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At South Yorkshire Pensions Authority, our mission is to deliver a sustainable and cost-effective pension scheme for members and employers in South Yorkshire, delivering high levels of customer service and strong investment returns which facilitate stable contributions. Choosing a career at SYPA will mean that you can use your skills and expertise to make a genuine difference and help us to continue to put our members and employers at the heart of everything we do.

Current Vacancies

As part of our development as an organisation, we have several job openings available throughout the year, offering a variety of opportunities to join our team. We encourage you to regularly visit our dedicated vacancies page for the most up-to-date information on available positions.

South Yorkshire Pensions Authority are seeking an Employer Representative to join our Local Pension Board (LPB). This Board is a crucial part of SYPA’s corporate governance structure. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to your community while gaining valuable experience in LGPS pensions, governance compliance, scrutiny, and assurance.

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Business Support Apprenticeship
Salary: £24,413 a year
Closing Date: 30/09/2025

Are you a motivated, friendly individual looking to start your career in business support? Join our team as a Customer Service Apprentice, where you’ll gain hands-on experience, develop essential skills, and earn while you learn in a supportive, professional environment.

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Employer Support Officer
Salary: £25,185 - £34,434 per annum
Closing Date: 19/09/2025

We have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and forward-looking Employer Services Team in this well-respected, award-winning organisation managing a £10 billion pension fund.

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Join Our Team

Our organisation was the winner of the LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme) Fund of the Year at the LAPF Investment Awards 2022. Additionally, our teams have been recognised for their outstanding customer service by external bodies such as Customer Service Excellence. As an award-winning organisation, we work together to provide our members with excellent customer service and continue to invest wisely to get the best returns to continue paying our members pensions. We have a variety of roles at SYPA that include pensions administration, support and engagement, ICT, finance, investment strategy and more. By joining our team in Barnsley, you would be directly involved in securing the financial future of over 180,000 people in South Yorkshire. We value every single member of our organisation and strive to make sure that our workplace will help you go further in your career.
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Investing In You

We are dedicated to helping you develop as a professional in your chosen career but also in other areas of your life. We offer employees the opportunity to learn and develop skills with LinkedIn Learning. This is a platform that gives you access to a wide range of courses that you can complete to improve your understanding of the working world. Although most people choose to undertake courses that are within their field of specialism, we also encourage you to try learning about things that you have no prior knowledge about. Additionally, we also pay for any professional subscription you need to develop your learning, provided it is a requirement of your job role. Gaining knowledge is a never-ending cycle, it is important to keep on top of changes and try to develop yourself via learning. We are invested in your professional development and want you to grow with us.

Rewards & Benefits

At SYPA, we take pride in the fantastic benefits that we offer to our employees. As a Mindful Employer, we have a range of policies that emphasise the importance of maintaining a healthy work life balance for everyone who works here. We are always looking for ways to improve and review our policies regularly, ensuring they work well for all our people.

Between 28 – 36 days of annual leave, with opportunity to accrue 13 extra days.

We have a 35-hour work week, and you can work flexible hours between 7am – 7pm & work from home up to 3 days a week (following a successful 6-month probationary period).

Automatically be enrolled into the LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme), with a generous 19% contribution rate from SYPA!

Our LGPS pension is a defined benefit scheme, in which how much you contribute doesn’t impact the amount you receive, rather it is calculated based on your salary as well as your years of service. To learn more, watch our Pensions made simple videos.

Fresh fruit, tea, coffee, and employer provided flu jabs. You can also claim back the costs of eye tests and glasses for work every two years.

24/7 confidential helpline & access to wellbeing resources.

Gain access to an exclusive range of benefits and discounts for shops, restaurants, days out and more.

100% pay for Maternity/ Adoption Leave for the first 26 weeks & 100% pay for Paternity Leave for the six weeks

We currently have three salary sacrifice schemes available, these are Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) and a car and bicycle purchasing scheme. The cost for these will come from your salary, which means that both you and SYPA will have a reduced amount of tax to pay.

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South Yorkshire Pensions Authority,
Oakwell House,
2 Beevor Court,
Pontefract Road,
Barnsley,
S71 1HG


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Tel: 0300 303 6160
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