Company Profile

West Midlands Pension Fund is part of the Local Government Pension Scheme, it’s one of the UK’s largest Funds and is administered by City of Wolverhampton Council.

As a leader in the local government pensions industry, we’re proud to drive best practice in recruitment; ensuring our employees are at the heart of everything we do.

We have an engaging graduate and fund trainee placement programme to bring candidates into hard-to-fill niche roles by providing a nurturing environment where staff can develop their careers.

Our programme – the first of its kind in the LGPS – has played a major role in enabling us to fill roles and keep people within the organisation to develop their careers. Since launching the programme six years ago we have welcomed seven cohorts of graduates and an incredible 70% are still working for us.

We have many niche roles that are hard to fill therefore we introduced our placement programme to grow our own, providing employees with the skills and expertise to develop into key roles within service areas such as Investments, Finance, Governance and Operations.

All graduates and trainees are assigned a mentor who supports them throughout the programme. Those on placements will learn, grow and develop, making a real impact on the organisation whilst having the opportunity to be involved in group projects as well as a placement forum group where they can collaborate with others.

Graduates are supported by a personal development programme that sees them undertake specialist professional qualifications such as ACCA, IMC and PRINCE2. The Fund has continued to run successful recruitment programmes and has seen excellent quality applicants for positions in all service areas. We also support their relocation and provide a buddy/mentor system.

Our placement programme offers employees an opportunity to gain on-the-job experience whilst completing a relevant qualification – the ideal combination to kickstart their career.

Alongside our graduate opportunities, we have an apprenticeship programme which play a pivotal role in kickstarting careers and helps us to grow our own. Within our operations area it offers an 18-month pensions apprenticeship that provides employees with key skills and a recognised qualification.

Our people are our greatest asset, not only in the service they provide to our customers but also as ambassadors for the Fund – promoting us as a place of opportunity to launch careers.

For more information, please get in touch by emailing our recruitment team.