Pensions Officer

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RB

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £25,188 - £33,294 (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 per week (but applications from candidates wishing to work part time will be considered)

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 26th January 2025

Interview Date(s): TBC

About the Role

Administer the provisions of the Local Government Pension Scheme. Calculating and paying transfers of scheme benefits for scheme members. As well as being able to calculate deferred benefits for scheme members and contribute to office and system improvements.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Have NVQ2 or equivalent such as 4 GCSEs (grades A to C / 4 to 9) including Maths and English or equivalent level of relevant experience
• Have experience of work involving the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Have experience of use of Microsoft Office software including Word and Excel (or equivalent packages)
• Have the ability to carry out calculations quickly with a very high degree of accuracy
• Have the ability to compose correspondence which is clear, concise and grammatically correct

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

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection 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:

Stuart Wells, Pensions Projects Manager

Telephone: 0116 305 6944

Email: [email protected]

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.freshdesk.com/support/home.

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