Technical and Compliance Manager - Kent Pension Fund

Role Responsibility

We are delighted to confirm a vacancy for our new KR12 post: ‘Technical and Compliance Manager’, working for Kent Pension Fund.  The primary location for this role is Maidstone, Kent and the successful candidate will undertake hybrid working (both home and office working, according to business needs). We welcome applications from both internal and external applicants.

This role is full time 37 hours per week but we do welcome applications from part-time applicants, willing to work a minimum of 30 hours a week.

The post holder will join our large and successful Pensions and Treasury Service, within Pensions Section. This new post will play a vital role in the shaping of our pension service, ensuring that we are ready and prepared for regulatory change and technical developments that affect Kent Pension Fund.

You will be an experienced, solution focused team manager, responsible for your own multi-disciplinary team and senior reports. You will be the lead representative for the Fund’s technical team and will report directly to our Pension Administration Manager. You will be required to represent the Fund in matters relating to policy and legislation, therefore your knowledge of the Local Government Pension Scheme must be in depth, broad and comprehensive.  You will provide detailed advice for our stakeholders, which will include representatives from Pension Board and Pension Fund Committee. You will ensure technical compliance by challenging, monitoring and reviewing processes and working practices.

Application

We politely request that all applicants clearly state their interest, skills and experience for this technical leadership role (relevant to the job description/person specification) in the ‘Reason for Applying’ section of their online application form, clearly detailing their experience in pensions and compliance management.

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 the post holder has 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.

The closing date for all applications is Wednesday 8th May 2024.  Interviews to be undertaken May 2024.  Shortlisted candidates will be asked to deliver a presentation on the day of their interview, further details to be confirmed in advance of interview date.

No support needed from recruitment agencies in filling this role.

Please could interested applicants apply directly via the KCC jobs website portal.

Further information about Kent Pension Fund is on our Linkedin page.

Contact Details

For further information about this role, please contact:

Clare Chambers (clare.chambers@kent.gov.uk) Pension Administration 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.

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.