Do you understand the importance of attention to detail and great communication? Are you open to change and enjoy a challenge? Could you support us in ensuring that we reliably and accurately deliver the Pensions to our members of Local Government Pension Scheme for the Isle of Wight Council Pension Fund?
You will be empowered, not only to help build resilience, but be part of the journey to support the next generation of the team with our already strong training programme, mentoring and evolving how we work.
Are you up for the challenge?
What will I do?
In our friendly, professional, and highly motivated pensions team you’ll be given the skills you’ll need to take on a variety of detailed tasks including.
·Ensuring data collection is accurate.
·Conducting variety of different LGPS pension calculations
·Liaising regularly with eligible employers of the fund to obtain correct information. All our Employers use i-connect to submit monthly data.
·Challenging employers over the quality of data.
·Ensuring pension entitlements and calculations are compliant (under LGPS regulations set out by the Pensions Regulator and the Pensions Act.
·The calculation and payment of pension benefits to all scheme members
·Checking new staff documents, contractual changes, leavers, and refunds to ensure records are accurate.
·Support with McCloud and other projects.
What skills do I need to apply?
To succeed in the role of Pensions Administration Officer, we will require you to have Local Government Pension Scheme knowledge of the scheme regulations, calculations, and experience of Pension administration systems. We will also need you to have excellent Microsoft skills including the use of Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
You’ll need to possess good numerical aptitude and can learn and keep up to date with complex and ever-changing scheme regulations.
It’s vital that you are customer-focused with good communication skills to successfully engage with a wide variety of people every day and you’ll need be flexible and adaptable in your approach to work.
The Job Summary is currently being updated and will soon be attached.
When you join #TeamIWC you'll receive our staff benefits package, including:
- Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays!
- Local Government pension scheme
- Discounted Solent ferry travel
- Island bus network discount
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff parking permit scheme
- Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership
- National and local discounts & benefits schemes
For some vacancies (subject to criteria)
- A relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available if you are specifically relocating to the Isle of Wight to take up a new role with us
- If you choose to commute to the Isle of Wight daily, you may be eligible to have some travel costs reimbursed
Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.
The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.
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The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, who is proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.
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