Pensions Administration Team Leader

Are you detail-oriented, highly organised, and passionate about delivering excellent service? Join our Pensions Administration team and play a key role in managing pension schemes for one of the UK's leading universities.

The Role 

The Pensions office deals with the administration of all pension schemes available to employees of the University with approximately 16,000 members across all schemes. It also administers a multi-employer scheme on behalf of 23 Cambridge Colleges and 2 Cambridge University Press Schemes. 

The Team Leaders support the Pensions Administration Manager and wider team, with the day to day administration of four defined benefit pension arrangements administered in the Pensions Office and liaise with external administrators where necessary.  

Managing a team of Pension Administrators, the Pensions Administration Team Leader will be responsible for providing a professional, high-quality service to our members, managed through a rolling schedule of objectives and development of the team. 

Your Skills 

We're looking for someone with:

• Previous experience in defined benefit pensions administration.
• Experience of supervising a team and/or playing a key role in supporting colleague training and development.
• Payroll experience, to include inputting, checking, and running payrolls.
• Excellent numeracy skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage workloads effectively.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word and Excel). 

Benefits

The University offers an excellent benefit package including:

• 36 days annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Defined benefits pension schemes
• Flexible working options
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Discounts on shopping
• Rental deposit scheme
• Public transport season ticket loans
• Tax-efficient bicycle and charity-giving schemes

Location

The University is supportive of hybrid working, where some work is undertaken on University premises and some in a remote working environment. The aim of our approach is to enable as many staff as possible to work in a hybrid way if they wish and where their role allows. This arrangement is subject to change and will not form a part of the contractual terms of the role. 

Funding for this post is Permanent.

To apply online for this vacancy and to view further information about the role, please click 'Apply' above.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a basic disclosure (criminal records check) check, a health assessment and a security check.

If you would like more information about this role, informal enquiries can be directed by email to Debbie Hough on Debbie.Hough@admin.cam.ac.uk. 

If you have any questions the application process, please contact a Recruitment Administrator at Finhr_recruitment@admin.cam.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 13 July 2026. The interview date for the role is w/c 20 July 2026.

Please quote reference AG49931 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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