Lead Specialist

Job summary

You will lead and be responsible for a portfolio of the Theme’s most complex and highest priority engagements, ensuring the timely delivery of effective regulatory outcomes in line with our risk appetite and corporate priorities.

You will work with internal stakeholders to help embed new processes across the team and help develop confidence and capabilities in newly developing approaches. You will build and foster strong internal and external stakeholder relationships.

Job description

The role and responsibilities

• Be accountable for the timely delivery of effective intervention and outcomes on the most complex and high profile interventions with schemes and third-party stakeholders and be responsible for the delivery of effective regulatory outcomes in your portfolio.
• You will mentor and coach colleagues and share knowledge within and beyond the Theme.
• Support the Theme’s management team in the introduction of change initiatives and deputise for Principals as necessary.
• Lead external engagements on key issues or complex interventions where required and do so with confidence and credibility.
• Collaborate with all stakeholders across TPR and externally.
• Offer technical advice support and guidance, as well as leading by example through demonstrating TPR competencies and TPR values.

Person specification

The role criteria

• Experience of working in regulation or the pensions industry including defined benefit pension schemes, decision making and delivering good outcomes.
• Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams of experienced professionals in cases of strategic and reputational importance.
• Experience at coaching, mentoring and motivating others
• Negotiating and influencing skills with experience of effectively utilising those skills, up to senior management level in a commercial or regulatory environment
• Experience of demonstrating credibility, showing resilience and building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Awareness of financial, commercial, political and social landscape

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £54,074, Pensions Regulator contributes £15,665 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 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

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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.

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

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.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