The DfE Teachers’

Pension Team

(Workshop)

LGA Conference

York

11 October 2018

Teachers’ Pensions

Contract Manager

Responsibilities: Senior

Contract Manager

TPS administration

contract management

TPARG

Service Delivery Board

TPS Senior Risk &

Finance Manager

Responsibilities:

-Financial management

and performance of the

scheme

-Admin Levy Spends

-Governance & Annual -

Forecasting income and

expenditure for OBR

-Strategic oversight and

responsibility for scheme

risk management

Resource Accounts

-Auditing and maintaining

effective controls

- DfE ARC assurance

Team Leader: Teachers’

Pension Policy and

Projects

Responsibilities:

Scheme valuation

Member contributions

review

Regulatory changes

Policy development

including:

GMP reconciliation

Pension Dashboard

FE/HE participation

Public sector exit payments

TPS Advisory Board

Equalities

Team Leader: Teachers’

Pension Policy (BAU)

Responsibilities:

Teachers Working Longer

review

TPS Pension Board

Policy – e.g. Forfeiture, debt

recovery

Casework / correspondence

Knowledge management

tool

Decisions Document

Medical Service Contract

Opt-outs

Recruitment and Retention

Scheme management

Head of Policy and Governance:

Responsibilities: Head of pensions team and has an oversight of all

projects. Business as usual, contract management and finance work.

Team Leader: Teachers’ Pension Policy and Projects

Responsibilities: Scheme valuation; Member contributions review; Regulatory changes; Policy development

including: GMP reconciliation; Pension Dashboard; FE/HE participation; Public sector exit payments; TPS Advisory

Board; Equalities

TPS Pension Policy Advisor

Responsibilities: To ensure changes

are up to date in the pensions

landscape and ensuring the TPS rules

and regulations continue to provide a

quality benefit to members.

Member contribution review

TP pension calculators

TPS Equalities and Risk Manager

Responsibilities: GMP

reconciliation; Pension Dashboard;

FE/HE participation; Public sector

exit payments;

Teachers’ Pensions policy and

casework Manager

Responsibilities: TPSAB Secretariat

oversight

Policy Engagement

TPSAB

HM Treasury

OGDs

Data and Factors

Teachers’ Pension Policy Team Leader (BAU)

Responsibilities: Teachers Working Longer review; TPS Pension Board; Policy – e.g. Forfeiture, debt recovery

Casework / correspondence; Knowledge management tool; Decisions Document; Medical Service Contract; Opt-

outs; Recruitment and Retention

Teachers’ Pension Policy and Casework Senior

Manager

Responsibilities: Opt-outs project; Manage the OH

Assist Ltd. Contract; Co-ordinate TPS Strand Report;

Working Longer Review Project; Manage the TPS

casework team.

TPSPB Secretariat

Responsibilities: TPSPB Secretariat; managing the

provision of a comprehensive secretariat service to the

TPSPB and its sub-committees, including all

underpinning administrative services. Supporting the

Board to meet the requirements of the Regulator’s

Code of Practice.

Teachers’ Pension Policy Casework

Manager

Responsibilities: Casework/

correspondence

Knowledge management tool

Decisions Document

Forfeiture

Teachers’ Pensions policy and

casework Manager

Responsibilities: Casework /

correspondence.

TPSPB Secretariat oversight

Teachers’ Pension

Policy Casework Officer

Teachers’ Pension

Policy OfficerTPSPB Secretariat

BAU Engagement

IDRP

Communications

Decisions Document

Regulatory and Technical

TPS Senior Risk & Finance ManagerResponsibilities: TPS Financial Governance, Performance and Intervention; TPS Governance and Financial

Statement- Annual Accounts; DfE Audit and Risk Committee assurance; Scheme Forecasting; Divisional Finance

and Contractual Spends management; Management of the Admin Fee; Debt and Insolvency Oversight; Scheme-

wide Strategic Risk Oversight; Auditing & Maintaining Effective Scheme Controls

TPS Finance Manager

Responsibilities:

Involved in day-to-day management of

financial aspects of the TPS.

- Divisional Finance

- Manage Divisional Budget

- Admin Fee Drawdown

- Finance Commissions

- Debt Recovery (Overpayments and

Arrears)

- Debt Referrals

- Insolvency

TPS Equalities and Financial

Governance Manager

Responsibilities:

-Office for Budget Responsibility

Cash and Expenditure

forecasting

- Income and Expenditure

forecasting model

- Annual accounts governance

manager

Contract and Risk Manager

Responsibilities:

- Operational Risk Management

- Project level risk escalations

- Internal auditing of controls

TPS Senior Accountant

Responsibilities:

-Management of daily, monthly

and annual resource and cash

-Production of the annual TPS

accounts

- Accountant advisor to the OBR

forecast

- Secretariat of the Finance

Project and Steering Board

- Deloitte audit of scheme

finances

Finance engagement

Audit and Risk

Debt management

Annual Accounts

Teachers’ Pensions Contract Manager

Responsibilities:

TPS administration contract management

TPAF/TPARG

Service Delivery Board (Chair)

Project level issue escalations

Teachers’ Pensions Contract Manager

Responsibilities:

TPS administration contract management

TPARG

Service Delivery Board

TAVC contract

Union stakeholder (observe)

Project level issue escalations

TPAF (observe)

Teachers’ Pensions Contract Administration

Responsibilities:

TPS administration management & secretariat

TPARG

Union stakeholder (observe)

TPAF (observe)

Contract Engagement

Strategic/Service Boards

Assurance

Accountability