Pension Officer

Essex County Council; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Support for unpaid carers

Job summary

Essex County Council is seeking a detail-oriented professional to manage Local Government Pensions Scheme knowledge, ensure timely delivery of work, and collaborate across the Pension Fund to meet statutory requirements.

The role emphasizes accuracy, teamwork, and a proactive approach to learning within a supportive public service environment. Flexible working options are available.

Qualifications

• Using a suite of Microsoft products, including Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel.
• Strong Numerical Skills
• Excellent Customer Service Skills
• Good Written and Verbal Communication

Responsibilities

• Accountable for understanding, developing and maintaining knowledge of the Local Government Pensions Scheme
• Accountable for delivering an allocated workload to agreed deadlines ensuring quality outputs
• Work collaboratively across the Fund to deliver activities in line with the statutory requirements

Skills

Strong Numerical Skills

Excellent Customer Service Skills

Good Written and Verbal Communication

Tools

Outlook

Teams

Word

Excel

Job description

Responsibilities

• Accountable for understanding, developing and maintaining knowledge of the Local Government Pensions Scheme
• Accountable for delivering an allocated workload to agreed deadlines ensuring quality outputs
• Work collaboratively across the Fund to deliver activities in line with the statutory requirements

Looking for

What are we looking for? We love people with great attitudes; it isn't only about having experience. If you haven't any pension experience it isn't a problem. We want people who are driven and who love to learn new things, who are hard-working, take pride in their work and are team players. People who are enthusiastic, punctual, considerate and who place a high level of importance on things such as being trustworthy, approachable, flexible, and friendly. We've a host of training material available to help develop you, ranging from day to day on the job support from your colleagues to Essex County Council's My Learning site where you'll find a huge variety of material to further enhance your skills and knowledge., As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we're committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone's Essex. With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you. In March 2026, the Government announced that councils in Greater Essex will be reorganised into five new unitary authorities from April 2028. In addition to this, Greater Essex has been accepted on to the devolution priority programme, where we will work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority. You can read more about these changes, and what this may mean for this role, on our careers site. Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. Once you've secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs. At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone. As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service.

Benefits

• you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Using a suite of Microsoft products, including Outlook, Teams, Word, and Excel,
• Strong Numerical Skills
• Excellent Customer Service Skills
• Good Written and Verbal Communication

Other Information

The Essex Pension Fund is one of 86 pension funds which make up the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). The LGPS is the largest defined benefit pension scheme in England and Wales with a fund value of over £340billion.

On its own, our Fund looks after 182,000 Scheme Members, over 740 Employers and is valued at over £11billion, placing us within the top 10 LGPS funds in the country.

Eligibility & Legal

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role. Applicants must have a current, unrestricted right to work in the UK.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.