Asset Transitions Associate

Join LGPS Central at a pivotal moment, where investment meets long term impact.

The Asset Transitions Associate will support the planning, governance, reporting and coordination of fund launch and asset transition activity within LGPS Central.

This role provides structure and consistency across transition activities, helping to ensure plans, RAID logs, action trackers, governance packs and reporting are maintained to a high standard.

The postholder will work collaboratively with the wider transition team and internal/external stakeholders to support the successful delivery of transitions.

This is a great opportunity for someone with project coordination or PMO experience and/or asset transition and fund launch experience to develop their skills within a professional, purpose-led, and growing organisation.

What you’ll be doing:

• Support the planning, coordination and delivery of fund launches and asset transition activity.
• Maintain accurate transition plans, schedules, milestone trackers and dependency logs.
• Manage RAID logs and action trackers, ensuring owners, dates, status updates and escalation points are clearly recorded.
• Prepare and maintain documentation, dashboards and reports for transition and governance meetings.
• Coordinate meetings – scheduling, agendas, minutes, action tracking and timely follow-through.
• Support readiness tracking across internal, client and third-party activities.
• Monitor progress against timelines, budgets, dependencies and agreed delivery criteria.
• Support collation and quality checking of inputs from internal teams and external providers.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of relevant tools, templates and transition delivery practices.

About us

LGPS Central (LGPSC) Ltd is the FCA regulated asset manager for fourteen local authority pension funds across the Midlands. LGPSC is jointly owned on an equal shares basis by those Partner Fund, and it is responsible for managing £100bn+ of their assets. It is one of six Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) asset pools in the UK.

LGPS Central’s Partner Funds are:

• Cheshire Pension Fund
• Derbyshire Pension Fund
• Leicestershire Pension Fund
• Nottinghamshire Pension Fund
• Shropshire Pension Fund
• Staffordshire Pension Fund
• West Midlands Pension Fund
• Worcestershire Pension Fund
• Gloucestershire Pension Fund
• Hampshire Pension Fund
• Suffolk County Council
• Wiltshire Pension Fund
• Norfolk Pension Fund
• Oxfordshire Pension Fund

The Company is committed to responsible investment and has made responsible investment a core part of the investment process in every asset class.

LGPS Central offers a friendly and diverse, hybrid working environment with a range of employee benefits. The Company moved to new premises at i9, Wolverhampton Interchange in January 2022, close to local transport links.

Our objective is to be a leading investment management company working with and for our Partner Funds. With a focus on value for money and performance we want to aspire to be one of the best because this is how we will deliver the superior investment returns and low costs for our Partner Funds

Requirements

Essential

• 3+ years’ experience working in a PMO, project coordination, or project support role, ideally within a professional, financial services, or regulated environment.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills, with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good understanding of project management principles, including governance, RAID management, and reporting cycles.
• Ability to work with multiple dependencies and time-critical activities, escalating risks and issues appropriately.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging stakeholders at all levels.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and experienced in project tracking tools (e.g. MS Project).
• Strong time management skills, able to prioritise multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• A proactive, team-oriented mindset with the ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

Desirable

• Experience supporting asset transitions, fund launches, investment change or operational readiness activity in financial services, pensions, or asset management.
• Familiarity with project methodologies such as PRINCE2, APM, or Agile.
• Experience preparing management information, dashboards, or programme-level reports.
• Understanding of benefits tracking and post-project review processes.
• Worked in Financial Services, ideally Investment Management.

Qualifications:

• Degree level or equivalent experience.
• PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent project management qualification desirable.
• Investment operations, asset management or pensions-related qualification desirable but not essential.

What do we offer?

We are proud to provide our people with a premium and exclusive benefits package and we are continually improving the rewards we offer. Here are a few of the valuable rewards that you will enjoy:

• Competitive salary
• An enhanced and generous Pension Scheme
• 30 days' paid holiday plus bank holidays
• 2 days paid volunteering days
• An extra paid Company Day in addition to paid holidays
• Excellent Learning & Development Opportunities
• Welfare and Family friendly policies
• Enhanced pay for new parents
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme 247 Health & Wellbeing Support
• Vitality Private Medical Insurance
• Hybrid Working
• Company Service Awards
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Company Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Winner of the Cultural Awareness Initiative of the Year FT Advisors Diversity in Finance Awards 2023
• Winner of Diversity and Inclusion Award LAPF In Investments Award 2023
• Winner of LAPF Investment Innovation
• Winner of Pool of the Year 2025