Pensions

Governing strategies

  • Pension scheme rules
  • HM Revenue and Customs regulations
  • Data protection standards

Level of service

Human Resources will:

  • Answer questions from College Deans and Heads of Professional Services with regard to pension costs for their staff.
  • Answering queries from individual members of staff in schools regarding pension benefits.
  • Supplying any data, such as booklets or pensions legislation information to College Deans and Heads of Professional Services upon request.
  • Ensure that all payments with regard to retiring members are instigated.
  • Where requested, talk to staff on an individual basis with regard to pension matters.
  • Answer queries from employees, College Deans or University senior management on early retirement benefits.

Key indicators

Key indicators for this activity are:

  • Replies will be accurate and contain as much information as relates to the question.
  • Data supplied will be current and as up to date as possible.

Performance targets

Subject to the Dependencies below:

  • Requests for information from College Deans and Heads of Professional Services will be replied within 5 working days.
  • Arrangements for payments to retiring staff will be instigated within 5 working days of retirement.

Key contacts

  • Pensions Manager

Redress

Complaints about aspects of the service should be made to the Pensions Manager in the first instance. In the event that the customer/client remains dissatisfied following informal discussion with the Pensions Manager, the issue should be raised in writing with the Head of Employee Administration who will normally respond within 5 working days.

Dependencies (Colleges)

To operate effectively in this service area, Human Resources requires:

  • College Deans and Heads of Professional Services providing full information on the nature of the request.

Dependencies (external and other Professional Services)

Human Resources goals in this area may be affected by:

  • Delays in information being provided by scheme administrators;
  • Members not providing full information promptly.