Pension Fund & Investments Officer

We are recruiting for a Pension Fund & Investments Officer (KR8) to join Kent County Council's Treasury & Investment Team. Whilst we are advertising this role as full-time (37 hours a week), we also welcome applications from part-time applicants, who would be willing to work a minimum of 30 hours a week. The primary location for this role is Maidstone, Kent, whereby the successful candidate will undertake both working at home and in the office.

Due to the current workload of the team, this vacancy is offered as a 9-month Secondment opportunity to internal KCC applicants, and offered as a 9-month Fixed Term Contract to external applicants. This is a great opportunity for anyone looking for an interesting and varied financial role, with the chance to gain experience whilst working across many aspects of Treasury & Investments. You will undertake tasks that contribute to Kent Pension Fund (part of the Local Government Pension Scheme) and KCC's Treasury services. You will support and assist senior colleagues in preparing information and collating data.

The post requires someone with excellent IT skills and the post holder must be able to handle the calculation of complex financial models and the presentation of results in a clear and coherent format. As such, the post holder will have previous experience of working in a finance environment, and some knowledge and understanding of investments and accounting transactions. Please see attached job description for further details.

We politely request that all applicants state their interest, skills and financial experience for this role (relevant to the job description) in the 'How you meet the requirements of the role' section of their online application form.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Interviews will be held in March 2025.

Please contact Connor Steensel (Investments Accountant ) for further information about this role, to whom this role reports.

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

Location Invicta House, Maidstone, United Kingdom