Pensions Governance

6 months ago


Chichester, United Kingdom WSCC Full time

**The Opportunity** Salary**:£37,336 to £40,221 per annum

**Working Pattern**:Full time, 37 hours per week

**Location**:County Hall, Chichester and working from home

**Interview date**:w/c 01 and 08 July

This is an exciting role where, as the Pensions Governance & Compliance Officer, you will provide professional support to maintain the accountability of the County Council in its role as Administering Authority to the West Sussex Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), and as Scheme Manager for the West Sussex Fire & Rescue Pension Scheme.

You will help deliver efficient and effective, customer focused services to provide transparency, auditability and assurance of the governance arrangements.

This will include contributing to the smooth management of the statutory Pensions Committee which is responsible for dealing with key scheme governance issues, the management of the £5.7bn investment portfolio, maintaining the strong employer and funding strategy and ensuring a high quality administration service continues to be provided on behalf of over 90,000 members across over 200 employers.

You will also provide support to the Pension Advisory Board, which supports West Sussex County Council adhere to best practice, comply with legislative requirements and meet all requirements of the Pensions Regulator.

A promotional video about the benefits of working in the LGPS can be found **here** or use the QR code below:
**What are we looking for?**
- You will have significant political management skills and be able to provide effective guidance to Committee and Board members and officers to deliver the Pension Team’s objectives.
- You will be well organised, have a strong attention to detail, be able to successfully plan work and prioritise effectively, deliver service improvements, and review the effectiveness of service delivery.
- You will need to research matters independently and have strong literacy and numeracy skills in order to analyse and interpret information and produce written material.
- Flexibility is important too, as you’ll need to respond to the needs of the service and embrace change.

**For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.**
**Working for us**
our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

- an excellent **local government pension scheme**:

- generous holiday entitlement of** 27 **days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
- a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
- maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
- volunteering opportunities
- training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
- a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our **Staff discounts page** if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
- health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our **Rewards and Benefits page.**
**Further information**
The reference number for this role is **CRS00834**.

CC

Job Reference: CRS00834



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