Pensions Apprentice

**Organisation**:Leicestershire County Council

**Work Location**:County Hall, Glenfield, Leics. LE3 8RA.

**Worker Category**:Hybrid Worker

**Salary**:£24,804 - £24,999 per annum (Pro rata for part time)

**Working Hours**:37 hours

**Contract Type**:Fixed term for 22 months

**Closing Date**:30 November 2025

**Interview Date(s)**:TBC

Are you looking for a finance-based career?

Would you like to work for a major organisation?

This is an exciting opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic person to be part of the Pensions Team at Leicestershire County Council, to develop new skills and learn about the Local Government Pension Scheme.

No experience necessary as full training will be given.

**About the Role**

You will be given a wide range of tasks to do, that will contribute to the work of your team.

Training will be given ‘on the job’ to enable you to understand how we work.

Your duties will include:

- Assist with keeping up to date records for all scheme members
- Setting up work tasks for your team
- Help with ‘year-end’ work, updating records with the latest information
- Assist with the administration of team checking spreadsheets
- Collate uploaded documents in preparation for indexing to records

The apprenticeship will also include studying for a Level 3 Pensions Administrator standard. Each week time will be allocated for training and learning, to allow you to complete all aspects of your apprenticeship.

**About You**

- 4 GCSE's or equivalent including Maths and English (grades A* to C or 9- 4)
- Skills to use Word or Excel (or equivalent)
- The ability to compose clear and concise correspondence
- Knowledge of the importance of confidentiality and sensitive information

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

**Interested in Flexible Working?**

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

**For more information or an informal discussion, please contact**:
Stuart Wells

Telephone: 0116 305 6944

**How to Apply