Senior Pension Consultant

Essex County Council

Senior Pension Consultant

£40130

Essex County Council, Chelmsford

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 19 Sep | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

  • Responsible for developing, delivering, and maintaining best practice guidance across all areas of pensions.

  • Examining and analysing calculations, controlling and authorisation of financial transactions on all aspects of service.

  • Using your initiative and be responsible for improving service delivery to employers and members.

  • Responsible for managing and resolving complaints received.

  • Provide information & guidance to our Scheme Members and Employers, Regulatory bodies, financial advisors and Solicitors on complex cases.

  • Coach and Mentor less experienced members of your team.

    We love people with great attitudes; it isn't only about having experience.


  • We want people who are driven and who love to learn new things, who are hard-working, take pride in their work and enjoy working as part of a team. People who are enthusiastic, punctual, considerate and who place a high level of importance on things such as being trustworthy, approachable, flexible, and friendly.

    We've a host of training material available to help develop you, ranging from day to day on the job support from your colleagues to Essex County Council's My Learning site where you'll find a huge variety of material to further enhance your skills and knowledge.

    If you've a desire to continually improve and you want to support your colleagues and our Scheme Members, have strong communication skills, a sound understanding of the LGPS and the Police and Fire Pension Schemes then we want to hear from you.

    The Essex Pension Fund is one of 86 pension funds which make up the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). The LGPS is the largest defined benefit pension scheme in England and Wales with a fund value of over £340billion.

    On its own, our Fund looks after 182,000 Scheme Members, over 800 Employers and is valued at over £11billion, placing us within the top 10 largest LGPS funds in the country.