Lead Pensions Officer

Job description

Ready to find the right role for you?

Salary: Competitive plus generous bonus scheme and enhanced pension

Hours: 40 hours per week

Location : Home/Hybrid, with visits to either our office in Kings Cross, London OR Cannock, Staffordshire 2 days per week.

When you see the world as we do, you see the chance to help the world take better care of its resources, and help it become a better place for everyone. It's why we're looking for someone who's just as committed as we are, to push for genuine change and bring our ambition of Ecological Transformation to life.

We know that everyone here at Veolia can help us work alongside our communities, look after the environment, and contribute to our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you:

- 25 days of annual leave

- Access to our company pension scheme

- Discounts on everything from groceries to well known retailers

- Access to a range of resources to support your physical, mental and financial health; so you can lean on us whenever you need to

- One paid days leave every year to volunteer and support your community

- Ongoing training and development opportunities, allowing you to reach your full potential

What will you be doing?

Our Pensions team has recently commenced a fresh 2 year strategy and this new role has been created to lead in certain areas, including taking the lead on managing service delivery by the variety of external advisers appointed by the Corporate Trustee. This will focus most often on the Third Party Administrator (TPA), the Legal Advisor and the investment advisers including the specialist Fiduciary Manager and the Custodian.

You will take a proactive role in overseeing the development of the Trustee's policies on current and future regulatory matters such as the Pensions Regulators General Code, the New DB Funding Code and the Pensions Dashboard.

You will assist the Trustee Services Manager in the delivery of Trustee Secretariat services for two Defined Benefit schemes including minute taking at Board meetings, preparing meeting papers, the production and issue of Trustee Monthly Reports and the monitoring of Trustee Action Points.

What are we looking for?

• Proven experience in Defined Benefit Trustee Secretariat, with experience working with external Advisors/providers.
• IT literacy, including at least intermediate skills with Excel and Google Sheets are required, and any exposure to Workday would also be highly advantageous.
• Organisational skills and the ability to work to strict deadlines.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• An individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to provide industry-leading customer service to all internal and external customers.

If you don't meet all of our outlined requirements we'd still love for you to apply. If you feel that you'd be a great fit for this role and Veolia then we'd like to find out more about you.

What's next?

Apply today, so we can make a difference for generations to come.

We're proud to be listed in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023, being named as a Top 10 Very Big Organisation and Highly Commended as a workplace for 55+.

This accolade further demonstrates our commitment to our people and our actions in creating an environment where everyone can be their true selves and enjoy working at Veolia.

We want to ensure that you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application and interview process please do not hesitate to let us know.

Here at Veolia, we're proud to be known as an equal opportunities employer. We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. So no matter their age, gender, gender expression, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexuality or veteran status, every applicant who meets the minimum requirements will be considered fully.

Here at Veolia, we're proud to be known as an equal opportunities employer. We know how important it is to be fully committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive place to work for every one of our colleagues. So no matter their age, gender, gender expression, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexuality or veteran status, every applicant who meets the minimum requirements will be considered fully.