Pensions Administrator

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Public Sector Resourcing Full time

In the Defra group, we deal with a vast range of issues that profoundly impact on people’s lives. We are responsible for England’s environment, our countryside and rural economy, the food and farming sectors and have lead responsibility for protection from a wide range of natural threats and hazards. We have developed a set of three strategic objectives covering our policy outcomes and corporate objectives. These objectives help us to deliver our ambitious vision to build our green and healthy future and provide a framework for all the important work we carry out.

**Our objectives are**:
To pass on to the next generation a natural environment protected and enhanced for the future.

To lead the world in food, farming, and fisheries with a sustainable model of food production.

To be an outstanding organisation focused on making a difference, with world class delivery capability.

Defra Group HR is a transforming HR function, bringing together HR professionals who provide an expert service to Core Defra, Animal and Plant Health Agency, Rural Payments Agency, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Environment Agency and Natural England.

We are creating a more effective, efficient and unified HR function across the Defra group and making it easier and simpler for our customers to do business with us.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Employee Benefits and Pensions team within Defra Group HR during a period of exciting change and transition.

Working specifically within the Pensions function of the team, you will play an essential role in the continuation of pension payments to existing recipients as well as ensuring business continuity regarding closed pension schemes, working with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that transition projects are completed to budget and timescales.

Providing both a support and challenge function to the SEO and wider Pensions Team, you will be flexible and willing to undertake tasks with enthusiasm and determination to get the best outcome for our clients.

As a **Pensions Administrator - (Inside IR35) **your main responsibilities would be:

- To support the work of the Pensions team in the transition of closed by-analogy pension schemes and Injury Benefit schemes from throughout Defra Group to HR.
- To work with a variety of stakeholders to ensure sufficient and timely progress is made on transitional activities relating to closed pension schemes.
- This will involve quality checking a variety of data sources to ensure accuracy as well as ensuring deadlines and targets are met.
- To build excellent working relationships with key stakeholders to ensure smooth transition of schemes, updating Line Management on progressing and escalating issues as and when they occur.
- This will involve engaging with wider Pensions team colleagues, HR, Finance and Policy teams as well as Ministerial Private Offices and Cabinet Office.
- To provide comprehensive and authoritative advice, to draw conclusions and explain and defend the position in a convincing way, using available data and information both provided and identified through research.
- To contribute to and influence policy development through researching and analysing requirements, identifying potential issues and proposing solutions ahead of issues becoming problems and determining processes and procedures internally and with 3rd party providers for policy implementation.
- To contribute to the preparation and required engagement of papers required for remuneration or pension committee, Ex Co, Permanent Secretary, FOIs, PQs and any other BAU reporting or ad hoc reporting requirements.
- To build influencing relationships with internal and external customers and to use these contacts to gain an understanding of and resolve complex or cross-cutting issues.
- Support the wider work of the Pensions team, building capability of both the Environment Agency and Civil Service Pensions team by providing resilient support to ensure business continuity and managing pension cases and queries as they come through.
- To contribute to the legacy work and good governance of closed pension schemes once all transition work is completed.
- Provide support and guidance to individual pension scheme members, managers and HR colleagues working across the Civil Service Pension Scheme and the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Given the fast-paced and customer facing environment in which we operate, the team needs to respond flexibly to emerging priorities.

**Essential**:

- ** Exceptional Communication and interpersonal skills - ESSENTIAL**:

- ** Stakeholder engagement experience - ESSENTIAL**:

- ** Applicants should be analytical and numerical - ESSENTIAL**:

- ** Highly flexible attitude to work - ESSENTIAL**

**Desirable**:

- ** Experience of either pensions / finance / payroll - DESIRABLE**- Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas._

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