AddressHours: 37 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Service Area: Finance
Department: Pensions
This post attracts a market supplement of 8.7%
The Avon Pension Fund is expanding and is looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join its Employer Services teams
About the Avon Pension Fund
The Avon Pension Fund administers the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for over 125,000 members across 464 employers in the local area. Employers include local unitary councils, universities, academies, town and parish councils, housing associations and charities. The fund is worth over £5 billion and is one of the largest local authority pension funds in the UK. More information can be found at www.avonpensionfund.org.uk.
Employer Services
Working as part of the Employer Relations Team you will be responsible for training and supporting of our scheme employers to ensure they fully understand and carry out their scheme responsibilities. You will be required to manage your own workload, working as part of our busy pensions team and on your own projects, if required. The main tasks include:
- Training and supporting scheme employers
- Checking work completed by the teams Pension Officer
- Bringing new employers into the scheme
- Running reports for the admissions team
- Supporting the other teams in Employer Services and Member Services
About You
Ideally, you will have experience in pension or financial administration, as well as an understanding of the Local Government Pension Scheme. The ability to speak confidently to employers is essential, along with a strong work ethic and confidence in working independently as well as part of a team.
Benefits
Successful candidates will benefit from:
- Flexible working, working at least two days a week in the Civic Centre in Keynsham, halfway between Bristol and Bath and easily accessible via public transport
- IT equipment for home working, including a laptop
- 26 days annual leave, rising to 31 days after 5 years’ service, pro-rata for part-time workers
- Access to a flexible working scheme allowing up to an additional 1.5 days leave every four weeks
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- An Employee Assistance Programme – we are committed to supporting you and your wellbeing at work and home
- Comprehensive induction training
- Ongoing on the job training and continuing support from our training and development team.
Interested to find out more?
If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact either:
Isabel Martin (Employer Relations Team Leader) on 01225 394237 or email Isabel_Martin@BATHNES.GOV.UK
Grant Roberts (Data Control Team Leader) on 01225 394337 or email grant_roberts@bathnes.gov.uk
To apply
Please use the online application facility.
For further information on applying please see “Application Form Help” page on the Jobs website.
Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be Bold, Empowered, Supportive and Transparent.
Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.
As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.
Interview Date:04/04/2024
Safeguarding Statement:
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.
Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.
