Senior Pensions Policy Adviser

Location: Greater London

## Senior Pensions Policy Adviser Apply locations:
London:
Leeds:
Edinburgh time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date:
July 20, 2026 (6 days left to apply) job requisition :
JR0021979
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* Job title:

Senior Pension Policy Adviser – 9 Month Fixed Term Contract/Secondment Opportunity
**** Division:
Supervision, Policy and Competition*
* ** Department:
Buy Side**
* ** Salary:
** National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £52,400 to £68,500 and London from £57,700 to £80,000 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
* ** This role is graded as:
** Senior Associate - Regulatory
* ** Your recruitment contact is
** Riley Fox via []. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
** About the FCA and team
** We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.

SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition).The Buy-Side Directorate oversees asset management, funds, pensions and alternative investment firms, ensuring they operate with integrity, deliver fair value, and support healthy, competitive markets for consumers and the wider economy.
** Role responsibilities
*** Turn data and evidence into practical policy solutions, shaping decisions that are credible and outcome‐focused, delivering real benefits for people and partners
* Guide complex policy projects with clarity and confidence, using sound judgement to prioritise effectively, ensuring high‐impact initiatives land on time and with quality
* Build and nurture strong relationships across diverse stakeholder groups, creating trust and collaboration that accelerate progress and amplifies results
* Translate complex issues into clear, compelling messages, presenting insights with confidence so stakeholders understand, engage, and act with purpose
* Contribute to a positive, supportive team culture, adapting your approach to help colleagues succeed and driving collective achievement across shared goals
** Skills required
**** Minimum:
*** Prior extensive policy experience (for example, at a regulator, firm or other relevant organisation)
* Prior experience coordinating and delivering cross-cutting projects
** Essential:
*** Outstanding organisational skills, including the ability to proactively manage complex policy projects by planning, prioritising and managing competing tasks and deadlines
* Making good judgements and being open minded in approach
* Strong stakeholder management skills, building rapport and constructive relationships, taking a collaborative and flexible approach
* Excellent written and oral communication skills, including an ability to distil complex issues into succinct messages and presenting clearly and concisely to a variety of stakeholders
* Management capabilities or leadership skills, including confidence in working with members of the senior leadership team and responding positively to challenge from others
* Flexibility and the ability to deliver effective outcomes in an environment of dynamic change and complexity, by prioritising work and resources to successfully deliver at pace
** Benefits
* ** 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work
* Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
* Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
* 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
* A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle

For a full list of our benefits, and our recruitment process as a whole visit our benefits page.
** Our values and culture
** Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. We believe…