Senior Associate - Pensions

Hours: Casual

Contract Type: Casual

Service Area: Finance – One West

Department: Pensions

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in Pensions working for the Avon Pension Fund?

One West is an independent service within Bath & North East Somerset delivering specialist professional services to a diverse set of Clients. The Avon Pension Fund sits within this service portfolio and delivers its services independently.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Pensions Manager to support our transformational activity. You could be allocated anything from high profile one-off project work to interim and call-off senior management support.

We are looking for a confident individual, able to understand the complex legislative world of pensions administration and translate this to delivery of services to our members and employers. You will be able to deliver on high profile projects as well as being able to supervise staff and manage successful teams. Experience in both preparing and presenting reports to Committee or Board Meetings is an essential part of the role.

All of our services are based on delivering excellence and you will be supported with a ‘can do’ culture and a freedom to operate but in return we will expect a confident and focussed individual who is able to communicate well at all levels.

The role is rewarding, and you will be working with a high performing team who want to provide excellence in service delivery. We offer a supportive flexible work/life balance, which includes full home working where appropriate.

This is an Associate (Casual) role - i.e. there are no contracted hours - so you will be offered project work as necessary based on your capabilities and you will be paid on an hourly basis plus an additional 12.66% to the advertised salary rate as no leave or sickness is included for casual staff.

Your main place of work will be the award-winning, modern Civic Centre in Keynsham, halfway between Bath and Bristol, easily accessible via car or public transport, with a train station 5 minutes’ walk away.

Why B&NES Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. These include:

• A competitive salary package
• A range of flexible working and hybrid working options, including flexi-time, four regional offices and home-working, dependent on service requirements
• The Local Government Pension Scheme
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme – whatever life throws at you; we are committed to supporting you and your well-being at work and home
• Professional and personal development
• Discount scheme including the VECTIS card that offers numerous local discounts

Interested to find out more?

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Jeff Wring, Director - One West at the following email address - Jeff_Wring@bathnes.gov.uk

To apply

Please use the online application facility.

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Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be Bold, Empowered, Supportive and Transparent.

Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.

As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

Interview Date: Tuesday 7th March 2023.

Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.