I want to be a civil servant
Pension benefits
The Civil Service offers a choice of pension benefits as a valuable part of your pay package. Your employer will make significant contributions to provide your pension. Most employees can choose between:
- nuvos – a pension based on the pensionable pay you earn each year, index linked for inflation, and
- partnership pension account – a pension bought with your pension 'pot' built up by contributions that you and your employer make.
If you join nuvos you will pay contributions of 3.5% of your pensionable pay. If you choose partnership you decide whether you want to make any payments. Even if you don't contribute your employer will make contributions, so you can still build up a pension pot.
Both schemes provide more than just a pension for yourself – see ‘Pension Choices–an overview’ which summarises the range of benefits they offer.
For more information, see ‘What is available?’ which includes a table comparing the choices.
Civil Service Pensions website [External webiste] 