Job Description
12 weeks contract role with a Local Authority
Job Summary:
• The Pensions Officer (Technical) supports the delivery of a high-quality, compliant and customer-focused pension administration service within a local authority setting.
• The role involves calculating pension benefits, interpreting complex legislation (including LGPS and HMRC regulations), and responding to technical pension queries.
• The post-holder ensures accurate financial processing, data integrity and compliance with statutory and audit requirements while supporting employers, members and internal stakeholders.
Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample):
• Calculate pension benefits, transfers, divorce settlements and retirement options in line with legislation.
• Process dependants’ benefits, death grants and overpayment recoveries where applicable.
• Apply LGPS and HMRC regulations to determine entitlement and tax implications.
• Manage AVCs, APCs, ARCs and Added Years contracts, including updates and conversions at retirement.
• Produce financial recharges to employers and liaise on invoicing, write-offs and debt recovery.
• Maintain and validate pension data, ensuring accuracy for reporting and annual benefit statements.
• Respond to complex pension queries from members, employers and stakeholders.
• Support actuarial valuations, employer admissions and data cleansing activities.
• Process new starters, leavers and changes, including benefit aggregation and refunds.
• Ensure compliance with data protection, audit requirements and internal procedures.
• Use pension administration systems (e.g. Altair) and manage workflow/document systems.
Skills/Experience:
• Strong experience in pension administration, ideally within Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• In-depth understanding of HMRC regulations and pension legislation.
• Experience calculating complex pension benefits and entitlements.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Experience using pension systems (e.g. Altair) and financial/accounting systems.
• Ability to interpret legislation and apply it to real case scenarios.
• Excellent communication skills for handling technical queries.
• Experience working in a financial or public sector environment.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage workload and deadlines.
• Experience working with stakeholders, including employers and members.
Additional Information:
• Bi-Weekly Payments.
• Location: Castle Chambers, Liverpool (Wirral MBC).
• Contract: Temporary (12 weeks).
• Working Pattern: Hybrid (flexible, with on-site requirement).
• Hours: 36 per week.
Requirements
• Strong experience in pension administration, ideally within Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). • In-depth understanding of HMRC regulations and pension legislation. • Experience calculating complex pension benefits and entitlements. • Strong numerical and analytical skills with high attention to detail. • Experience using pension systems (e.g. Altair) and financial/accounting systems. • Ability to interpret legislation and apply it to real case scenarios. • Excellent communication skills for handling technical queries. • Experience working in a financial or public sector environment. • Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage workload and deadlines. • Experience working with stakeholders, including employers and members.