SYP - Police Pensions Assistant - March 2023

Role: Police Pensions Assistant               

Department: Corporate Finance             

Location: Carbrook House, Force HQ (Hybrid working option upon completion of training)

Salary: £24,552 - £26,958                         

Hours: 37 hours per week                        

Contract Type: Temporary until March 2025

As a Pensions Assistant you will assist with the administration of the Police Pension Scheme dealing with retirements, transfers, new starters, payroll amendments and other duties as requested or required by the team.  There is also a ‘Project’ element to the role and a requirement to support/ administer record changes.

The pensions team also operate to monthly time sensitive deadlines and undertake projects throughout the year, these cover a range of topics covering the issuing a life certificate to Widows and Overseas pensioners, an annual review of benefits received for the additional Injury Pension Scheme and the provision of statutory Annual Benefit Statements.

In addition, the department are currently managing a work stream to meet the requirements for ‘Remedy’. The Government lost their challenge to put workers into a new revised pension scheme and now all Public Sector Schemes must review a 7-year period to put their members back. The successful candidate will assist in this data collection and reconciliation and will play a key part in implementing Remedy, where it will be necessary to recalculate the events that have occurred for eligible members during this period.

The successful applicant will be required to understand the different pension schemes that are operated by South Yorkshire Police. We have a mixture of Final Salary Defined Benefit and CARE scheme arrangements.

To be considered you must have previous relevant pension experience, in a similar organisation, and have IT skills in relation to systems reporting tools, Word, Excel and emails.

Key Responsibilities:

• Calculations of pension estimate and all benefit types (Starters/Leavers/ Retirement/Death/pay calculations)
• Calculations of specific age events e.g., Pension Increase at age 55yrs, Modification at SPA.
• Completion of payroll and payment vouchers/forms
• Calculations of service entitlements in respect of transfers ‘in’ and ‘out’ of the police pension scheme
• Preparing of monthly payroll amendments
• Advise police officers and police pensioners on pension matters
• Contribute to maintaining the police pension department’s statistics and pension records
• Contribute to annual tasks, reviews and general support to the Police Pensions Officer and Manager

Skills and experience:

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports and Social Club

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

SYP is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.  

South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:

Please find attached information sheet on South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values. The force has a particular focus on three areas, Fairness, Integrity and Trust. Under each of these three headings there are key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.

Smarter ways of Working:

South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.

There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.

This role has been evaluated as a Hybrid role.

Hybrid: Applicable when the work can be undertaken at any location, whether that be a SYP building or from home.

Closing Date: Friday 14th April 2023 at 23:55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.

Shortlisting to take place: 18th April 2023

Interviews to take place: 20th & 21st April 2023

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Gillian Cutts on 0114 2523121.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Expressions of interest are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.

It’s really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills.  We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role.  We strongly encourage and welcome expressions of interest from these valuable underrepresented groups.

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required.  These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.

Apply for the role:

To apply for the role, please click the ‘Apply’ button.

Internal Candidates:

This vacancy is temporary therefore, you must have the support of your current Line Manager to apply. If you are a permanent member of staff, this would be classed as a secondment opportunity. If you are on a fixed term contract, you must contact the Talent Acquisition Team before applying.  Please ensure that you and your current line manager complete the attached consent form.  Please email the completed form to the hiring line manager, Gillian Cutts, with the role title and the closing date stated in the subject of your email.

Without support, your application will not be considered any further.