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Payroll Officer

Job No: CEN4426
Location: Central Coast NSW

Are you a detail-oriented individual with strong interpersonal skills and a customer-focused attitude? - Rewrite the Future as a Payroll Officer today!

  • Join a dynamic team focused on supporting the Central Coast Community.
  • Ensure accurate and efficient payroll processing in compliance with statutory requirements.
  • Temporary Full Time role - up to October 2026 

About the role

The Payroll Officer is responsible for maintaining and auditing payroll systems to deliver accurate and timely payroll services. This role requires a commitment to quality customer service and a proactive approach to meeting stakeholder needs.

In this position, you will collaborate with team members to monitor payroll activities, verify calculations, and ensure compliance with relevant legislation. Your attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive information will be essential in supporting the organisation’s goals.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

  • Essential: Certificate III in Accounting or Business Administration OR relevant experience with ongoing professional development.
  • Desirable: Certificate IV in Payroll Administration.
  • Experience with Payroll/HRIS/Time and Attendance systems is essential.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships.

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

  • The commencing salary for this position is up to $73k per year. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $85k on completion of assessment of skills and performance plus 12% superannuation  
  • We have a temporary full-time role available 
  • This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight
  • We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role - 2 days from home and 3 days onsite 
  • This role is located at the Wyong Administration Building 

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits 

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

  • Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
  • Free flu vaccination program
  • Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
  • Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
  • We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
  • Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Want to know more?

The contact person for this role is Mel DeWright, Team Leader People Connect and Payroll Services. You can contact Mel on 0427319527.

This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday, 22 February 2026. 

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Location

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.
 
By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false. 
 
You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate.  This may include associated checks including reference checks, Pre-Employment Medical checks including drugs and alcohol testing, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.
 
You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

  1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
  2. Attach your resume 
  3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies. 

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