Pension Manager in London

Contract Type: 15 month FTC Mat Cover would consider full time (35 hours per week OR Part time 21 hours per week)

Salary: Starting from £78,544 dependent on experience (London weighted salary) or starting from £68,751 (Regional salary), dependant on experience

Grade: 12

Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford

Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 17th August

Interview Dates: 25th August please note that in person interviews will be held for this interview.

Benefits include:

• Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
• 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Non-contributory life assurance
• Up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
• Lifestyle benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• And many more

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated. L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.

Join our Pensions Team at L&Q:

We are looking for a dynamic Pensions Manager to oversee the smooth running of multiple pension arrangements (DB and DC, private and public, single and multiple employer) and provide support within L&Q on all matters related to pensions. This is an extremely varied and fast paced role, with diverse pension arrangements and multiple stakeholders. It is an excellent and rare opportunity for an experienced pensions professional, or for the right candidate to expand their pensions experience.

Your impact in the role:

• Acting as pensions subject expert and providing support to multiple stakeholders across the business (recruitment, HR, payroll, financial reporting, internal and external audit etc.)
• Monitoring performance of professional advisers against agreed service standards
• Ensuring appropriate risk and control processes are in place for all aspects of pension provision
• Keeping up to date with legislative developments and proactively advising on the impact of new legislation, ensuring L&Q are compliant with statutory requirements
• Maintaining pensions literature and policies
• Providing support to pension strategy and implementing changes when required
• Communicating with professional advisers, members, and trustees as required.

What you'll bring:

• Strong and demonstrable knowledge of UK pension provision ideally across a wide range of pension arrangements
• Experience in managing multiple pension schemes
• Experience engaging with and managing professional advisers
• APMI or similar qualification desirable but not essential
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams
• Able to build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Solution driven and decisive
• Must possess an enthusiasm to work on own or collaboratively with other team members, colleagues and external suppliers.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email.

About L&Q:

We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of. 250,000 people call our properties 'home', and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England. People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger - and they're at the heart of everything we do. When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We're proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We're a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we've introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It's all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.