Do you have a background in the pensions industry and are you keen to help those who run pension schemes operate effectively? Or do you want to focus on offering your clients support in specialist governance areas, e.g. risk management, diversity, equity and inclusion, or cyber governance? Are you looking for a job where every day is different, working with a wide range of clients, team members and colleagues? If so, we’d like to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring robust decision making, performance measurement, business planning and risk management
- Supporting our in-house client teams in an increasingly difficult resourcing, recruitment and retention environment of pension team staff
- Managing all risks including cybercrime and business continuity
- Ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion are integrated to all aspects of scheme management
- Ensuring a high level of knowledge and skills given the ever-changing environment
- Providing support to develop and review relevant strategies and policies
- Supporting on evolving communications strategies to ensure strong levels of member engagement
- The transition to the Pension Regulator’s General Code, including the Own Risk Assessment
- The ongoing management of pension committees and boards
Skills and experience required:
- Relevant experience in a pensions environment
- Strong understanding of governance, including most or all of these areas; what it takes to make good decisions, risk management, performance monitoring/compliance and business planning
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; comfortable in leading discussions with all levels from Committee/Board members to more junior employees, with confidence in expressing your viewpoint
- Self-motivating, able to encourage and develop other colleagues, and work well within diverse teams including in a leadership role
- Whilst having the ability to advise at a strategic level, also having an eye for detail
- Ability to use problem solving skills and to then create solutions and implement change
- Collaborative approach to work alongside being able to make decisions as required