At a Glance
- Tasks: Advise on pensions law, handle queries, and manage projects for UK pension schemes.
- Company: A forward-thinking law firm with a focus on diversity and inclusion.
- Benefits: Flexible working, health initiatives, and a supportive culture.
- Other info: Open to all backgrounds, promoting a healthy work-life balance.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact in the pensions sector.
- Qualifications: Experience in pensions law and strong drafting skills required.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 70000 £ per year.
Position Overview
You'll need to be a technically proficient pensions lawyer.
We welcome pension lawyers at every stage of their career, from newly qualified candidates taking their first step into the field to experienced practitioners seeking a new challenge.
Our focus is on finding talented individuals with a genuine interest in pensions work, whatever their level of expertise, and we're open to shaping the role around the right person.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide full pensions law service advising trustees, providers, and sponsoring employers of UK pension schemes.
- Handle day‑to‑day benefit queries and member complaints.
- Work on large‑scale restructuring and liability management projects.
- Help develop the reputation and brand of the firm by building and maintaining client relationships.
- Run transactions in their entirety from the outset and contribute to further developing market share.
- If interested in managing people, lead teams and support professional development.
Qualifications
- Experience gained from being trained and working in an established pensions law team.
- Demonstrable experience of drafting essential documentation relating to UK pension schemes.
- Ability to provide guidance and strategic advice on all types of UK pension schemes.
- Location and Travel
The role is based within travelling distance of one of our offices: Leeds, Newcastle or Bristol.
Our Culture and Benefits
We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms.
Our culture gives us a human feel, emphasising that we’re more than just suits!
As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, we support healthy and happy lives both in and out of work.
We have resources and initiatives to support health and wellbeing, and flexible working is very much encouraged.
Through our DEI initiatives, we create an environment in which difference is valued.
We have a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group led by our Board Sponsor, which works with networks for race, ethnicity, cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, neurodiversity, families, and women’s career development.
We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.
Find out more about DEI at WBD here.
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