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Overview
An ideal progression route for your career in Payroll, the Payroll Assistant Manager Apprenticeship (Level 5) takes approximately 24-30 months to complete. Once completed, the programme is equivalent to a Foundation Degree or HND. Typical job roles associated with the programme include Payroll Assistant Manager, Assistant Pay and Benefits Manager, Payroll Team Leader and Payroll Executive.
Start date: Flexible
Typical duration: 24-30 Months (depending on hours worked each week)
Location: Nationwide (England)
Before beginning this higher apprenticeship, you must have achieved Level 2 qualifications in maths and English. (GCSE’s A-C or equivalent, such as Functional Skills.)
Payroll Assistant Manager Apprenticeship Features
Throughout the apprenticeship you’ll gain the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed for your chosen role and industry. To help you with this, you can expect to study the following subject areas:
- Payroll Management and Prioritisation
- Payroll Support and Escalation
- Advanced Payroll and Calculations
- Compliance and Confidentiality
- Continuous Development and Contributions
- Strategic Payroll Leadership & Communication
- Industry Trends and Technologies.
During your apprenticeship you will gather evidence as part of a portfolio to demonstrate your knowledge, skills and behaviours.
This will include:
- Completion of workbooks and knowledge questions.
- Virtual observations, carried out in line with data protection and GDPR requirements.
- Recorded professional discussions to capture reflective learning and understanding.
- Witness testimonies from managers to verify on-the-job performance and competence.
Forget about lugging around all your work. The online iLearner e-portfolio system means all your work can be uploaded directly to your account and accessed wherever you go.
The system is easy to navigate and full guidance will be provided through our iLearner handbook and from your tutor through one-to-one support.
Off-the-Job Training
Off-the-job (OTJ) training is a mandatory part of all apprenticeships funded by the Department for Education. Each apprenticeship standard has a set number of OTJ training hours that must be planned and completed. If you have no prior learning and your apprenticeship duration and funding have not been reduced, you are expected to complete the full number of OTJ hours as specified in the standard.
There is no requirement to increase OTJ hours for part-time apprentices. This includes those working less than 30 hours per week or on zero-hour contracts. The training must be realistic and aligned with the standard’s set requirements.
OTJ training takes place during your normal working hours and involves learning activities that are directly related to your apprenticeship. This could include one-to-one sessions with a tutor, preparing for assessments, role-playing workplace scenarios, attending training sessions or webinars on key industry topics and individual study time to complete coursework.
To check the minimum required hours for your apprenticeship, please use the link below:
View Apprenticeship Hours Requirements
The End-Point Assessment
As part of your Payroll Assistant Manager Apprenticeship, an End-Point Assessment (EPA) will be completed to demonstrate your development and growth. You can achieve either a Pass or Distinction based on your final grade.
Multiple Choice
To assess your knowledge, you will complete a multiple-choice assessment, either remotely or in person. You will answer around 50 questions, each with four possible answers. This assessment must be completed in a quiet room, free from distractions and influence.
Professional Discussion Underpinned by Portfolio
After completing your portfolio, you will complete a professional discussion with one of our independent assessors. You will be required to showcase any additional learning you have completed during the apprenticeship. This additional learning can be both formal or informal learning completed or any assignments and projects you have completed.
Forget about lugging around all your work. The online iLearner portfolio system means all your work can be uploaded directly to your account and accessed wherever you go. The system is easy to navigate. Though, full guidance will be provided through our iLearner handbook and from your tutor through one-to-one support.
Project Report with Presentation and Questioning
Following from the multiple-choice test, you will complete a project and write a report. You will be asked to complete a project. The title and scope must be agreed with the End-Point Assessment Organisation at the gateway. The report should be a maximum of 5000 words (with a 10% tolerance).
You will have 50 full-time work hours to complete the project and submit the business case to the End-Point Assessment Organisation.
You will then show a presentation based on the report, and take part in a question and answer session with an independent assessor to discuss the project and presentation. It will last 40 minutes altogether. They will ask at least 4 questions.
Go Further
Once you’ve completed your Payroll Assistant Manager Apprenticeship, there are several progression routes available, dependant on your industry and job role:
You can also register as full members with the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals, and other professional bodies.
Contact us for further information!
Call us on 01246 278931, email info@apprenticeteam.co.uk or fill in the contact form below to check availability and for further advice about the next steps.
Our team will be happy to advise you on additional programmes we provide and can help point you in the right direction for any learning requirement not delivered by Apprentice Team Ltd.
