Post Admin Assistant - Part-Time Fixed-Term Contract in Preston

Working across 5 mornings with 2 mornings in our Preston office. Are you a Team Player? And willing to take initiative? Work for a company that offers career progression. Salary of £24,000 (full-time equivalent), working 20 - 25 hours per week starting at 8:00/8:30 A.M. Monday to Friday. 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and additional concessionary days.

A glance at the role: We have the opportunity for a part‑time Post Admin Assistant to join our Post Team on a 12 Month Fixed‑Term Contract with a salary of £24,000 (Full‑Time Equivalent) with review due in April. The role will entail you to provide postal, scanning and administrative support to the Local Pensions Partnership Pension Scheme administration. This is a time‑driven role which involves inputting digital post through the scanning system.

A bit about us: Local Pensions Partnership Administration (LPPA) is one of the UK’s leading pension administration companies. We strive to deliver the best experience for over 2,100 employers and more than 700,000 members of Local Government, Police and Firefighter pension schemes, keeping them fully informed about their pensions whilst working closely with employers to continuously educate and support them.

What we can offer you:

• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and additional concessionary days
• Access to an excellent pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme) with generous employer contributions
• Access to our Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme for when you might need some support
• The opportunity to earn through our Employee Referral Scheme
• Access to our bespoke Reward Discount Scheme – ‘Your Perk Site’
• Opportunities to attend Wellbeing webinars and social events
• Daily free fruit and snacks available to you in our office

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage your workload and task lists to ensure deadlines and performance targets are met
• Treat information security with the utmost respect, dealing appropriately with sensitive and confidential information within Service protocol/guidelines
• Communicate positively and participate in the sharing of knowledge with colleagues
• Support service provision as appropriate, undertaking other duties commensurate with the post
• Using internal systems to attach post to member records
• The majority of member post for the entire LPPA organisation is received digitally, and a high volume of scheme correspondence is received daily. Processing this involves attaching the post to member records. This work requires accuracy as it represents members’ personal data, but is also time‑driven since the output drives the Pensions Admin department workload
• The role includes returning original certificates to senders, uploading returned fiche requests onto our system and sending out fiche requests
• Dealing with emails and assisting with some ad‑hoc duties
• Proven ability to work effectively on own initiative as well as being an effective team player, promoting positive behaviour and attitudes, working flexibly, whilst at all times developing and maintaining good working relationships within the team and the service as a whole
• Demonstrable ability to work accurately and to deadlines
• The ability to communicate effectively at all levels, possessing excellent communication skills
• Commitment to providing good customer service at all times
• Ability to use Microsoft Excel
• Maintain an understanding and actively support LPPA’s equality programme, both internally and externally, along with all other corporate policy initiatives, including maintaining an understanding of the breadth of the diversity agenda and embedding good practice

Qualifications:

• 5 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English at Grade C or above