Barnett Waddingham is a partner-led business which prides itself in providing straightforward and well-communicated pensions advice. We aim to continue our growth by recruiting talented and committed individuals that have the desire to learn and develop.

We are proud to be a leading independent UK consultancy at the forefront of risk, pensions, investment and insurance. The Pension Administration Business was established in 1993 and we provide a broad range of services including:

* Benefit administration

* Pensioner payroll

* Administration consulting services

* Scheme governance and trustee secretarial

* Bespoke one-off projects

* Cash handling and preparing draft accounts

* PPF assessment administration services

* Data audits and data cleansing

* Specialist roles (secondments, expert witness)

* Support for trustees and in-house personnel

The Role

The role of Technical Training and Qualifications Assistant (TT&QA) has recently been created to support continued business growth and forms an important part of the Pension Administration Training Group. This group are responsible for the coordination of the training function, plus the administration and provision of support to individuals taking pensions-related qualifications and their mentors.

The Person

We are looking for individuals with a strong set of GCSE (or equivalent) results as a minimum – written work should be of a high standard and online testing (numerical reasoning, verbal reasoning and checking) is part of our selection process.

We are looking for an individual who has a natural attention to detail as a key responsibility will be to manage the internal My Learning system ensuring that it is kept up-to-date.

The assistant will also need to be a confident and clear communicator as they will be a point of contact for the business on enquiries relating technical qualifications and training and will also be liaising with external bodies.

We are also looking for strong organisational skills and the ability to multi-task as the role entails maintaining a calendar of qualification events, deadlines, mock examinations and results dates.

Sound ability with MS Office is also required as the role will entail administration duties for all learning activities including room and resource bookings. Candidates should have experience using Word, Excel and Outlook – plus the ability to pick up new computer systems as there are a number of different systems in use.

Professionalism and enthusiasm are key elements of this role as is the ability to work well within a team situation.

Qualifications and Experience

* As a minimum, GCSE (or equivalent) grade 5 / C or higher in English and Maths although we would prefer to see education continued to a higher level.

* Experience in a training support role is desirable but not essential.

* Familiarity with pension administration is desirable but again, not essential if you have strong academic results and the desire to learn – we will support your study towards a professional pensions qualification.

What’s in it for you?

* Working for a company listed as being in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For 2020

* Flexible annual leave scheme, a generous pension scheme and a competitive (discretionary) annual bonus

* A broad range of flexible (salary sacrifice) benefits to suit your lifestyle and stage

* Scope for career development – making sure you feel a sense of achievement and progression

* The opportunity to work in a multi-award winning pensions consultancy

* Fresh fruit available to all staff free of charge along with free squash, teas, coffees and hot chocolate – something for everybody!

* Opportunities to socialise or participate in sport, social or cultural activities

* Dress-down Fridays

* 1 paid volunteering day per year

* Match-funding for individuals raising money for a recognised charity

Values at Barnett Waddingham

Our values are important to us and we want them to be important to you too: Principled, Quality, Partnership and Respect.

Wellbeing at Barnett Waddingham

Employee wellbeing has always been important to Barnett Waddingham and we believe that wellbeing at work is about raising awareness of where issues can arise and balancing the needs of employees and the business. We have a number of programmes to support wellbeing at Barnett Waddingham.

Diversity at Barnett Waddingham

We want to have a diverse and inclusive workforce as we believe that it will provide us with high performing teams that will be the driving force behind our continued success.

Corporate Social Investment at Barnett Waddingham

As a firm, we recognise that we have an impact that goes beyond our core activities.

Our corporate social investment programme is an integral part of what we do and is focused on ensuring that our overall impact is a positive one