Actuary

Job summary

Role title: Actuary

TPR grade & pay group: Advisory Grade 6 - Principal

Directorate: Strategy, Policy & Analysis

Starting salary: Salary starting from £89,459 per annum dependent on skills and experience, plus excellent benefits package, and flexible working arrangements

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Brighton/hybrid (6 days per month in the office)

Closing date: 01 March 2026

The role and responsibilities

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for pensions, an appetite for non‑traditional actuarial work and a flair for lateral problem-solving? Do you thrive in complex environments where your actuarial expertise can be used to provide insights, shape policy and influence regulatory outcomes?

We’re looking for an Actuary to join our Pensions Insights and Modelling (PIM) team. As a vital member of the team, you’ll:

• Deliver high-quality actuarial advice on funding and risk across occupational pension schemes.
• Collaborate across TPR, using your consulting skills to provide thought leadership, training, and cross‑discipline support across actuarial and pensions topics.
• Shape strategy and strengthen the evidence base that informs policy and frontline decisions.
• Lead actuarial input into Pensions Bill measures, including areas such as CDC policy expansion and innovation, new DC value for money requirements, guided retirement solutions (decumulation), scheme consolidation reforms, and other legislative reforms shaping the future pensions landscape.

• Act as a subject matter expert across a wide range of pensions topics, applying skills honed in traditional areas to broader pensions analysis and insight.

• Lead modelling initiatives that support regulatory interventions, policy development, and external publications.

• Represent the organisation externally, building relationships with advisers, government departments and industry bodies.

Job description

The role criteria

• Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries – ideally with at least 3 years’ post qualification experience.
• Actuarial & pensions expertise – Has a strong consulting background, with experience advising trustees and/or employers on UK occupational pensions. With a deep knowledge of occupational DB and DC scheme arrangements, UK pensions legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• Communication & collaboration– Communicates complex technical issues clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences, and has a collaborative approach to working with other disciplines.
• Strategic problem solver – Demonstrates strategic insight and professional judgement in novel and high-pressure situations
• Project & stakeholder management – Delivers high quality outputs for teams across the organisation to agreed timescales, managing competing priorities effectively.
• Proficient in MS office – Expert user of Excel and proficient in other standard office tools.

Person specification

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £89,459, Pensions Regulator contributes £25,916 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Reward and benefits

We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Our culture

TPR strives to be a high-performing organisation, and we prioritise our people's growth and well-being. We offer various learning, secondment and development opportunities, support flexible working, and foster a diverse and inclusive environment.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is very important to us and we strive to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our modern Brighton offices are in Telecom House overlooking Preston Park, they are over two floors of a shared building facility and when designed in 2023 we followed the government’s workplace design guide to ensure accessibility by design was achieved for our section.

We're proud to have a range of networks and opportunities to bring people together with supportive and safe spaces to connect with one another.

About The Pensions Regulator

With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation with real purpose and who are proud of their diverse range of skills and experience that positively impact on millions of people. Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe.

Our Corporate Strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should continue to evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the pensions landscape. We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to good decision-making for positive saver outcomes. We’re committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic work environment where everyone can thrive; understanding the link between the work we do and its positive impact on society.

Find out more about us.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Applications

To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can continue to provide a positive candidate experience, with each application being reviewed and considered. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Current TPR employees who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.

We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis.

Selection and interview

If you are shortlisted for interview, we’ll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the criteria outlined in the ‘what you will bring’ section will be offered an interview.

Diversity and inclusion

TPR is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace, creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported, represented and do their best work.

We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR.

Further information

Please visit our website to find out what it is like to work at TPR, our culture, interview process and our commitment to our employees,

If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

Open to UK nationals only.

Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk
• Email : recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk