Pensions Specialist Consultant - DC 

We’re excited to be recruiting an experienced Pension Specialist Consultant for a 6-month fixed-term role! This role will lead and support a series of targeted pension consolidation, compliance, and governance improvement activities across predominantly DC based pension schemes.

You will work in a live operational setting, collaborating closely with Payroll, HR Systems, and external pension partners to identify issues, drive remediation, and deliver practical, risk-based improvements. This role is ideal for someone who combines deep technical pension knowledge with strong project management capability and a hands-on, solution-focused mindset.

About the role

• Provide expert advice on pension administration, scheme rules, regulatory requirements, and best practice.
• Lead and drive project-based pension consolidation and complex improvement activities, ensuring alignment across multiple DC schemes and supporting the development of a future pension offering.
• Build upon existing work to assess current processes, governance structures, and compliance gaps, producing clear, risk-based evaluations and practical recommendations.
• Act as a key contributor to the refinement of internal policies, procedures, and governance frameworks to strengthen compliance and operational integrity, excellence and efficiency
• Engage with external pension providers and internal stakeholders to ensure coordinated, accurate and timely execution of pension activities.
• Prepare documentation, dashboards, and progress reports for People Leadership and internal governance forums.
• Ensure all activities are delivered within required timelines and to a high standard of accuracy and control.
• Identify key opportunities to engage and communicate with employees regarding their pension savings.

• Proven experience in DC pension projects.
• Strong knowledge of UK pension regulations.
• Excellent project management and stakeholder skills.
• Analytical, detail-focused, and proactive.