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Head of Public Service Pensions
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Head of Public Service Pensions

Government Actuary's Department -
Edinburgh

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Permanent | Part-time | Full-time
£141,109 - £156,488 a year
1 day ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Private medical insurance
Employee discount
Paid volunteer time
Sick pay

Qualifications

Pension
Actuarial experience
Stakeholder liaison
Presentation skills
Professional development mentoring

Full job description

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Reference number

475983

Salary

£141,109 - £156,488

External applicants will start on the pay band minimum for the role appointed to, unless they can prove they have exceptional skills in line with the requirements of the role. Internal applicants applying on promotion will usually be appointed to the salary minimum or within 5% of existing salary. Standard pay rules apply for existing civil servants.

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

GBP

Job grade

Other

Actuary Band 6

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

Public Service Pensions

Type of role

Other

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Part-time

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Location

10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 4PU / Edinburgh Government Hub Queen Elizabeth House, Edinburgh EH8 8FT

About the job

Job summary

You will lead GADs public service pensions actuarial team, setting the strategic direction for one of the departments most significant areas of client work, with a team of around 40 staff. You will ensure the team plays a central role in supporting government clients on complex pension policy, risk, financing and delivery issues across the UK public service pensions landscape.

As Head of Public Service Pensions, you will be accountable for ensuring GAD provides clear, robust and practical actuarial advice that commands confidence with senior clients and supports effective public policy outcomes. You will bring professional judgement, strategic insight and operational leadership to help shape the future of GADs pensions offer.

You will act as the senior ambassador and public face of GADs public service pensions work, representing the department with clients, stakeholders and the wider pensions community. Leading through senior actuaries who manage client portfolios, you will build a collaborative, inclusive and professionally excellent team that works across GAD to deliver high-quality outcomes for clients.

Job description

You will provide strategic, operational and professional leadership for the actuarial team, setting priorities and ensuring that advice is technically sound, clearly communicated and relevant to the needs of government clients. Particular responsibilities include:

Strategy and Planning

Developing the business plan and strategic goals for the team, aligned to the departmental strategy, and ensure these are delivered.
Ownership of the teams strategic investment priorities.
Effective foresight of potential client activity for your team, including the business pipeline.
Aligning actuarial work plans with clients policy, financial and operational priorities.

Transformation and Operational Effectiveness

Sponsorship of transformation programmes for major team projects.
Taking action to ensure efficient delivery and productivity improvements.
Supporting the development of new actuarial advice on public service pensions, reflecting UK government policy aims, financial pressures and wider developments in the pensions landscape.

People and Professional Leadership

Providing oversight, coach and support senior team members who manage the client portfolios. Support career development across the team, inspiring staff to reach their potential.
Creating and sustaining an inclusive, supportive and high-performing culture across the team, ensuring effective leadership, talent management, workforce planning and colleague engagement.
Contributing to the professional leadership of the department by advising, mentoring and constructively challenging colleagues and their work.

Client and Stakeholder Collaboration

Commercial leadership, with oversight of new business pipelines, development activities and client relationship management across the team.
Building and maintaining strong and influential relationships with senior stakeholders in client departments.
Ensuring advice is tailored to client needs and that intelligence about client priorities and risks is shared to support wider engagement.

Ensuring the team works collegiately and collaboratively with other business units, drawing on wider actuarial and analytical expertise where this improves client outcomes.

Person specification

Key external stakeholders include: HM Treasury, UK government departments, devolved administrations, public service pension scheme stakeholders and other public sector clients.
Key internal stakeholders include: the Government Actuary, Executive Committee, Non-Executive Directors, Actuarial Directors, business unit leadership teams, corporate functions and staff.

The role holder will have responsibility for the fee income and delegated expenditure of the team, operational processes and controls
The role holder will be expected to role model GADs professional standards, values and behaviours, and to represent the department with senior clients and stakeholders. They will also contribute to the collective leadership and management of the wider unit.

The role holder will be expected to connect with other actuarial and multidisciplinary teams to share experience, develop consistent approaches where appropriate, and support the professional development of colleagues through line management, coaching and mentoring.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Seeing the Big Picture
Changing and Improving
Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Delivering at Pace

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (or international equivalent) (Essential)
Substantial experience of providing actuarial advice on pensions, including the ability to explain complex technical issues clearly to senior non-specialist audiences (Essential)
Developed insight into the UK pensions landscape, including public service pension schemes, funding, benefit design, governance, risk and stakeholder considerations (Essential)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £141,109, Government Actuary's Department contributes £40,879 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

As well as competitive salaries, we offer a substantial package of benefits:

Exceptional learning and development opportunities that you can explore alongside your day-to-day work.
25 days annual leave per year, increasing to 30 days after 5 years service. In addition, we offer 9 days public and privilege days leave per year (pro rata for part time staff)
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
5 days of paid volunteering leave
Up to 9 months maternity leave on full pay + generous paternity and adoption leave
Staff reward and recognition bonuses that operate throughout the year.
Occupational sick pay
Family-friendly policies such as help with caring responsibilities, special leave, generous paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
Access to employee assistance programme which offers staff 24/7 confidential support and resources such as counselling, debt guidance and management advice.
The opportunity to join a trade union.
A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity.
Salary advances for travel costs, including annual season tickets and cycle-to-work schemes.
Access to the Edenred employee benefits system which offers discounts to popular retailers and access to various useful resources such as financial and savings advice.
Complimentary BUPA health check.

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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Behaviours and Technical skills.

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete:

A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you provide employment history that relates to the essential criteria, and that any gaps in employment history within the last 2 years are explained.

A Personal statement of up to 500-words explaining how you meet the essential criteria for the role, with particular reference to the criteria provided in the person specification of the JD.

Your CV and Personal Statement will be used to assess the essential criteria listed in the job description.

During the interview you will be assessed on the experience and behaviours listed in the Person Specification and detailed in this advert. The interview will include a presentation, details of which will be sent to those invited to interview.

Application deadline: 1200 hrs on 07 September 2026

Shortlisting: By w/c 14 September 2026

Engagement Session: 21 September 2026

First Round Interviews: 23 and 24 September 2026

Final Round Interviews: 01 and 02 October 2026

Interview location: In office (Either London, E14 4PU or Edinburgh, EH8 8FT)

Please apply via our recruitment portal below.

As part of the application form process, please submit your CV and supporting statement. Please do not email your CV outside of this process as it will not be accepted.

Shortlisting criteria is based on the Person Specification as set out in the Assessment Criteria section of the Job Description. Please ensure you provide examples of how you meet the Assessment Criteria; a strong application will also demonstrate that you meet the required criteria that are identified as key for this role. Applications will be shortlisted in line with the essential criteria for the role. The desirable criteria will not be assessed throughout the recruitment process, but will be used in the event of tied scores between candidates. Behaviours will be assessed at sift and interview stage. Candidates who are successful at shortlist will be contacted as soon as possible and advised of the interview process and assessment (exact times and dates will also be confirmed).

A reserve list will be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy .

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The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Recruitment Team
Email : [email protected]

Recruitment team

Email : [email protected]

Further information

The Government Actuarys Departments recruitment processes are underpinned by the recruitment principles of the Civil Service Commissioner, which outline that selection for appointment be made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/ If you feel at any time your application has not been treated in accordance with the values in the Civil Service Code and/or if you feel the recruitment has been conducted in such a way that conflicts with the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles, you may make a complaint, by contacting the recruitment team at [email protected] in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you can contact the Civil Service Commissioners.

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