Barnsley with the opportunity for hybrid working.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Employer Services Team in this well-respected, award-winning organisation managing a £10 billion pension fund. You will be responsible for a varied workload, providing information to scheme members and employers in the pension fund as well as calculating the range of scheme benefits available. We are actively developing ways to use new technology to improve the services we provide to our members.
We are looking for two enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our team. We are a growing public sector organisation with a team of around 100 staff who run the workplace pension scheme on behalf of a large number of employing organisations, including Local Authorities and other public bodies, educational institutions and a number of charitable organisations.
We are both a local authority and a pension fund and we’re unique within the Local Government Pension Scheme as the only democratically accountable single purpose pension organisation in the UK. As a local government body, we have a public sector ethos and place a great deal of importance on our organisational Values and Behaviours – which are all about being honest and accountable, professional, progressive and empowering.
What you’ll be doing:
You will join our Employer Services Team who carry out all aspects of pension administration. This will include processing different types of requests from our employers which will include general enquiries, monthly data files, the full employer journey and calculations. You will join a supportive team who will assist in developing your knowledge so you can move up our progression scheme.
There will also be opportunities to get involved in projects either within the team on areas such as system developments and improvement, or across the organisation for example in our Equality and Diversity group or Health, Safety and Wellbeing Committee among others.
You are not required to have experience in pensions, you just need to enjoy working with figures, have excellent IT skills and have a basic level of educational achievement equivalent to Level 2. You will also need to commit to the pursuit of an internally recognised standard of achievement to move through our career progression scheme. You will be fully supported.
We are also keen to hear from applicants who do have some previous pensions experience where there is the potential to be appointed above the starting salary shown.
Please refer to the job description upon submitting your application.
We will be interviewing throughout the recruitment process therefore early applications are encouraged.
We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.