Your Public Sector Partner for Worklife Reinvention
Public sector organisations are being asked to deliver more with limited resources while navigating growing workforce complexity and rising expectations from employees and citizens. Zellis helps to reduce administrative burden, improve workforce visibility and create more capacity for public service delivery.
Trusted by leading global clients
Reducing complexity and creating capacity across the public sector
Real work happens where public services are delivered, whether that's supporting citizens, educating learners, protecting communities or keeping essential services running. Zellis helps organisations reduce administrative burden and create more capacity for that work.
Attract, onboard and retain the best talent
Public service outcomes depend on engaged, supported employees. Zellis helps organisations create better workforce experiences so people can focus more time on delivering services and supporting communities.
Unlock real organisational intelligence
Zellis enables leaders to connect workforce insight with action, giving them the visibility needed to make confident decisions, respond to change and plan for the future.
Create cost and time savings
Public sector organisations face funding pressure, workforce challenges and complex regulatory requirements. Zellis helps reduce administrative burden through automation, connected workforce data and trusted compliance processes, creating more capacity where it matters most.
Recognised, reliable and secure
Trusted and accredited
We’re formally recognised and accredited by key industry bodies like HMRC, Irish Revenue, The Pensions Regulator, and partner with some of the most recognised frameworks, including G-Cloud 15.
Public sector pensions
Our software supports all major public sector pension schemes, including those for education, local and regional government, and the civil service.
Regular software releases
We release regular software updates to keep you compliant with fast-moving public sector regulations.
We understand the unique challenges faced by the Public Sector
Zellis has more than 60 years of experience supporting organisations that keep public services running, from local government and education to housing and emergency services.
We strive to keep our customers one step ahead of change in the areas that matter most to them, from meeting complex regulations and sustainability goals, to hiring and retaining the best talent, to mitigating funding constraints by driving operational efficiency.
Award-winning public sector pay software
Accurate pay, trusted workforce data and reliable processes help public sector organisations support their people and deliver services with confidence.
Our award-winning pay software is geared up to provide the functionality, flexibility, and performance that public sector organisations need. Our dedicated tools for all public sector pay regulations make reporting, pensions and compliance easier.
Our vision is to deliver the future of pay. That’s why with ZellisONE you can pay employees instantly and more accurately, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We work to give your employees access to tools that enhance their financial wellbeing — from Earned Wage Access (EWA) and pay transparency to personalised financial guidance. EWA is just one part of our broader commitment to helping employees feel more confident and in control of their finances.
Next-generation HR
If you need to prioritise complex, multi-post, multi-contact records, ZellisONE is already helping top public sector organisations transform the way they work.
Zellis’s deployment in the Azure cloud ensures industry-leading levels of scalability, security and resilience. Keep your operations always running smoothly.
Make employees feel appreciated for the work they do with self-service that is personalised, mobile and tightly integrated with their everyday systems and processes.
Simplify your reporting requirements and establish a single source of truth. Unlock the business insights in your pay and HR data with built-in analytics tools.
Managed HR and Pay services for Public Sector Organisations
If you’re looking to reduce the pressure on your internal resources and create measurable improvements in your processes, managed HR and pay services from Zellis may be for you.
Expertise at scale
We have more than 700 experts, who work with our own technology to meet your bespoke business requirements – whatever they may be.
Resilient delivery
Our managed HR and pay services model offers resilience, continuity, and economies of scale to de-risk your pay and HR operations.
Stay in control
Maintain control and visibility with our modern and secure customer collaboration portal. View the status of your pay, check reports and make approvals in-real time.
Trust
We develop a close partnership with every customer. We take a structured approach focused on continuous improvement, strict governance, and measurable value.
Don’t just take our word for it
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