Pensions Officer (Employment Services)

Location

Flintshire, Wales | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Category : Finance
Location : County Hall, Raikes Lane, Mold CH7 6NB – Phase 1, Flintshire County Council
Hours Per Week : 37.00
Start Date : immediate Start
Start Time : 08:30
End Time : 16:30
Salary: £12.20

1. To provide advice and guidance to managers and employees on the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), Teachers’ Pensions and Peoples Pension schemes. Liaising with representatives of those schemes.
2. To undertake payroll related pension administration, ensuring correct application, accuracy and timescales are met for internal and external clients. Ensuring that work is completed within statutory and service level agreements deadlines.
3. To maintain a thorough knowledge of all the pensions schemes covering all employees and external clients of the Council. Having a correct understanding and application of the LGPS, Teachers Pensions, Peoples Pension Schemes and /Statutory Schemes/Legislation/Council Policies and Procedures/Conditions of Service/Discretions and other relevant regulations/ guidance as they affect payroll related pensions administration.
4. To Liaise with the team leader – payroll/systems to ensure all guidance relating to the LGPS, Teachers & Peoples Pensions Scheme are conveyed to the relevant HR & OD team members
5. To contribute to the development of staff within the Employment Services team with regard to pensions knowledge. To provide assistance to and comply with requests from internal and external auditors. To liaise with the supplier of HR & Payroll software with regards to legislative changes, pension related system queries and any subsequent required system updates.
6. To ensure that any identified deficiencies and/or scope for improvement in pension administration and compliance are progressed at the earliest opportunity, including the use of the HR/Payroll system and the Council’s infonet and internet facilities.
7. To produce, populate and reconcile all pension returns to the multiple scheme providers within the deadlines set for each scheme. To ensure that all pensions related correspondence and queries are dealt with in a timely manner.

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