Pensions Assistant Team Manager

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RB

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 35451 - 39165 per annum (Pro Rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 8th February 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

About the Role

Assisting the Pensions Team Manager in ensuring core responsibilities of the team are dealt with in an efficient and effective manner including the provision of effective and timely arrangements for the calculation checking and payment of benefits.

You will plan your own work and directly manage the team on a day to day basis ensuring statutory deadlines are adhered to.

You will possess a complete knowledge of pension administrative issues and resolve these when they occur.

About You

To apply for this post you must have

• Proven knowledge of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Worked in a public sector pension environment
• Experience of assisting a team in a pensions environment
• The ability to calculate and check complex pension calculations
• The ability to provide clear and concise training in an office environment
• You must be able to produce clear and concise written communications appropriate to the target audience
• You will be expected to provide new ideas within your area of responsibility

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand 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 individuals 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 Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Sue Hodson Pension Team Manager

Telephone:

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How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

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