There are a number of positions available
About the role:
To undertake administration tasks in order to maintain accurate member data to calculate and pay pension benefits to a specific category of membership. To work as part of a team providing an efficient and effective pensions administration service to members, employers and third-party agencies and organisations, ensuring excellent customer service in every interaction
About you:
Experience of the use of IT packages e.g. MS Office, MS365 with strong IT skills
Good oral and written communication skills
Understanding and awareness of quality assurance skills
A basic working knowledge of LGPS and TPS regulations
5 GCSE’s including Maths and English Language or equivalent
Ability to work well in a team as well as using your own initiative
What you will do:
Member record maintenance to include recording and notifying relevant
departments of changes to members personal details, to be able to verify data held to enable the calculation of pension benefits.
To calculate and pay refunds of pension contributions of Local Government Pension Scheme members and to perform benefit calculations of Career Average Revalued Earnings scheme member benefits only
To process new entrants into the pension scheme, including checking the NI database and corresponding with previous pension providers to investigate the possibility of aggregating previous LGPS benefits and/or transfer of other pension rights
To assist with the control and monitoring of secure access by authorised scheme members to ‘My Powys Pension’ self-service and providing support to the systems officers with self-service housekeeping
To maintain working knowledge of relevant Pension Scheme Regulations,
procedures and other statutory arrangements and to their revisions as necessary
If you have any questions about the role, please contact:
Nicole Johnstone – Member Services Manager – 01597 82 7643 or Jake Elliott - Senior Pensions Officer 01597 827346.
This position has a requirement for a Standard DBS Check
Service: Finance
Salary: Grade 6 Point 11 to Point 14 £28,142 to £29,540 per annum £14.58 to £15.31 per hour
Please note that at this point, Powys County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.
- We will train you and develop your skills
- Flexible Working
- Guaranteed defined benefit Pension Scheme
- Learning and Development
- Lease Car Scheme
- Competitive Pay
- A Great Place to Live
- Powys County Council Reward Scheme
- Health and Well Being
- Salary Sacrifice Benefits
