Full time Pension Operations Officer at Dorset Councils
Job Description
What’s in it for you:
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Pension Systems and Operations team as an Operations Officer in either the Systems or Operations function. You will be part of a team of 10 people and will be working under the supervision of the relevant Team Leader.
The Pension Systems and Operations team look after Pensions Administration System (UPM) and other ICT applications used by the Dorset County Pension Fund, the Dorset Council Employer function ensuring a responsive, efficient, innovative service is provided on behalf of Dorset Council and Dorset County Pension Fund Employers.
We are committed to supporting your continual professional development and have a comprehensive development programme whatever the stage of your career.
This is a competency-based position, full details are in the Job description and Person Specification, you will also have the opportunity to study for a recognised pensions qualification.
We prioritise support, learning, development, and wellbeing across our workforce offering hybrid and flexible working that supports a healthy work-life balance.
Please note that you would be required to work from our office based in Dorchester until a certain level of knowledge and understanding has been achieved through 1:1 training to give you the best start in this role. You would then attend our office at least one day a week, although more days can be accommodated.
What you can expect to be doing:
By joining the Pension Systems and Operations team, you will be part of a team responsible for the provision of system solutions to ensure a responsive, efficient, innovative, customer led service is provided to all members and employers of the Dorset County Pension Fund.
Main duties of the position are within the Context Statement for the relevant function.
Please indicate on the application which function you would like to be considered for.
About you:
- work in a demanding and busy environment and successfully dealing with prioritisation conflicts.
- excellent numerical, ICT and communication skills
- an eye for attention to detail
- understands the importance of confidentiality and GDPR
- ability to work collaboratively
- ability to work positively and efficiently under pressure
- well organised, with an eye for detail and be able to work on your own as well as part of a large team.
This role requires effective team working and the sharing of knowledge to achieve outcomes so you must have the confidence to be able to work in a collaborative way.
For further information about the positions, please contact Steph Ball on 01305 225043
Dorset Council: A great place to work
We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.
At Dorset Council we:
- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success
You will:
- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression
We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.
We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.
We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.
The friends and family referral scheme applies to this post. If an employee recommended this post to you mention them when asked on your application form. They’ll give you all the information you need.
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This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.
We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.
We cannot accept CVs in the place of an application form as we need the same range of information from all our candidates.
Find out more about how to apply.
Location :Dorchester
Closing Date :28 February 2023
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