Senior Pensions Officer

Job Introduction

West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) administers the Local Government Pension Scheme for over 850 employers based throughout the UK and is valued at over £19bn. We also have a shared service partnership with Lincolnshire Pension Fund, the London Boroughs of Hounslow and Barnet and a number of Fire Authorities for the administration of the Firefighters Pension Schemes. The Funds have a combined membership totalling 500,000. More information on this can be found on our website at www.wypf.org.uk. 

We have a vacancies for Senior Pensions Officers across our pensions administration teams, including Fire scheme administration. You will be part of a busy team dealing with complex areas of work. As a Senior Pensions Officer, you will have proven experience in the administration of the LGPS and/or FIRE Pension Scheme, including knowledge of pension legislation and the ability to calculate benefits. 

You should therefore have strong numeracy skills with attention to detail, exercise good judgment and be able to manage your own workloads with minimum supervision. You should possess effective communication skills both verbally and in writing and adopt a positive but sympathetic customer care approach to your work.

You will also have the skills needed to supervise Pensions Officers and will be able to work to a high degree of accuracy and to tight deadlines.

As a minimum you will have:

• Demonstratable experience of pension scheme and/or payroll administration; and
• Experience of training, supervising and assisting staff
• 5 GCSE’s Grade C (including Maths and English) or equivalent level qualifications and the Certificate in Pensions Administration (CPA)or currently studying for the CPA qualification or another recognized professional pensions/payroll qualification (APSA, IPPM, PMI or CIPP) or equivalent level relevant professional qualification. 

The post is a career grade consisting of 3 grades with progression bars between them.   

In return we can offer:

• Flexible working
• LGPS Pension
• Ongoing training and development
• Hybrid working 

A disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.

How to Apply

If you are interested in joining our team and would like some further information, please contact Laura Taylorson on 01274 434878 or email laura.taylorson@wypf.org.uk. 

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Equal Opportunities 

We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, marital status, gender re-assignment, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, ethnic background, religion or belief nationality or age. And, as an equal opportunities employer, the Council strives to employ the best qualified people from a diverse range of applicants. 

The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.