Pensions Manager

Job summary

LPFT are seeking an individual to provide an efficient Pension Shared Service to all customers to enable them to enhance their commitment to providing Patient/Client care:

Management of the Pension Team, providing training, coaching and performance management.

Responsibility for a client(s) to ensure complete, timely and accurate input, verification and submission of employee data for pension purposes.

Provide information to both internal and external customers.

Ensure business continuity at all times.

Promote the use of E-Business and continuously strive to identify improvements and "Lean" initiatives to progress system developments

Do you have a passion for leading a team whose main objective is taking the stress out of pensions interactions for staff members - through expert knowledge, supportive query resolution, education and awareness and a high attention to detail approach to ensure staff are paid on time and accurately - if so we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Be the Lead Subject Matter Expert and deal with complex queries. This will involve analysing, investigating and resolving complex queries by making calculations and determining the action to resolution. Provide advice and guidance to managers and employees both within the department and trust relating to all matters.

Assist the Head of Payroll Shared Services in providing a professional service to Partners as part of a Corporate Shared Services initiative which ensures the delivery of cost-effective services to Partners consistent with NHS standards.

Manage the Payroll and Pension Teams in accordance with the Service Level Agreements with NHS Partner Organisations in Lincolnshire.

Complete recruitment, induction training, staff development reviews, personal development plans and monthly one to one meetings. Performance management of staff to ensure employees can reach their full potential and achieve the performance standards required in accordance with LPFT policy.

Manage and support the Payroll and Pension Teams giving guidance as necessary to ensure the smooth working of the department ensuring the department's workload is distributed amongst staff in the most effective way. Lead and Support the Payroll and Pensions Team in rolling out the new ways of working and ensuring compliance on an ongoing basis.

To take the lead role, requiring specialist knowledge in payroll and pension legislation, interpreting and implementing new or amended related legislation.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.