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Pensions Manager
June 15, 2023 | Comments Off on Pensions Manager
Location: Home Based Role
Business Unit: Kier Group Services
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent, able to consider part-time opportunities
Key Responsibilities
In this Pensions Manager role, your role will involve, but not be limited to:
- To be the lead pensions expert within the Group and the "go to person" for guidance on all matters pension related.
- Management of the Group's defined benefit and defined contributions pension plans aligned with the Group's strategy, legislation changes and best practice.
- Ensuring employer regulatory obligations are met in respect of pension benefit provision.
- Ensure appropriate governance, process arrangements and clear roles and responsibilities exist between employer, providers, governance committee and pensions trustees to ensure effective decision making and management of conflicts of interests.
- Develop and deliver the defined contributions plan communications strategy.
- Work with external investment advisers and actuaries to ensure the mitigation of scheme risk and maximisation of return on scheme assets (for an agreed risk profile) for each defined benefit scheme.
What are we looking for?
A proven track record in consulting with clients in a mainstream employee benefits firm or in-house pensions departments. You'll also have strong knowledge of the legislation surrounding employer-sponsored pension schemes, and previous experience of dealing with the Pensions Regulator. You'll have a solid understanding of how varying stakeholders can meet the statutory objectives within the context of the regulatory environment.
Benefits at Kier
We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- 26 days holiday per annum plus public holidays
- A 24/7 virtual GP service available to you and your immediate household
And so much more! You can read the full details of all our benefits on our website.
Who is Kier?
We are a leading UK infrastructure services, construction and property group.
Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK, and we are committed to leaving lasting legacies through our work. We comprise of the following business streams Construction (including Kier Places), Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, with supporting Group functions. We provide specialist design and build capabilities and the knowledge, skills and intellectual capital of our people to ensure we are able to project manage and integrate all aspects of a project.
We work to our company values of collaborative, trusted and focused. You can find out more about Kier on our website or by viewing our fast facts.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
Closing date: Friday 21st July 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds, and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look here to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk.