Workplace Governance Relationship and Delivery Manager

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Edinburgh hybrid (2 days per week in office)

Flexible working: All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.

Closing Date: 19th August August

Salary and benefits: From £45k, plus an indicative bonus range of 16% to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Who are we?

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

The role

This role will give you the opportunity to work with executive and non-executive directors, give you broad exposure to our workplace propositions and the market we operate in and allow you to be part of a fast paced, high energy work environment.

The role-holder will lead in relation to supporting the activities of the Standard Life Master Trust Trustee Board (SLMTC), including its sub committees and Standard Life Master Trust Strategists Committee. This will include activities such as attending the relevant board/committee meetings, own and project manage the production of material required to support SLMTC and the Strategists (e.g. the chairs annual reports, TCFD Annual Report and inputs to the strategists committee) and manage the relationships with the business representatives and external suppliers that support these governance bodies.

This role will report to the Workplace Governance and Policy Lead, will require close liaison with your team colleagues, the company secretariate, the chairs of the trustee board/sub committees and occasional travel within the UK.

The role will also require you to support our trading activity by providing our Bid team with answer to Master Trust governance related questions and keeping our distribution team up to date with developments in our Master Trust governance environment.

What are we looking for?

• An extensive and in depth knowledge of workplace DC pensions, preferably Master Trust.
• Strong relationship management and project management skills.
• A good understanding of the regulatory framework applicable to Master Trust pension schemes.
• A self-motivated individual who can use their own initiative and relationship/project management skills to get things done and deliver objectives.
• A knowledge of pension scheme trustee boards core purpose and accountabilities.

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.