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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.

•Rate: TBC - Flexible for the right candidate.

•Location: Castle Chambers, Liverpool (Wirral MBC).

•Contract: Temporary (12 weeks).

•Working Pattern: Hybrid (flexible, with on-site requirement).

•Hours: 36 per week.

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