Contract: Initial 6‑month contract Location: Birmingham Working Pattern: Hybrid Hays are working in partnership with a local authority to recruit an Interim Pensions Team Leader. This is a senior role within the pensions function and requires a candidate with significant Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) experience. The successful candidate will play a key role in stabilising and improving pensions operations, including leading recovery and compliance activity. Key Responsibilities You will take a lead role with responsibility for the following key deliverables: Lead and manage Phase 2 of the pension's recovery programme, ensuring outstanding issues are resolved and sustainable business-as-usual (BAU) processes are established. Ensure monthly pension submissions (MDC) to the LGPS are maintained, including implementing robust processes for submissions from offboarded schools Ensure payments and remittance notices align with pension submissions, including retrospective corrective action for the 2025/26 financial year and establishing a BAU process Manage Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) end‑of‑year audits, including addressing historic years not yet submitted and liaising with procurement to commission external auditors where required Ensure full compliance with auto‑enrolment legislation Lead the pensions input to the Equal Pay Settlement Programme, managing a team of six Equal Pay-funded admi...