Payroll Assistant

Job Details

Job Title	Payroll Assistant	Line Manager	Payroll manager
Department	Payroll	Salary	£28,329 (pro-rata for less than 39 hours)
Location	Thistle Foundation Centre of Wellbeing, Queens Walk, Edinburgh, EH16 4EA
Hours	18hrs - 25hrs per week	Contract Type	Permanent

We have a vacancy for a part-time Payroll Assistant on permanent contract. Based at our award-winning offices in Edinburgh, we also offer hybrid working options.

About Thistle

At Thistle we believe in a world of inclusion, free of isolation and loneliness, where a health crisis doesn’t mean a life crisis.

Our charity supports people with disabilities and long-term health conditions; to lead good lives and achieve what matters most to them. We believe that everyone in Scotland should have access to our person-centred approach to health and wellbeing.

About The Role

Do you have experience working with computerised payroll systems? Do you have a good understanding of pensions, PAYE and NI rules? Do you enjoy providing excellent customer service and would like to make a real difference in people’s lives? If so, we would love to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives.

Using your existing payroll knowledge, you will work alongside our Payroll Manager in our small, friendly Finance Team. You will check data entries with our HR team, process additional payments, review sickness entries against our sick pay rules and answer staff pay queries.

This role is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic team player, who has a willingness to learn, and to support the payroll function as well as colleagues in the wider organisation.

Please see the detailed job description here for more information

What we offer

The opportunity to work with a fun and friendly team focused on making a difference in the lives of people living in communities across Scotland
Hybrid working between home, and our award winning offices in Craigmillar, Edinburgh
Learning and development opportunities including our internal development programme
Contributory pension scheme
Non-contributory death in service benefit scheme
35 days of annual leave
Free Thistle Gym membership
Membership of the HSF Health & Benefits Plan

Thistle Foundation is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Successful applicants will be subject to a Disclosure check, which will be paid for by Thistle.

Closing date for receipt of your cover letter advising how you meet the requirements outlined in this advert and person specification and CV is Friday 17^th April 2026 (11:59pm).

Please send to recruitment@thistle.org.uk. Please do not complete an application form.

• Interview will take place at Thistle’s Centre of Wellbeing, Queen’s Walk, Edinburgh during week commencing 27^th April 2026

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