Immediate Benefits Officer

This role has a starting salary of £31,262 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week.

The Surrey Pension Team are excited to be hiring for a new Immediate Benefits Officer to support our vision, mission and ambitious plans for the future: -

Our Vision: To provide our customers with a better tomorrow

Our Mission: To responsibly deliver a first-class customer experience.

Our workforce is integral to achieving our aims and ambitions for the future and we are looking for an Immediate Benefits Office to join our Service Delivery Team. This role supports agile and hybrid working with a minimum of one day per week (potentially increasing to two days per week in future) requirement for in-office working at Dakota House, Weybridge, for collaboration and development.

Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependants leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

About Us

The Surrey Pension Fund is part of the national Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). Surrey County Council is responsible for managing the fund and is known as the 'administering authority'. We have over 340 employers participating in the fund including the county council, district and borough councils, universities, colleges, academies, and private companies providing public services. The fund has over 115,000 current, deferred and pensioner members with assets in excess of £5 billion.

About the Role

Reporting directly to the Immediate Benefits Manager, you will predominantly undertake operational work with specific responsibility for Immediate Benefits which includes:

• Calculating and checking all retirement cases, from estimates to actual payments, ensuring that they adhere to scheme legislation, HMRC rules and discretionary employer policies
• Checking End of Year (EOY) input for accuracy
• Undertaking pensioners payroll input
• Checking Annual Benefit Statements (ABS) and Annual Allowance Statements for accuracy

Your ability to demonstrate our Vision and Mission and work within a "one pensions team" culture is crucial to our success, and it is expected that applicants will also have previous administrative experience in the administration of the Local Government Pension Scheme, or equivalent relevant experience in pension administration.

Taking a holistic "one pensions team" approach will drive opportunities for all staff to increase their career opportunities by broadening experience across the whole of the Surrey Pension Team.

Shortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence:

• Previous relevant work experience in the administration of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or equivalent relevant experience in pension administration
• Ability to manage your own workloads and working to deadlines
• Demonstrate good IT and computer skills
• Ability to communicate well with a range of audiences including colleagues, senior managers, customers and outside agencies

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 21st May 2024 with interviews planned shortly thereafter.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.