Pension Administration team

Do you have a keen eye for detail and strive for excellence? We have a
great opportunity within our pensions administration team!

As a Pensions Administrator, you will be joining an experienced and
dedicated team who are focused on supporting our client to provide the best
possible experience to all their Scheme Members. If you are a highly motivated
individual with passion and desire to contribute to the positive reputation of
our business, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for individuals interested in developing a career in
pensions, who are willing to learn and grow. You will be supported by the Team
Leaders and Managers from day one, becoming an integral member of the team and
encouraged to develop your skills and knowledge, including our support for taking
professional qualifications if you wish. We put the wellbeing of our people at
the heart of what we do, and therefore flexibility of work key for us.

We offer hybrid working, typically up to two days per week in the
office. Ideally, candidates will be based near our Newcastle or Newport (Wales)
Centres of Excellence, though we’re open to considering strong candidates from
other locations on a one‑day‑per‑month office basis at these locations.

What you will be doing:

- Producing and checking calculations of member’s benefits using automated calculation routines.
- Preparing and checking standard explanatory letters.
- Resolve pension related queries for our customer by phone, live chat and email working with other teams in a timely manner - delighting our customer, escalating complex cases or complaints to a senior administrator or SME as appropriate.
- Ensuring the accuracy of our pension administration records, currently based on the Compendia administration system.
- Manage pension contribution adjustments including agreeing and administering recovery plans.
- To collate, analyse data and prepare reports that are presented to senior team members.
- Working with the payroll team and Client’s reward team as required.

What you’ll bring:

- Ability to delight customers with great service.
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Good numerical skills.
- Able to work in a team.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion.
- Able to prioritise multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Fantastic organisational skills and the ability to work independently.
- Be flexible, honest and respectful.

It would be great if you had:

- Knowledge of Police Pension Schemes/Civil Service Pension Schemes or other public sector defined benefit schemes.
- Payroll or Pension administration experience.
- Experience of analysing and interpreting complex data.
- Strong skills in Microsoft applications such as Excel and Word.
- If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and
experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to
hear from you! We
- encourage and will support applications from neuro-divergent
applicants.

Employment Type: Full-time -Permanent.
Location: Hybrid – Newport/Newcastle.
Security Clearance Level: NPPV2.
Internal Recruiter: Becky.
Salary: £26298pa
Benefits: 25 days annual leave
with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance,
pension, and generous flexible benefits fund.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that
flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation,
reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different
ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if
you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk
to us about what might be possible.

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