Developments Lead - Control & Pension

Leicestershire County Council; East Midlands, Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Grade 10 (Pay Points 23-26) £34,350 - £37,950 FTE (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 Hours Full Time / Part Time Considered

Contract Type: Fixed term to 31st March 2026

Closing Date: 15th April 2025

Interview Date(s): w/c 28th April 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen on a fixed term basis for a Pensions & Control Development Lead to join the Employee Service Centre (ESC). The ESC is a busy transactional service that forms part of East Midlands Shared Services. We provide transactional Payroll and HR Administration services to Nottingham City Council (NCC) and Leicestershire County Council (LCC).

As the Pensions & Control Development Lead, the successful candidate will work closely with the Payroll Control Team, looking for opportunities to improve the services delivered. The successful candidate will be the lead on all pension related changes/updates for all occupational pension schemes that LCC and NCC operate as part of their payroll service.

If you are a forward-thinking person that is not afraid to face into a challenge and enjoy developing improved ways of working to maximise efficiencies, this may be the opportunity for you.

About the Role

This is a development role focusing on the Payroll Control functions and all pension related changes and updates. Working closely with the Control Team Leader in developing improvements across the control processes to achieve efficiencies, testing and reviewing changes implemented and working with colleagues to ensure delivery to timescales. The role will involve investigating any future legislative changes to the pension schemes on behalf of the Councils, that may involve future planning, leading and testing those changes to ensure full compliance to scheme regulations. Training team members on new practices and processes. Leading on improvements in reporting facilities to provide key performance related data and all pension and audit requirements.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• Knowledge/experience of using Oracle ERP system or similar HR/Payroll system
• A working knowledge of the Local Government and Teachers' pension schemes
• Be competent in the use of ICT systems, including Word, Excel, Outlook and ticket management systems.
• Be able to utilise continuous improvement methods and techniques
• Knowledge of developing, reviewing, and managing Key Performance Indicators
• An understanding of using reporting tools to provide accurate key data or provide accurate documentation of requirements
• Expertise in implementing new work requirements and develop methods of improvement
• Collaborative skills to evaluate working practices across teams and identify improvements

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Wendy Potter
Service Delivery Manager
0116 3057718
[e-mail]

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

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