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Our Values

Our Mission

'Making membership worthwhile'

Our Goals

  • To improve pension provision in the charitable and voluntary sector
  • To provide employers with their pensions solution of choice
  • To provide the best possible pension for the contributions recieved
  • For our members to be proud to be part of The Pensions Trust
  • For our workforce to say The Pensions Trust is a great place to work

Our Values

Each value can be demonstrated in a variety of ways. The examples below are behaviours identified by the workforce which could illustrate values in practice.

Customer Focused

- We focus on our customers' needs, not our shareholders'.
- We are friendly, approachable, supportive, understanding
   and responsive.
- We take pride in, and are passionate about what we do.
- We offer a very high level of service.
- We listen and learn from our customers.
- We are not fake, upset, unhappy, confused, disgruntled
   nor do we lead our customers up the garden path.

Cost Effective
- We need to be efficient and look for cost savings.
- We need to make shrewd decisions.
- All our actions need to be competitive.
- We must be consistent in our approach to efficiency.
- We must be accurate - get it right first time.

- Always look for good use of resources.
- Our budgeting must be robust.
- We must act with prudence.

Committed
- We need to be engaged as employees.
- We care about our customers and fellow employees.
- We do what we say we are going to do.
- We are persistent in our pursuit of success at The
  Pensions Trust.

Integrity
- We need to do ‘the right thing’.
- We must consider the interests of others and show
  respect for their views.
- We must be honest and act with integrity. 
- We need to be fair in all our dealings.
- We must always offer the option of ethical
  investments.

Innovative
- Being pro-active and creative.
- Accepting new ideas.
- Not sticking with the norm.
- Challenging current processes/traditional methods.
- Always looking and thinking about the future.
- Being one step ahead of the competition.

Inclusive
- Working towards one goal and one vision.
- Working as a team.
- Having a consolidated front and a sense of direction.
- Demonstrating an honest and friendly approach with
   each other.
- Being aware of what is happening in other teams
   (especially across sites).
- Taking ownership of the business (us instead of them).
- Establishing partnerships with customers.
- Embracing diversity in all we do.