Careers
Consider a Career at PERA
PERA offers rewarding career opportunities in public service where you can make a positive difference for Minnesota.
Because our agency has a diverse set of responsibilities, we have exciting opportunities for people with diverse talents and experience. We employ a wide variety of professionals and support staff – ranging from actuaries, accountants and field reps to customer service specialists, communications and legal.
Member Services Representative
This position exists in PERA’s member call center to deliver PERA benefit information and respond to stakeholder inquiries of a routine nature, either by phone, in person or in writing, explaining the PERA benefits and options that will meet their financial goals and needs, and helping them understand the value of retirement planning specific to PERA benefits.
In addition, the incumbent in this position may perform routine and some manual calculations; some calculations will be audited.
Once new hire training is complete, this position is approved for telework based on the needs of the agency and other dependencies. Position will primarily telework with the occasional need to be on site and in office as scheduled. PERA’s office is located in St. Paul, MN.
Once new hire training is complete, this position is approved for Only candidates located in Minnesota and bordering states (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin) are telework eligible.
This posting will be used to fill two (2) Retirement Services Specialist positions.
Software Engineer
This position exists to work as part of a highly collaborative cross-functional Agile/SCRUM team to implement new business system needs, as well as make modifications and fix bugs in existing code. Responsibilities include analyzing user stories, application design, developing user interface layouts, writing code for both the front-end and back-end of the applications, developing and executing test scripts, fixing defects and supporting applications in production.
Once new hire training is complete, this position is approved for telework based on the needs of the agency and other dependencies. Position will primarily telework with the occasional need to be on site and in office as scheduled. PERA’s office is located in St. Paul, MN.
Only candidates located in Minnesota and bordering states (Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Wisconsin) are telework eligible.
This posting will be used to fill six (6) ITS3 positions.