I’m already paying into the LGPS in another job. Can I also join in this job?

If you are already paying into the LGPS and you get another job where your employer offers you membership of the Scheme, you can be a member of the scheme in all positions, provided you are eligible to join.

You will have a separate pension account for each job and receive a separate pension at retirement.

If you leave one job before leaving the other(s), the pension from the pension account of the job that has ended will be joined to the pension account for the ongoing job (or, if there is more than one ongoing job, the one you choose) unless you have met the two-year vesting period, in which case you will, if you wish, be able to choose, within 12 months of ceasing the job that has ended (or such longer period as your employer may allow), to keep the pension accounts separate). 

The Fund will provide you with information about your options at the time.

Pension rights built up as a councillor or mayor in England or Wales cannot be joined with rights built up as an employee in England or Wales and vice versa.