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£55,000 - £70,000, plus excellent benefits
Our client is one of the UK’s largest Defined Benefit pension schemes, serving more than 105,000 members and well-funded at its most recent actuarial valuation. The Scheme closed to new members in April 2002 and to future accrual in April 2017. The role is within the Trustee Executive Team (led by the Head of Pension Trust), which provides executive support to the Trustee and manages the Pension Scheme on a day-to-day basis. The main purpose of this role is both to provide a professional communication resource to the Trustee for all current and future communication requirements, working with all stakeholders to coordinate delivery of regular and ad-hoc pensions communication materials across all print and digital channels as well as to develop, manage and deliver Trustee operations, including the Trustee training plan.
Your key responsibilities will include
- Design, develop and deliver the communication plan for Defined Benefit (UK) pension scheme
- Be responsible for the Trustee’s digital strategy (Scheme website and member portal) to reach and engage with Scheme members and reduce the requirement for paper communication
- Manage the Trustee’s external reputation risk with support from the Trustee’s appointed PR adviser and appropriate engagement with External Communications
- Provide support and technical expertise to the development communications for members of the Defined Contribution pension plan
- Support the Head of Pension Trust and CIO and the Chair of the Trustee Board in ensuring the smooth functioning of the Board of Trust and Sub-Committees
- Good knowledge of pension scheme member communications, operations and administration and an understanding of Scheme governance frameworks and the role of a Trustee Board
- High level of pensions technical knowledge, with a desire to continually improve upon this
- Strong communication skills across all levels, including senior stakeholders
- Comfortable with change and confident to take ownership of tasks and delegate as necessary
- Highly self-motivated and enjoys working with own initiative, taking a proactive approach to driving improvements
