Pensions Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 06 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £34,203 i £37,067 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 13 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Northampton, NN1 1ED |
| Cwmni: | West Northamptonshire Council |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | Ref/51524/7765 |
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The Pensions Service is seeking a highly motivated and performance-driven individual to join our Pensions Projects Team as a Pensions Officer. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is committed to delivering outstanding customer service and who can demonstrate a flexible and proactive approach to pension administration.
In this role, you will be responsible for delivering all aspects of pension administration while ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and meeting critical deadlines within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
Additional Information
Please note: Previous applicants need not apply.
If you have any queries please contact charlotte.pereira@westnorthants.gov.uk
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What will you be doing?The Pensions Officer role sits within the Projects team and is responsible for pension administration tasks including processing benefit calculations, data input and validation, responding to queries from members, employers, pensioners and dependents, peer check colleagues’ casework, updating/processing member records with the relevant information. This fast-paced customer facing role is critical to ensure casework is either dealt with immediately at the point of contact or is efficiently allocated to the appropriate casework team.
Please see job description for further information about what this role involves
About youExperience of working within the LGPS and ideally experience in a similar role would be advantageous. Your excellent communication skills and confidence with analysing pension issues and offering sound, reliable and professional information will enable you to explain clearly complex pension issues to non-specialists.
You will be able to pay high attention to detail to ensure all tasks are processed efficiently and accurately in line with the LGPS regulations using a variety of MS Office and IT resources.
Previous experience using Altair and/or ERP is advantageous.
We will provide full and comprehensive training to give you the skills and confidence you need to complete the role.
Please see person specification for a full list of essential and desirable criteria.
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