Senior Payroll Officer – Administrative Review Tribunal
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769789
- Agency: Administrative Review Tribunal
- Job Title: Senior Payroll Officer
- Position Number: 43059
- Classification: APS Level 5
- Closing Date: Wednesday 03 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT, Sydney NSW, Melbourne VIC
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne
- Salary: $88,834 – $96,829
- Office Arrangement: Flexible;Hybrid (Hybrid)
About Administrative Review Tribunal
The Administrative Review Tribunal plays a crucial role in the Australian legal landscape, providing
a process for individuals and organisations to seek an independent review of decisions made
under a wide range of Commonwealth laws.
We believe in providing our employees with a work environment that is supportive and rewarding.
Our culture is one that welcomes all and we embrace flexibility and diversity. We believe our
people are our most valuable asset and we work to support the skills, knowledge and capability of
our staff.
You can learn more about the Tribunal on our website.
What we offer:
We believe the little extras can make a big difference in supporting your success and some of our
great incentives include:
• flexible working options, including flexi-time and remote working to support you with your
commitments outside of work.
• competitive salary including generous superannuation employer contribution of 15.4%
• salary packaging options
• supportive career development opportunities
• access to holistic health and wellbeing programs including Fitness Passport which provides
discount to 350+ gyms, free annual influenza vaccinations and free eye tests
• generous leave allowances including Christmas to New Year office closure with no deduction
from your leave balance
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family
• positive and inclusive culture.
Read our for more information about our terms and conditions of employment. Enterprise Agreement
Duties
- Payroll processing: Process payroll services throughout the employee life-cycle, including
- commencements, terminations, workers compensation entitlements, certain leave types,
- superannuation including birthday reviews, higher duties and other staff movements, allowances
- and overtime claims. In consultation with the Team Leader, manage and resolve complex payroll
- matters.
- Stakeholder management and advice: Guide and mentor team members. Provide timely and
- professional advice to stakeholders both internally and externally. Develop strong relationships
- with managers and line areas to support resolution of matters related to pay and conditions.
- Research and advise on a number of legislative and policy areas relating to People and Culture,
- including the Tribunal Enterprise Agreement, member Terms & Conditions, relevant
- determinations and legislation (e.g. Maternity Leave Act, Long Service Leave Act etc.), and People
- and Culture policy.
- Records management: Maintain personal and shared Pay & Conditions mailboxes. File relevant
- member and employee records on digital files once processed.
- Data maintenance: Ensure requests are consistent with People and Culture policies, procedures
- and processes related to position and data management. Where requests are potentially
- inconsistent, escalate to the Team Leader and/or relevant People and Culture staff. Ensure data is
- entered accurately and efficiently.
- To be successful you will have:
- High level working knowledge of Australian Public Service payroll principles and processes.
- Experience with, or the ability to quickly acquire knowledge of and utilise the Aurion payroll
- system.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake and manage complex payroll matters, including workers
- compensation entitlements, administrative tasks and provide a high level of customer
- service.
- Sound judgement and initiative in resolving payroll matters
- Strong stakeholder and client management skills to deliver friendly, high quality and timely
- services consistent with regulatory and legislative requirements.
- Initiative in collaborating with the team, supporting team members during peak periods, and
- provide training as needed.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good attention to detail, time management skills and the ability to manage multiple and
- changing priorities whilst meeting key deadlines within a fortnightly pay cycle.
Eligibility / Notes
- Essential:
- The Tribunal requires Australian Citizenship as a condition of engagement.
- All employees are required to undertake an Australian Federal police check and a Health
- Assessment.
- Desirable:
- Experience in Aurion HRMIS or similar system
- Please submit a CV, cover letter, and upload a separate document addressing all the
- required capabilities as detailed in the position description.
How to Apply
Position Contact Marcelle Sheville, (02) 6243 4675
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.art.gov.au/about-us/careers
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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