Team Manager (Pensions)

Role Responsibility

We are pleased to confirm a vacancy for the post KR10 Team Manager (Pensions). This vacancy is advertised full-time (37 hours a week, Monday-Friday), permanent. We also welcome applications from part-time applicants, willing to work a minimum of 30 hrs a week. The post holder will help to administer Kent Pension Fund.

Your main responsibilities will include line managing a team of colleagues and coordinating colleagues to complete tasks. You will have specialist, in depth knowledge of Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) and its regulatory framework. You will be required to review, check and approve complex pension assessments/calculations and to manage pensions administration activities. Using our systems platform Altair, you will be expected to deliver a high-quality customer care service to support the many Employers and members of Kent Pension Fund. Please see full details in the attached job description/person specification. You will work alongside other team managers in our Pensions Section and you will report directly to our Pensions Manager.

If you are interested in applying for the role, you should state your interest, skills and pensions experience for this role (relevant to the job description) in the ‘Reason for Applying’ section of the online application form.

Please note that the primary location of the role is Maidstone, Kent; although the role is mainly home-based with occasional office working at Maidstone as per business needs. Applications from both internal and external candidates are welcomed.

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.

Please note, shortlisted candidates will be required to prepare information for a presentation, in advance of interview. Full details will be provided to shortlisted candidates. Interviews to be undertaken via MS Teams video call.

Contact Details

For further details about this role, please contact Clare Chambers (clare.chambers@kent.gov.uk, Pensions Manager) . We politely request that all applications are made online via the KCC jobs portal.

About the Company

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 and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

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