Pensions Assistant

To undertake administration tasks in order to maintain accurate member data to calculate and pay pension benefits to a specific category of membership. To work as part of a team providing an efficient and effective pensions administration service to members, employers and third-party agencies and organisations, ensuring excellent customer service in every interaction

Experience of the use of IT packages e.g. MS Office, MS365 with strong IT skills
Good oral and written communication skills
Understanding and awareness of quality assurance skills
A basic working knowledge of LGPS and TPS regulations
5 GCSE's including Maths and English Language or equivalent
Ability to work well in a team as well as using your own initiative, Disability Confident
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Member record maintenance to include recording and notifying relevant
departments of changes to members personal details, to be able to verify data held to enable the calculation of pension benefits.
To calculate and pay refunds of pension contributions of Local Government Pension Scheme members and to perform benefit calculations of Career Average Revalued Earnings scheme member benefits only
To process new entrants into the pension scheme, including checking the NI database and corresponding with previous pension providers to investigate the possibility of aggregating previous LGPS benefits and/or transfer of other pension rights
To assist with the control and monitoring of secure access by authorised scheme members to 'My Powys Pension' self-service and providing support to the systems officers with self-service housekeeping
To maintain working knowledge of relevant Pension Scheme Regulations,
procedures and other statutory arrangements and to their revisions as necessary
This position has a requirement for a Standard DBS Check