How would you value a public pension PE opportunity?

I have an offer to work for an interesting public pension in PE. Obviously it pays much worse than private PE, but you get a pension, access to insane capital, and do some good for the world. How would you value this opportunity? How do you compare a defined benefit option like a pension with the traditional 401k + high income? 

I ended up PVing assuming a death date and then found the same TC today to get that same benefit assuming 7% returns and 8% contribution to a 401k. It gets me higher for sure, but theres the opportunity cost with locked-up money, I have to retire at certain ages, and I still get a small bit taken out of my paycheck. 

I know this type of job will NEVER match private, just curious as to how people would quantify that benefit, especially since stability and chiller hours are the main pros. 

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