Pensions Operations Team Manager

Pensions Operations Team Manager

Location: Friningham, Kent, GB, ME14 3

Post Date: 2026-09-13T00:00:00

Reference: 82633

Posted: 2026-09-04

Closing date: 2026-09-20

Salary: 47,990 - 53,446/year

Type: Full time

Employer: Kent County Council

Location: Maidstone, UK

Contact: Jennifer Steggles

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What will you be doing?

We're excited to announce a fantastic opportunity to join Kent Pension Fund as a Pensions Operations Team Manager. This role has become available due to the growth in demand for our services.

About the Role

As a Pensions Operations Team Manager, you'll take a key leadership role within our Pensions Operations Team, helping to deliver a high-quality administration service for the many employers and scheme members of Kent Pension Fund. You will:

• Line manage and support a team of colleagues


• Coordinate workloads and ensure tasks are completed to a high standard


• Use your detailed knowledge of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)


• Apply your understanding of our pensions administration platform, Altair, to deliver excellent customer care


• Work closely with and report to the Pensions Performance and Operations Lead Manager

This is a role where your leadership, technical ability and people-skills all come together to make a real difference. This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working Arrangements

A full-time position is available (37 hours per week). Your main base will be Maidstone, with a hybrid working pattern that blends home and office, dependent upon business needs.

How To Apply

To help us understand your fit for the role, please clearly outline your Local Government pensions administration experience in the "how you meet the requirements" section of your application.

About you

For further information, please contact: Jennifer Steggles

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Benefits

About us

Work that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility! KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

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Reference: 82633Posted: 2026-09-04Closing date: 2026-09-20Location: Maidstone, UKSalary: 47990 - 53446/yearType: Full timeEmployer: Kent County CouncilContact: Jennifer StegglesEmail: #####: What will you be doing?We're excited to announce a fantastic opportunity to join Kent Pension Fund as a Pensions Operations Team Manager. This role has become available due to the growth in demand for our services.About the RoleAs a Pensions Operations Team Manager, you'll take a key leadership role within our Pensions Operations Team, helping to deliver a high-quality administration service for the many employers and scheme members of Kent Pension Fund. You will:Line manage and support a team of colleaguesCoordinate workloads and ensure tasks are completed to a high standardUse your detailed knowledge of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Apply your understanding of our pensions administration platform, Altair, to deliver excellent customer careWork closely with and report to
the Pensions Performance and Operations Lead Manager This is a role where your leadership, technical ability and people-skills all come together to make a real difference. This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (#####) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.Working ArrangementsA full-time position is available (37hpw). Your main base will be Maidstone, with a hybrid working pattern that blends home and office, dependent upon business needs. How To ApplyTo help us understand your fit for the role, please clearly outline your Local Government pensions administration experience in the "how you meet the requirements" section of your application. About youFor further information, please contact:Jennifer Steggles
- - ##### BenefitsAbout usWork that works for you and us - let's talk flexibility!KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.