Solicitor – Pension Fund Team
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
21/02/2025
Advert End Date:
14/03/2025 12:00
Employment Location:
Tyne and Wear Pension Fund, Town Hall, South Shields
Further Information
Solicitor – Pension Fund Team
(Tyne and Wear Pension Fund, Town Hall, South Shields)
£46,731 pa
You will work as a solicitor in the Tyne and Wear Pension Fund’s in-house legal team, helping to provide a comprehensive, cost effective, responsive and quality legal service to the Tyne and Wear Pension Fund (the ‘Fund’). You will help the Fund achieve its priorities and act in a lawful manner.
The Pension Fund Legal Team is required to provide a wide-ranging legal service to the Fund, including areas such as pensions law (with a particular focus on the LGPS), contract law and procurement, data protection and civil litigation. Some knowledge of the Local Government Pension Scheme would be helpful but is not essential as full training will be provided.
We encourage productive, flexible working and we will provide you with the technology you need. You will be expected to work in South Shields Town Hall 2 – 3 days per week.
About South Tyneside Council and Tyne and Wear Pension Fund
South Tyneside Council is the administering authority for the Tyne and Wear Pension Fund.
The Tyne and Wear Pension Fund is a high achieving Fund. It is the fourth largest Local Government Pension Fund in England and Wales and is currently valued at c£14 billion. The Fund has over 184,000 members and around 200 active employers, including the five Councils within the Tyne and Wear County area and also Northumberland County Council.
We are constantly striving to improve and innovate. We have recently won a contract to carry out the administration of the Teesside Pension Fund. In 2021, we completed the successful merger of the Fund with Northumberland County Council Pension Fund, and we are one of the partner funds within the Border to Coast Pension Partnership. We are a strong performing Fund providing the platform to have a fulfilling, challenging and successful career.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Louise Gudgin, Senior Solicitor on (0191) 424 6525.
We offer an excellent benefits package and further information is available here - www.southtyneside.gov.uk/workinghere
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Closing date: Noon, Friday 14 March 2025.