Welcome to Rārangi Utu-a-Mātauranga–Education Payroll. Our team of around 200 people is responsible for delivering the pay to 102,000 teachers and school support staff every fortnight – that’s $294 million per pay period and $7.7 billion each year. It’s the combination of great people and cutting edge technology that enables us to do this well. Check out why we think it’s a great place to work and what roles we have on offer.
Our technology team work on an application built on a modern kubernetes technology stack that uses the latest azure services. This enables us to have agile-minded, technology-focused roles in software development, business analysis, testing, scrum practice, cloud operations, platform engineering, IT system operations and change design.
Our Oracle-based payroll system is run by our wide range of payroll experts, including payroll, salary assessment, overpayment and ACC advisors, tax and customer service specialists, payrun coordinators and payroll system administrators. All of these positions contribute to the fortnightly payrun being successfully delivered to schools.
Our specialist teams keep us at the top of our game and include risk and assurance, people and leadership, finance, communications and engagement and technology assurance.
There are many internal opportunities for growth across the organisation and we pride ourselves on being able to upskill and recruit from within.
Aro ki te kiritaki | Customer focus
Ko te tangata te mea nui | People are the most important thing
Mahi tahi | Working together
Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa | Let’s work in close unison, not separately
Ako | Learning and improving
Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou | Seek knowledge to sustain your efforts
Jobs | Tūranga mahi
We’re looking for a collaborative Senior Communications Advisor to lead and implement our internal communications approach—helping our people stay informed, engaged and connected to our purpose and values. You’ll shape and deliver communications plans for initiatives, lead the development of our corporate documents (eg, Annual Report), respond to external requests for information and keep our intranet and corporate website fresh, user centric and on brand.
We have multiple permanent customer service positions available in our Payroll Service Delivery team, including Payroll Advisors and Overpayment Support Advisors.
Payroll Advisors support school administrators and principals via phone, email and our ticketing system. They process payroll transaction in line with legislation and employment agreements.
Overpayment Support Advisors communicate directly with school employees to discuss overpayments and work with them to repay them in a way which suits their circumstances. They will also liaise with school administrators, principals and unions.
If you have questions about roles at Education Payroll email myhr@edpay.nz
1 Apply online, ads are open for a minimum of seven days. 2 Applications reviewed and shortlisted. 3 Updated via phone call or email within seven days of ad closing. 4 We may pre-screen at this stage. 5 Successful candidates progress to interview stage within 14 days of ad closing. 6 Interview outcomes confirmed via phone or your preferred method within five days of all interviews finishing. 7 If successful, you’ll progress to pre-employment checks. 8. Successful candidates made verbal offer within five days of successful reference checks. 9 Employment paperwork will be sent to you within five days of you accepting the verbal offer. 10 Your first day with Education Payroll. We will endeavour to meet these timeframes. If we can’t, we will contact you.