Pensions Officer

We are seeking an enthusiastic, team player to join our Payroll and Pensions Team within the Finance Department of the Police Force. This is a newly created role supporting the Pensions & Payroll Manager and the post holder will be part of a team providing an excellent payroll service.

Main Purpose of Role

You will be responsible for interpretating current pensions legislation, providing guidance and completing returns to external and government bodies to a high standard and ensuring they are carried out accurately and on time.

It is an exciting time to join the payroll team as the Force is undertaking a large review following the McCloud ruling. The postholder will be pivotal in supporting this process, through collating and checking of data for completeness, and liaising with our third party provider.

Disability Confident
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We operate a flexi scheme for staff; basic holiday entitlement of 24 days per year, plus Bank Holidays which increases to 29 and 32 days after 5 and 10 years service respectively; salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work; and are part of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) which is a defined benefit scheme based on a career average salary.

At our joint headquarters site we offer free parking and includes a canteen and subsidised gym facilities at around £3 per month.

Key Skills & Experience Required

For the key skills and experience please refer to the person specification.