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An exciting opportunity has arisen within Kent Pension Fund for a Training Officer with the Pensions Section. The vacancy is for the post KSH Training Officer within the Pensions Technical & Training Team. The role is full-time, permanent, advertised for 37 hours a week, although applications from part-time applicants willing to work a minimum of 30 hours a week are welcomed. The primary location for this role is Maidstone, Kent, whereby the successful candidates will undertake hybrid/remote working. Applications from both internal and external applicants are welcomed.

The Pensions Technical & Training Team ensures the compliance of the Local Government Pension Scheme regulations by developing and delivering training and supporting materials to ensure the team can carry out their roles effectively and provide accurate information to pension scheme members.

The post-holder will work with others to coordinate, identify, source and develop appropriate training and development solutions for the Pensions Section. The post-holder will ensure new regulations and changes to national/local pensions policy are incorporated into training material. The post-holder must have excellent presentation skills as they will also be expected to deliver effective training across multiple platforms, including face-to-face, via e-learning, online webinars and workshops, online communication on MS Teams, etc.

The post-holder will be required to apply their professional experience in pensions administration in undertaking this role. As such the post-holder will have extensive experience in local government pensions administration with experience in pensions administration software such as Altair, or similar. For full details, please see attached job description/person specification.

Application

We politely request that all applicants state their interest, skills and experience for this role (relevant to the job description) in the ‘Reason for Applying’ 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 are likely to commence 27th July 2026. Shortlisted candidates will be required to undertake a presentation to the interview panel, the exact subject to be confirmed, but will be related to pensions administration.

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For more information about the role, please contact either Helen Dighton (Training & Development Manager) by email at Helen.Dighton@kent.gov.uk

Or Tracey Checkley (Technical Compliance & training Consultant) by email at Tracey.Checkley@kent.gov.uk

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