Job ref: 180685
TPR grade: R&0 8 - Specialist
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe. We’re committed to bringing people into TPR who are ready to make a difference and put UK savers at the heart of what we do.
It is important to us that TPR remains a great place to work. We do all we can to help our people reach their full potential with learning, secondment, and development opportunities. We put our 900+ employees first, supporting flexible working and offer a diverse, lively, and inclusive environment. This includes our Disability Network, Family Network, LGBT+ Network (Proud), Minority Ethnic (ME) Network and Women’s Network, which offer spaces to connect.
Our new corporate strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the industry. We are at the start of that journey. Join us to find out what part you can play.
We operate a hybrid working model, subject to government guidelines, where regular attendance in our Brighton office is required. Attendance in the office is team and role dependent.
Role
Pensions dashboards are a ground-breaking initiative which will enable pension savers to access their pensions information online and one in one place, supporting better planning for retirement. TPR is tasked with ensuring that pensions schemes prepare for dashboards, so that savers can have the best experience.
We are looking for a senior analyst who will lead TPR’s analytical work on the pensions dashboards project. This analytical work could include:
- create appropriate scenario modelling to predict the connection dates of schemes to the pensions dashboard
- create a risk metric to identify schemes which may have internal data quality concerns putting them at risk of being unable to comply with pensions dashboard requirements
- providing support to measure the impact of the pensions dashboard programme
The senior analyst will sit in our Analysis and Insight function alongside our research and our data science functions.
Responsibilities
The senior analyst role is pivotal to the success of this project. You will:
- lead and manage analysis for the pensions dashboards project at TPR, coordinating and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely deliveries, including managing expectations and engaging / obtaining consensus from multidisciplinary teams
- proactively identify, design and deliver analysis of complex data sets to inform the delivery of the project, including making recommendations on the basis of your analysis
- support the day-to-day rollout of TPR’s pensions dashboard work – for example, identifying which pension scheme administrators need to be contacted each month
- be responsible for identifying the most appropriate analytical tools, data and inferences to inform and develop insights
Essential and desirable criteria
Essential
- Proficiency in application of R or Python, and Power BI or Tableau.
- Able to robustly evaluate data sources for suitability, reliability and accuracy for inclusion in analysis. Experience manipulating big data and quickly getting up to speed to understand the contents and structure of a complex data warehouse.
- Able to co-ordinate and collaborate with stakeholders, as an analytical expert, to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Should possess strong communication skills to disseminate complex analysis clearly and accurately across TPR to a non-technical audience.
Desirable
- Basic understanding of the UK pensions industry.
- Practitioner level knowledge of Git and GitHub.
- Azure DevOps, and AGILE or Dev / Data Ops workflow methodologies.
Salary and benefits
As well as a salary starting from £41,383, we offer:
- Civil Service Pension arrangements, which are recognised as some of the best in the pensions world
- discretionary bonus arrangements
- access to performance related pay progression
- 25 days annual leave provision
- flexible working arrangements
- development opportunities
- enhanced parental leave arrangements
- a free employee assistance programme
- an excellent office location in Brighton
How to apply
To apply please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk quoting role reference number 180685 along with:
- a covering letter with details of how your skills and experience meet the role requirements
- a copy of your CV
- details of your notice period
Current TPR employees in their first 12 months of employment who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
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 essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview.
Applications will be considered on a part time and job share basis.
In accordance with Home Office guidance, the successful candidate will be required to provide their right to work in the UK before they start employment. Unfortunately, TPR is not able to offer sponsorship at the time. TPR is a UK-based organisation with a working location in Brighton, candidates must live in the UK to be employed by us.
The Pensions Regulator is an arm’s length government body and part of the public service.
Any offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory background screening checks and criminal record checks (BPSS).
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email recruitmentteam@tpr.gov.uk.