Engagement
Welcome to our engagement page. The objective of this page is to provide you with information, the opportunity to easily ask questions, submit suggestions and for us to share details of webinars and other items that you may be interested in.
Please contact justine.edge@jss.ukri.org if you would like anything else adding to this page.
Notices
Engaging with our members is important to JSS.
It is important to understand your pension and think about your retirement plans in advance. We will be using this page to engage and share useful information with you and to encourage you to engage with us. Whilst we cannot provide financial advice we hope that the information provided on this page and on our website, will help to support you in planning for your retirement and managing your pension.
As always you can continue to contact us via our website, by phone, email, letter or in person for those near to or with access to Polaris House (Swindon). We also provide the ability to have a Zoom or Teams conversation, if you would like this option please contact us to arrange a suitable day and time.
JSS Pension Webinars
A common response in our yearly surveys is that you would like us to provide online webinars to help members better understand their pensions. We started these in July 2023 and they have proved to be very popular.
At the 'pension awareness' webinars we talk through how the scheme works, how the pension builds up, scheme benefits, buying Added Pension and much more.
Future Webinars
We do not have any webinars planned for the future, but details of our previous webinars can be found below
If you have a suggestion for a future webinar please let us know by emailing justine.edge@jss.ukri.org
Webinar recordings
Recordings of the JSS penison webinars are now available.
These video recordings contain auto generated captions. Please note that JSS do not control how these captions are generated, this means the text displayed against the spoken word might not always match what is said; please be aware of this.
- 11 September New Starter Webinar - external link - The passcode is: @PzT%u9t
- 8 July Annual Benefit Statements Webinar - external link - The passcode is: r+nH1!3L
- 18 April Partial Retirement Webinar - external link - The passcode is: %eTjiZL9
- 16 January Added Pension Webinar - external link - The passcode is: 0T!r3!8G
- 3 November Pension Awareness Webinar - external link - The passcode is: b^9&P+44
- 26 September Pension Awareness Webinar - external link - The passcode is: +^OX!C0=
Webinar Slides
The slides from the Pension Webinars are now available
- New Starter webinar slides 11 September 2024 (PDF, 1.0MB) - opens in new window -
- Annual Benefit Statement webinar slides 8 July 2024 (PDF, 1.6MB) - opens in new window -
- Partial Retirement webinar slides 18 April 2024 (PDF, 1.05MB) - opens in new window -
- Pension Awareness webinar slides 19 February 2024 (PDF, 1.5MB) - opens in new window -
- Added Pension webinar slides 16 January 2024 (PDF, 545KB) - opens in new window -
- JSS Pension Awareness webinar slides 3 November 2023 (PDF, 1.5MB) - opens in new window -
- JSS Pension Awareness webinar slides 26 September 2023 (PDF, 150MB) - opens in new window -
JSS Survey 2024
The 2024 JSS Customer Satisfaction Survey took place during February 2024. The feedback from you was positive and gave us some useful suggestions to consider.
All scheme members naturally expect a good provision of service from us and feedback would suggest we provide this. If you have any comments about our service (positive or constructive) please use our Feedback Form - external link.
A summary of the results of the JSS surveys can be found under the Surveys section of this page
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to some of the questions we are frequently asked.
Question | Answer |
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Is my pension lump sum liable to tax? | No it is not. |
Can I increase my pension through additional contributions? | Yes, you can. Please refer to the Added Pension section of the Increasing Benefits page. |
Will my employer match my additional contributions? | No they will not. Added Pension is only paid for by the member. |
Surveys
Results of the yearly JSS surveys.
- 2024 Survey Results (PDF, 146KB) - opens in new window
- 2023 Survey Results (PDF, 97KB) - opens in new window
- 2022 Survey Results (PDF, 164KB) - opens in new window
Quick Poll
In our Quick Poll we are interested in your opinion of the service we provide to you, there is also an opportunity to provide feedback.
Service Rating - external link.
Ask JSS
If you have a question for JSS please email justine.edge@jss.ukri.org and we will get back to you.
We may publish frequently asked questions on this page.
Common Terms
A list of common terms can be found on our Glossary page.
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