Systems Compliance Senior Officer

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Grade F SCP 17 £31,022 - SCP 22 £33,699

Hours Per Week: 36 hours

Base Location: Guardsman Tony Downes House, Droylsden

Assessment Date: w/c 23^rd February 2026

The Role

Play a key role in ensuring that GMPF maintains high standards in compliance with legislation while focussing on good customer outcomes

About GMPF

At Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), we are dedicated to securing the financial well-being of our 436,000 members. Every year, these members entrust us with their contributions, which we strategically invest to provide them with peace of mind for their retirement. In 2024 alone, we paid out over £880 million in benefits, fulfilling our promise to deliver financial security to our members.

Our 175 pensions administration colleagues collaborate with over 700 employers, including local authorities across Greater Manchester, the National Probation Service, academy schools, and housing associations. Together, we calculate and deliver pension benefits with precision and care.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a highly motivated person to join us as a Senior Officer, on our Systems Compliance team. This is a great opportunity for anyone who can manage their own workload and collaborate with colleagues across the organisation to work towards the same goal.

As Systems Compliance Senior Officer, you will:

• Support Colleagues: Assist colleagues within GMPF with applying the LGPS regulations, data protection and any other relevant legislation.
• Champion Improvement: Assist with formal complaints and disputes including the recording and monitoring of any subsequent improvement of procedures and communications.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work with teams to improve and record processes and communications and ensure legal and policy requirements are met.
• Contribute to Project Delivery: Contribute to new projects affecting the organisation, ensuring all processes are effective, compliant and all risks are managed.
• Review Regulatory Changes: Assist with ensuring all regulatory changes are implemented within relevant timescales

About You

This is an opportunity for a motivated individual with good attention to details to help ensure that customer outcomes are maintained while meeting legal and policy requirements.

Why Join GMPF?

At GMPF, we value our employees and are proud to offer:

• Flexible hybrid working arrangements work from home or in our modern, open-plan offices in Droylsden, which feature on-site parking, excellent public transport links, and proximity to the M60. Hybrid flexibility is available after training and demonstration of role competency
• Generous benefits package automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), offering comprehensive benefits and life cover
• Excellent leave entitlement starting at 26 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and flexible working hours (flexitime)
• Training and career development access to ongoing learning and progression opportunities
• Employee rewards and perks discounts on gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, a car leasing scheme and various health and wellbeing offers

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

This role is employed by Tameside Council.

If you have the skills to excel in this role, we’d love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Tracey Litten, Systems Compliance Team Manager, on 0161 301 7236.

Please read the attached recruitment guidance document or visit our website careers page for support with your application and interview.

https://www.gmpf.org.uk/about/careers-and-current-vacancies

The application process will involve both an interview and a task. More details about this will be provided if your application is successful.

For more information about GMPF in general please see our website at www.gmpf.org.uk.