Pensions Officer

at  Health Services Laboratories HSL

From £32,000 - £37,000 DOE
Job Title: Pensions Officer
Location: Tavistock Place, Central London, WC1H 9LG
Salary range: From £32,000 - £37,000 DOE

ABOUT US:

Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.
Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 2,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.
Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

*• No banding restrictions: *As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.

• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
• Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
• Competitive annual leave allowance - 23 days annual leave rising to 28 days, upon 5 years service
• Flexible working hours – 40 hours standard working wee

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Following a recent internal move, an opportunity has arisen for a Pensions Officer to join a growing, fast paced, friendly Payroll team at TDL, based in central London.

THE SCOPE OF YOUR ROLE WILL INCLUDE:

• Playing an integral part in the delivery of quality Payroll administrative support across the group with a key focus on pensions.
• Part of a 5-person team providing advice and guidance to staff on all payroll related matters and be the key point of contact for all pension matters.
• Work in close partnership with the wider HR and Finance teams to ensure workflows and processes are efficient.
• The role will mainly involve general Pension administration of all 3 pension schemes, including the assessment of new joiners for auto-enrolment into the company Royal London Pension scheme, monthly reporting of NHS Pension scheme leavers to NHS pensions, the processing of NHS retirement applications, and end of year reporting to NHS pensions.
• Provide specialist information, interpretation and expert guidance to staff at all levels on all aspects of the NHS Pension scheme. This includes meeting with NHS pension staff to discuss their retirement options.
• Keep up to date with all changes to the NHS Pension Scheme, pension legislation, developments in pensions, and to be aware of the implications on all aspects of employee’s pensions.

At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

• Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
• Annual performance related salary review

*• No banding restrictions: *As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.

• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
• Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
• Competitive annual leave allowance - 23 days annual leave rising to 28 days, upon 5 years service
• Flexible working hours – 40 hours standard working week

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.