About the job
This is an exciting role where you will provide professional support to the County Council in its role as Administering Authority to the Client and as Scheme Manager for the Client's Fire & Rescue Pension Scheme.
You will help deliver efficient and effective, customer focused services in line with statutory guidance, including realising service improvements now and in the future through resource planning, creative problem solving and managing emerging and evolving projects, policies and strategies.
What you’ll need to succeed
You will need to be a highly motivated, skilled and experienced manager who is able to manage, develop and motivate a diverse team and external providers to deliver the Pension Team's objectives. You will be extremely organised, able to successfully plan work and prioritise effectively, deliver service improvements and review the effectiveness of service delivery. You will need excellent communication skills at all levels, including senior officers, Members of the Committee and Board, customers, and external service providers to create effective and responsive working relationships. Flexibility is important too, as you'll need to respond to the needs of the service and embrace change.
Required experience and skills
Key Skills:
* Ability to make sound pragmatic problem‑solving decisions, which will have a wider service impact. The ability to analyse and make judgements based on principles to tackle difficult problems of a technical, professional, resource or people related nature.
* Sound partnership working skills including the successful co‑ordination of partners to deliver objectives.
* Effective research, evaluation and interpretation skills to derive conclusions and plan over the short to medium term.
* Excellent communication skills with ability to successfully influence and persuade others, negotiate effective business solutions, challenge existing practices and identify innovative solutions.
* Effective people management and performance management skills with the ability to provide direction, leadership and support to individuals and teams.
* Ability to set timescales and objectives and review effectiveness of service delivery.
Qualifications and/or experience
* Qualified accountant.
* Knowledge of principles and practices of local government and defined benefit pension schemes, and the accounting and reporting requirements.
* Substantial experience of working at a senior management position in pensions or finance.
* Evidence of having advised members and senior officers on pensions matters would be good.
* Experience of operating in a complex, multidisciplinary organisation; programmes and projects; financial management; and people management.
* Degree level or equivalent qualification plus relevant experience and / or membership of appropriate professional body by examination, for example CCAB or pensions/investments qualifications, or substantial relevant experience.
* Evidence of on‑going CPD.
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