Payroll and Pensions Officer needed in East London Paying  £19.36per hr ref 1493647

Full time hours on a temporary basis

The successful candidate will provide efficient and effective administration and coordination support to the Payroll and Pensions Lead, ensuring a customer-focused service and maintaining exceptional levels of confidentiality.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the initial point of contact for all pension queries, resolving issues where possible and signposting or forwarding as needed.
• Provide advice to managers and employees on auto/contractual enrolment for LGPS, NHS, and Teachers Pensions schemes.
• Handle internal and external enquiries related to auto-enrolment, ensuring compliance with statutory regulations.
• Produce monthly management pension reports for contractual/auto-enrolment and pension reconciliation using Google Sheets.
• Assist the Payroll Pension Lead in processing the Pension Data Service File and resolving any errors.
• Administer pensions queries for both LGPS and Teachers Pensions.
• Input pension changes into iTrent and process relevant forms for upload to administrators.
• Generate and send official pensions correspondence in line with legal obligations and best practice guidance.
• Schedule meetings and appointments for the Payroll and Pensions Lead and the wider Payroll Team, ensuring all relevant information is captured.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation related to payroll/pension management.
• Accurately document and maintain records, ensuring compliance with regulations.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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