Payroll Assistant

Location: Thistle Centre of Wellbeing, 13 Queen’s Walk, Edinburgh

Hours/Duration: 18 – 25hrs per week

Salary: £28,329 (pro-rata for less than 39 hours)

Closing Date: Friday 17th April 2026 at 23.59pm

Interview Dates: Week commencing 27th April 2026

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.

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.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Thistle Foundation, please do not hesitate to apply.