Primark
Pension Specialist (6 months FTC)

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What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.
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What You’ll Do as Pension Specialist (6 months FTC)
In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:
- Support the Pensions and Risk Lead across all markets, covering pension schemes and risk benefits (life assurance and income continuance), including policy development and process implementation.
- Assist with enhancements and changes to pension and risk benefit offerings to meet legislative, market, and competitive requirements, and support large-scale pension change projects.
- Manage day-to-day pension operations, including retirements, complex pension queries, HRIS (Workday) updates, and budget management such as invoice processing.
- Oversee risk benefit claims, including death claims, liaising with beneficiaries and providing guidance and information to trustees to support benefit payments.
- Support operational activities and annual or ad-hoc projects across all schemes, including renewals, rate reviews, and other scheme-related initiatives.
- Collaborate with the wider Benefits Team to provide guidance on strategic business initiatives, while promoting awareness and engagement with pension schemes and risk benefits among colleagues.
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People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.
Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.
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What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued – so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:
- 3+ years’ relevant experience in a UK or Republic of Ireland pensions role, either in-house or within a consultancy environment, with knowledge of both Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit schemes.
- Proven experience supporting pension and risk benefit–related projects, including change initiatives and ongoing scheme delivery.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team while also taking ownership of individual projects and working independently using own initiative.
- Excellent organisational skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and collaboration tools (e.g. MS Teams, SharePoint), with degree-level education or equivalent (including pension qualifications) preferred.


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About Primark
At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.
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