.
• Demonstrated experience with computerised human resource management information systems or equivalent and the ability to perform pay calculations, ensuring accuracy of complex payroll data.

Shortlisted applicants will have their skills and experiences in relation to the remaining selection criteria assessed in the further stages of the recruitment process. Remaining selection criteria can be found on the attached Form (JDF).

For a full outline of the role responsibilities and selection criteria, please refer to the JDF.

It is recommended that you consider all information contained in the advertisement and any other related information before applying for the vacancy.

All inquiries are welcomed

Please contact Sam Mastrolembo, Payroll Operations Manager by telephoning or emailing

The Application and Selection process

Assessments for each intake of this pool will commence on the below dates:

• Intake 1 - 30 August 2024
• Intake 2 - 29 November 2024
• Intake 3 - 26 February 2025

Applications for the pool will close on Friday 30 May 2025 in time for the final assessment round that will commence on the Monday 2 June 2025.

You will only need to apply once. Your application will be assessed in the next closest assessment round.

Once the assessment stage of each intake commences you will not be able to amend your application.

You will be advised of the outcome at the conclusion of each assessment round, where you can reapply should you be unsuccessful.

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