The role is looking for someone to start beginning of June 2024
The Role
- Reports to Head of Treasury and Pensions.
- Manages 7 Pensions staff.
- Lead officer responsible for the administration of the Local Government Pension Scheme, including managing the implementation of relevant legislative changes to the Scheme
- Support management in providing advice and support to the Pensions Committee and other member committees and senior management boards on pension related matters.
- Manage the relationship with the Pension Fund's 39 "other" employers, ensuring that they are aware of their responsibilities, including to provide information regarding scheme members and to remit contributions on time.
- Assist the Head of HR Operations in the management of the £30m (annually) pensioners' payroll
- Assist the Head of Treasury and Pensions in managing and the £65m Pension Fund income and expenditure budget.
- Manage all the aspects of the unit's performance management, ensuring that a high quality service is provided to the scheme's 18,500 members
- The post holder will visibly manage and motivate staff in the delivery of an efficient and effective, customer focussed and business-led Pensions service, including identifying, developing and implementing changes in working practices which would help to improve the service provided.
The Person
- In dept working knowledge of pension statute, Finance Act and HMRC legislation.
- Good working knowledge and understanding of a range of local authority pay and conditions and in-depth knowledge of pension legislation in relation to contractual and non-contractual conditions.
- Good knowledge of the LGPS Internal Disputes Resolution Process, and the ability to investigate and provide satisfactory solution in response to the most complicated and contentious client complaints.
- Knowledge of pensions related cross functional disciplines (e.g. AXISe/Altair, SAP functionality) to enable analysis of and resolution to the most complex functional issues.
- Good understanding of financial management and implications of costs in finance budget.
- Knowledge, awareness and understanding of the public sector, including understanding the key drivers for change.
- Good knowledge of the legislation and governance structure underpinning the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Extensive experience in pension management within either the public / private sector pensions administration.
- Demonstrate ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external clients.
- Strong interpersonal skills - able to build a high degree of credibility and presence to negotiate, influence, inspire confidence and respect and develop network within and outside of the Council.