Team Manager - GMP Pensions

Team Manager – GMP Pensions
Home Based
We are looking for a Team Manager to join our Consulting division part of Capita Pensions Solutions. We are a new force in the market, with our Managing Partner, Paul Capel, and our fantastic team, we’re aspiring to create better outcomes and bright futures by putting people and pensions at the heart of everything we do.
The Consulting division was created to better enable us to fulfill the long-term strategic objectives of our business and to empower us to better excite our clients and provide them, and their members, with better outcomes.
We are continuously looking to improve the services and products we provide to our clients, with a focus on people and the use of technology to achieve this goal. This positions us, and you, to be at the forefront of a rapidly growing and advancing organisation and industry.
We need a highly organised individual with DB pensions and GMP experience whose primary purpose is to manage a team of technical pensions specialists, manage workflow and monitor the delivery of GMP projects through from start to finish.

Job title:

Team Manager - GMP Pensions

Job Description:

Team Manager – GMP Pensions

Home Based

We are looking for a Team Manager to join our Consulting division part of Capita Pensions Solutions. We are a new force in the market, with our Managing Partner, Paul Capel, and our fantastic team, we’re aspiring to create better outcomes and bright futures by putting people and pensions at the heart of everything we do.

The Consulting division was created to better enable us to fulfil the long-term strategic objectives of our business and to empower us to better excite our clients and provide them, and their members, with better outcomes.

We are continuously looking to improve the services and products we provide to our clients, with a focus on people and the use of technology to achieve this goal. This positions us, and you, to be at the forefront of a rapidly growing and advancing organisation and industry.

We need a highly organised individual with DB pensions and GMP experience whose primary purpose is to manage a team of technical pensions specialists, manage workflow and monitor the delivery of GMP projects through from start to finish.

Key duties responsibilities/competencies

• People management
• Ensuring all project delivery requirements are recorded correctly on the workflow system
• Monitoring delivery dates and highlighting risks to delivery
• Monitoring budgets
• Attending work management meetings

Leadership and management skills.

• Ability to apply core disciplines such as leadership, motivation, prioritizing, planning and change management

People Management

• Able to enact core policies and procedures for people management related policies

Communication Skills

• Excellent verbal and written skills with the ability to manage conflicting relationships and adapt communication style relevant to the audience

Data Analysis Skills

• Ability to interpret data and drive improvements

Project Management skills

• Ability to understand and interpret project plans. Ability to evaluate and track progress.

What are we looking for:

Essential

• Knowledge of DB pensions
• Knowledge of GMP
• Experience of managing a home based/remote working team
• Good communication skills 
• Organised
• Ability to work flexibly and able to work under pressure 
• Proactive

About Capita Pension Solutions

At Capita Pension Solutions (CPS) we continue to grow and evolve our Strategy & Product function.  We are at another exciting point in that evolution, defining and executing CPS’s strategic goals as well as developing the next generation of market leading Products and Services.  We have ambitious objectives and plans for 2026 and beyond.

What’s in it for you?

•  23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

We’re an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, which means we recruit and develop people based on their merit and passion. We’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. If you need the job description or application form in an alternative format (such as large print or audio), or if you’d like to discuss other changes or support you might need going forward, please email Iqbal at [email protected] or call 07784 237318 and we’ll get back to you. For more information about equal opportunities and process adjustments, please visit the Capita Careers website.  

We’re truly committed to building a diverse and representative workforce and as part of our strategic plans we are aiming to accelerate gender and ethnic representation in leadership. As such we would particularly welcome applications from people who are female and/or are from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds

Access to Work can help candidates with a physical or mental health condition or disability to get support in the hiring process, including communication support at interviews such as a British Sign Language interpreter. If you require this support you can apply for this support at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-communication-support-at-a-job-interview-if-you-have-a-disability-or-health-condition-access-to-work . 

Location:

Home-Based - GBR

,

United Kingdom

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent