View Vacancy - Payroll Officer for British High Commission Nicosia (part-time) (CVP26-004148)

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Operations and Corporate Services)
Finance

The British High Commission in Nicosia is part of a world-wide network representing British political, economic and consular interests overseas and is now looking to recruit a Payroll Officer (part-time) to process payroll and provide support to the overall pay and rewards structure for British High Commission staff.

What You’ll Be Delivering:

Payroll Administration (90%)

  • Calculate and process monthly salaries of staff and pensioners, including all relevant monthly/yearly statements.
  • Prepare statutory returns to local authorities.
  • Troubleshoot payroll related issues and respond to payroll related enquiries.

Team Activities (10%)

  • Support other colleagues within Corporate Services as and when necessary.
  • Participate in Post crisis activity.
  • Work with teams and leadership to feed into wider stakeholder requests/contributions.

Our ideal candidate has:

  • Proficiency in English, both written and spoken (minimum of C1 CEFR framework level language*).
  • Experience in Finance and administrative work in a similar environment.
  • Excellent hands-on knowledge of MS Excel and other MS Office programmes.
  • Precision in implementing tasks, meticulous attention to detail
  • Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders, verbally and in writing.

Good to have:

  • Fluency in Greek is desirable.
  • Experience with local authority websites for employment and tax purposes.
  • Valid and clean driving licence and willingness to drive as part of job duties.
Changing and Improving, Delivering at Pace, Working Together
25 May 2026
Administrative Assistant (AA)
Part-Time, Fixed Term
Your schedule is based on 72 hours per month (see details below)
12 months
Europe, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Cyprus
Nicosia
British High Commission
1
EUR
797.76 (gross)
monthly
1 June 2026

This is a 12 months fixed-term contract.

Your schedule is based on 72 hours per month (approximately 2.5 days per week on average) and we offer a flexible scheme that allows you to distribute these hours evenly across weeks or days or to work in an alternative pattern such as condensed hours or condensed weeks.

The confirmation of appointment is subject to professional background checks and security clearance procedures, as well as the successful completion of a 6 months probation period. 

The successful candidate must be free of any convictions and undergo a UK security clearance process. 

All applicants should include on their application, information on all nationalities held and current residence status in Cyprus. Staff recruited locally by the British High Commission in Nicosia are subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service according to local Republic of Cyprus employment law. 

Visa/work permit requirements: All applicants should have the right to live and work in Cyprus and be prepared to engage bi-communally, where necessary. The British High Commission does not sponsor work/ residency permits.

*Please note for more information on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment levels please click on the following link CEFR. Please bear in mind in case you are invited for an interview your language skill is going to be assessed.

Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”.

We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered.

Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.

Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

Please be aware that you will only be able to apply to vacancies for Country Based Staff roles with the British Government through this official tal.net site (operated by Oleeo). Jobs may be advertised on third party websites, however our adverts will always link back to the official tal.net site. If you complete and send an application through any other site, we will not receive it.

This opportunity is closed to applications.