HR89/133 - HR Pensions Officer

 

Silvan House, Edinburgh

Full time
£15,243 per annum, pay award pending, and benefits.

You’ll fulfil a key administrative role in the Pensions Team within HR Services, liaising between our outsourced providers, Xafinity Paymaster, and FC staff and managers. Duties will include pensions administration; such as processing leavers’ pension awards, applications for the Civil Service Injury Benefit Award Scheme and requests for early payment of preserved awards; maintaining the Forestry Commission’s high standard of accuracy when updating pension records; and dealing with enquiries from staff throughout the organisation.

This post requires a minimum of 5 Standard Grade/GCSEs (passes at Bands A to C or 1 to 3) or equivalent, two of which must be in Mathematics or Arithmetic and English or English Language and/or previous experience of working in a busy office environment in a customer-facing role. The successful candidate will also have a sound working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, in particular Word, Excel and Outlook.

Benefits include a Civil Service Pension or stakeholder pension scheme, 25 days annual leave and flexible working options.

Please click on the job specification to view further details regarding this post.

To download the forms please click on application pack.

To request a hard copy of the application forms, please write to Shireen West, HR Services, 231 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh EH12 7AT.

Please note all applications must be accompanied by a Forestry Commission application form.

Please quote ref: HR89/133

No recruitment agencies please.

Closing date: 8 December 2008.

The Forestry Commission is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all age groups and sectors of the community.