Position type:
Full-Time or Part-Time applications can be considered
Expiry Date:
24/12/2025 15:00
The vacancy
The Pension Protection Fund’s main function is to provide compensation to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes, when there is a qualifying insolvency event in relation to the employer, and where there are insufficient assets in the pension scheme to cover the Pension Protection Fund level of compensation.
The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is the size of a top 5 pension scheme in the UK, managing over £30billion AUM for almost 300,000 members, with an excellent team of over 450 people. We proudly play a unique and very valuable role in the UK pension industry. We are top in our field – because of our people.
We’re looking for a Pensions Lawyer to join our award-winning legal team to provide comprehensive legal advice to staff, senior management and the Board. This is an exciting time to join the PPF - as a trusted voice in the pensions industry, we’re playing a key role in shaping future legislation through our close collaboration with the Department for Work and Pensions, including on the current Pension Schemes Bill.
Reporting to our Managing Counsel, you’ll be responsible for providing practical and pragmatic legal advice, taking ownership and demonstrating accountability for providing realistic commercial solutions. This is an exciting opportunity for a Qualified Lawyer with knowledge and experience of the DB pensions landscape, the Pensions Act 2004 and, ideally, the PPF, the Financial Assistance Scheme and/or the Fraud Compensation Fund. You may also be involved in advising on some of the other legal areas that are relevant to the PPF, in addition to pensions law, so we are looking for someone who is adaptable. Finally, we expect applicants to perform at a high level when either working independently or as part of a team, and to be able to develop effective internal and external working relationships with stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
Sound like you? Apply now.
We embrace diverse talent welcoming people with different beliefs, backgrounds and aim to embrace family friendly working. Whatever your background, and however you identify, you’ll be welcome here.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, the highest accreditation under the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have a disability and meet all the essential criteria for this role you will be guaranteed an interview.
No agencies please
Who we are
We’re a statutory public corporation led by our board and accountable to Parliament through the Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions. It's our duty to protect people with an eligible defined benefit pension when an employer becomes insolvent.
We’re proud of the work we do. Without us, many people would face significant financial hardship. We’re also proud of our people, all of whom are committed to our mission and to serving over 230,000 members.
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Pension Protection Fund (PPF) Privacy Notice
This privacy notice sets out how we handle personal data during our recruitment process in compliance with applicable data protection legislation.
We recognise the importance of the correct and lawful processing of personal data in maintaining confidence in our operations. We fully endorse and adhere to the principles set out in the data protection legislation.
As defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is the Data Controller and ultimately responsible for ensuring the data you provide is kept secure, processed correctly and that you understand your legal rights in relation to the data you provide.
The recruitment software we use via this website is supplied by IRIS Software Group Limited and they are defined as a Data Processor under the GDPR. They will only process your data in accordance with our instructions.
IRIS can be contacted at: 4th Floor Heathrow Approach, 470 London Road, Slough, England, SL3 8QY
For Data Protection enquiries, please contact the Help Desk at support@networxrecruitment.com
What information do we collect from you?
We collect personal data and other relevant information during the recruitment process that is specifically provided by you as part of an application process. We will collect the following (but not limited to):
Name, address, email, telephone number
CV (if applicable)
Equal opportunities monitoring information (defined as special categories data) - this information is purely for statistical analysis and monitoring purposes
Answers to application questions
Any other information you wish to provide in support of your application
Why we use your information
We will use the details you provide to assess your suitability for employment with us and to carry out statistical analysis for equal opportunities monitoring. We have to have a lawful basis for processing your personal data. The relevant lawful bases in this case are:
it is necessary for us to process this personal data so that we can consider whether to enter into a contract with you; and
we are legally required to monitor equality of opportunity in our recruitment processes. As this often involves the processing of special category personal data, this is additionally justified as it is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, as specified at paragraph 8 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (equality of opportunity or treatment).
If you are unsuccessful and want to be informed about future opportunities, your details will be retained with your consent.
Sharing your personal data
Your data will be processed by the PPF and if necessary by our service providers. Specific providers who will have access to your personal data solely for the purpose of supporting this recruitment process are:
Net-Worx (2001) Ltd (trading as networx) - who provide the recruitment platform
CV Insights Ltd – who will conduct pre-employment checks if you are selected as our preferred candidate.
Relevant persons within these service providers may be given access to your personal data to allow them to perform their services for us.
We will also share your personal data with third parties where this is necessary for your role, for instance regulators, professional or accreditation bodies. Personal data will also be shared if we are legally required to do so or we are satisfied that it is necessary for law enforcement purposes.
Details you provide in this application:
Will be held on our computer systems and may be downloaded by us
Will be used to deal with your application
Will be made available to us and our processors (where relevant)
Will be used for communication with you regarding the vacancy
Will be used to satisfy legal requirements
Will be used for statistical analysis
Will be held and used to contact you about other vacancies if you indicate that you would like us to do so.
We will store your application data for 13 months after the vacancy has closed. After this period, it will be fully anonymised.
How can I access the information you hold about me?Your rights
We are dedicated to providing access to visitors who wish to review the personal information retained when they apply via our website site and correct any inaccuracies it may contain. If you choose to register, you may access your profile, correct and update your details, or withdraw your details at any time. To do this, you can access your personal profile by using the secure login. In all cases we will treat requests to access information or change information in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
You have the following rights in relation to the way in which we deal with your personal data:
the right of erasure or to be forgotten
the right to rectification if information is inaccurate or out of date
the right of data portability (to obtain and reuse your personal data)
the right to object to networx and the controller and processors handling of your personal data
the right to withdraw your consent with regards to the handling of your personal data
you have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you (Subject Access Request - S.A.R)
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority - the ICO
Within your candidate account, you can also use the Download Data feature to generate an XML file of the current data we hold on you that you have provided and/or have access to within the account.
Where you exercise your right to object or withdraw your consent we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required by law or regulatory requirements to do so. In such a case, we will not process more personal data than is required under the circumstances.
Making a complaint
If you wish to raise a complaint about how we’ve handled your personal data, you can ask to have the matter investigated by writing to the email address below.
If you’re not satisfied with our response or believe we’re not processing your personal data in accordance with the law you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office https://ico.org.uk/
Contact Details
Should you have any queries regarding your personnel data, please contact us at:
Recruitment@ppf.co.uk
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