Senior Pensions Officer
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Ipswich
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 19 Oct 2021
- Closes
- 16 Nov 2021
- Sectors
- Banking & Financial Services
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Suffolk County Council has an exciting opportunity available for a Senior Pensions Officer to join our team based in Ipswich. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of GBP27,041 per annum (pro rata for part time).
Do you have a proven ability to adapt to new challenges?
Can you continuously deliver process improvements?
Would you like to work in an incredibly varied and rewarding role?
As our Senior Pensions Officer, you will:
Lead a team of Pension Officers within our busy pensions department, motivating and providing guidance and support to ensure the team achieve their targets
Complete projects and statutory work, sometimes working closely with other members of the Pensions Management team to achieve these
Refer to policies and relevant pensions legislation and be able to apply these to your work
Represent the team in various meetings as well as occasionally preparing and delivering presentations.
Your responsibilities as our Senior Pensions Officer will include:
Identifying and resolving training requirements in your team
Overseeing various areas of work including transferring in of members previous pension values, an amalgamation of pension records and the provision of pension estimates to members and employers
Reconciling between the pensions and financial systems.
Requirements needed to become our Senior Pensions Officer:
The ability to support and successfully lead a team of people in a busy department enabling targets to be met
A high degree of accuracy when working under pressure to meet conflicting deadlines
Excellent organisational skills
A high level of literacy and numeracy skills
A proven ability to interpret, understand and communicate complicated information.
We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate and engage, but on occasions, there may be a requirement for you to travel using reasonable and suitable means available to you.
Due to the current situation with COVID-19, we have limitations on staff working in our offices and most of the staff continue to work from home.
If you think you have what it takes to be successful in the Senior Pensions Officer role, even if you don't meet all the requirements, please apply today - we would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.
Closing date: 28th October 2021
Please note interviews are expected to be held online via Microsoft Teams.
The authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Suffolk County Council - welcoming diversity
Do you have a proven ability to adapt to new challenges?
Can you continuously deliver process improvements?
Would you like to work in an incredibly varied and rewarding role?
As our Senior Pensions Officer, you will:
Lead a team of Pension Officers within our busy pensions department, motivating and providing guidance and support to ensure the team achieve their targets
Complete projects and statutory work, sometimes working closely with other members of the Pensions Management team to achieve these
Refer to policies and relevant pensions legislation and be able to apply these to your work
Represent the team in various meetings as well as occasionally preparing and delivering presentations.
Your responsibilities as our Senior Pensions Officer will include:
Identifying and resolving training requirements in your team
Overseeing various areas of work including transferring in of members previous pension values, an amalgamation of pension records and the provision of pension estimates to members and employers
Reconciling between the pensions and financial systems.
Requirements needed to become our Senior Pensions Officer:
The ability to support and successfully lead a team of people in a busy department enabling targets to be met
A high degree of accuracy when working under pressure to meet conflicting deadlines
Excellent organisational skills
A high level of literacy and numeracy skills
A proven ability to interpret, understand and communicate complicated information.
We positively encourage the use of technology to communicate and engage, but on occasions, there may be a requirement for you to travel using reasonable and suitable means available to you.
Due to the current situation with COVID-19, we have limitations on staff working in our offices and most of the staff continue to work from home.
If you think you have what it takes to be successful in the Senior Pensions Officer role, even if you don't meet all the requirements, please apply today - we would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.
Closing date: 28th October 2021
Please note interviews are expected to be held online via Microsoft Teams.
The authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Suffolk County Council - welcoming diversity