Payroll Specialist
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About the Role
Are you passionate about delivering accurate, timely, and people-focused payroll services? We’re looking for a Payroll Specialist to join our People, Culture and Wellbeing team at Toi Ohomai. In this critical role, you’ll manage and deliver end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring compliance with legislation and employment agreements while supporting a positive kaimahi experience.
You’ll work collaboratively across the organisation, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and providing expert guidance on payroll matters. Your attention to detail, analytical capability, and commitment to service excellence will help uphold the integrity of our payroll systems and data.
People, Culture and Wellbeing
People, Culture and Wellbeing is a key enabling function at Toi Ohomai, partnering closely with leaders and teams to foster an engaged, inclusive, and high-performing workplace.
The directorate leads strategic and operational delivery across human resources, organisational development and equity, payroll and wellbeing and safety.
Through integrated people practices, proactive health and safety approaches and a commitment to equity and inclusion it enables organisational excellence through accountability and continuous quality improvement.
Ngā mahi | Key Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end payroll processing, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with legislative and contractual obligations.
- Provide expert advice and responsive support to kaimahi and leaders on payroll-related queries, entitlements, and employment conditions.
- Collaborate with People, Culture and Wellbeing, Finance, and other teams to uphold data integrity and ensure seamless integration of payroll systems.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, system enhancements, and cross-functional projects that support service excellence and a positive employee experience.
He kōrero mōu | About You
- Specialist expertise and experience in payroll operations, including managing payroll for medium-sized organisations, interpreting complex employment agreements, and applying NZ payroll legislation (e.g. Holidays Act, PAYE, KiwiSaver).
- Technical proficiency, with advanced skills in payroll systems and Microsoft Excel, and a commitment to continuous improvement through professional development.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a proactive, customer-focused approach and the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
- Cultural competence and commitment to equity, including understanding Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations and supporting the use of te reo Māori, tikanga, and mātauranga Māori in the workplace.
- A commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, equity, and vocational education excellence.
Mō mātou | About Us
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is a vocational education provider in the Bay of Plenty and South Waikato. Home to over 9000 ākonga (students), at Toi Ohomai we put ākonga and kaimahi at the centre of all we do. Through educational excellence, Māori Success, strong partnerships and sustainable practices we enable our ākonga, institution and communities to thrive.
Toiohomaitanga describes our way of doing and being. It reflects how we care for each other, work together, and uphold our shared purpose. Ā mātou uara | our values are an important part of this, our Toi Ohomai values are:
- Toitūtanga – Courageous and humble in our pursuit of excellence
- Manaakitanga – Strengthening the mana of others and our communities
- Whanaungatanga – Building and nurturing relationships
- Kotahitanga – United in our shared purpose
By embracing our Toiohomaitanga (our new ways of working) we will foster greater collaboration, role accountability, data-informed decision-making and agile and adaptive practices that enable us to respond quickly to changing needs. Applying for a role with Toi Ohomai opportunity to contribute to the future of Toi Ohomai and our communities.
Me pēhea te tono | How to Apply
As a responsible employer and education provider, Toi Ohomai | Te Pūkenga is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable persons and applies relevant policy and practice to meet this commitment. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and will be required to undergo pre-employment checks; Successful candidates will be required to undergo relevant vetting and employment checks.
If this exciting and rewarding role sounds like your next career move, then we encourage you to apply prior to the closing date.
We will be assessing all applications as we receive them, applications will close when we appoint a suitable candidate.
To apply please submit your CV and Cover Letter alongside your online application.
