Payroll & Pensions Consultant (LGR) (9896)

Payroll & Pensions Consultant 9896 Fixed Term Contract to 31 March 2028 37 hours per week 43822 to 48227 per annum (Grade K) Norwich/Hybrid

Norfolk is preparing for one of the largest local government reorganisations in England with significant structural changes due to the Local Government Review (LGR). This creates unique challenges across our internal Payroll and Pensions team far beyond businessasusual.

Were looking for an expert Payroll & Pensions Consultant to provide highlevel professional advice leadership and oversight across all Payroll and Pension matters arising from LGR. This includes service realignment TUPE pension transfers statutory risk management and ensuring business continuity for more than 21000 job roles across the Council and tradedservice customers.

You will:

Lead on specialist professional advice relating to Payroll & Pensions statutory legislative and operational issues.

Provide expert subjectmatter knowledge on LGPS TPS NEST and interfund transfers.

Develop proposals and resource plans to deliver LGRrelated priorities efficiently and costeffectively.

Work collaboratively with HR Legal HMRC and thirdparty partners to define and implement effective solutions.

Analyse and interpret data identify trends and recommend actions supporting strategic change.

Challenge existing processes driving compliance quality improvements and risk reduction.

Share knowledge and mentor the wider Payroll & Pensions team to build capability.

Support LGR governance reviewing decisions risks and policies throughout the transition period.

Youll play a vital role in reviewing current practice resolving legacy issues embedding goodpractice processes and ensuring the Council enters LGR with a compliant resilient and auditable Payroll & Pensions function.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Tom Pratt - Head of Payrollat

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time part time remote and hybrid working dependant on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • Norfolk Rewards our employee discounts programme which helps yousave money on almost anything from everyday groceries and clothes to holidays new technology gym membership trips to the cinema and days out.
  • ABlue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution life assurance death in service payments and dependants pensions.

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

Before you apply we recommend reading the fullJob Description and Person Specificationto help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on ourTerms and Conditionshere.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together make the most of our workspaces enjoy a healthy work-life balance and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work with hybrid working a key feature formany roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: Tuesday 10 February 2026 at 23:59

All other applicants closing date: Tuesday 17 February 2026 at 23:59