Business Management Officer (Pensions)

Role Responsibility

Fixed Term for 12 Months

We are recruiting for a Pensions Business Management Officer (KR9) to join Kent County Council’s busy Pensions and Treasury Service, working for Kent Pension Fund. Whilst we are advertising this role as full-time (37 hours a week), we also welcome applications from part-time applicants, who would be willing to work a minimum of 28 hours a week (please state your preferred number of working hours in your application). The primary location for this role is Maidstone, Kent, whereby the successful candidate will undertake both working at home and in the office, according to business needs.

Due to the current workload of the team, this vacancy is offered as a 12-month Secondment opportunity to internal KCC applicants and offered as a 12-month Fixed Term Contract to external applicants. This is a great opportunity for anyone looking for an interesting and varied business administration role with project involvement. You will undertake business support tasks that contribute to the smooth running of Kent Pension Fund. You will support and assist colleagues in preparing information, collating data and facilitating project delivery. You will work in our Pensions Projects Team with our other Pensions Business Management Officer and other team colleagues. 

The post holder will be organised, with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with different audiences, including senior managers. Please see full details in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.  The post requires someone who is able to work at pace and who has experience of working within a business administrative environment, preferably in the pensions/finance industry/ local government or similar.

 Application

We politely request that all applicants state their interest, business administration skills and project experience (relevant to the job description) in the ‘How you meet the requirements of the role’ section of their online application form.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. 

Interviews will be held in April 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to prepare a presentation on the day of interview, presentation details will be given in advance. 

We politely request that all applicants apply via the KCC jobs website. No help is required from agencies in filling this role. 

Contact Details

For further details about this role, please contact Emma Green (emma.green2@kent.gov.uk, Senior Pensions Programme Manager), to whom this role reports.

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

KCC is transitioning to a new pay structure from 1st April 2025.  More details can be found here - Pay - Jobs & Careers - Kent County Council 

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.