Location: Home based, with occasional travel to development sites
Contract: 12 Month Fixed Term Contract | 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £35,000 per annum
We're looking for a highly organised and proactive New Homes Officer to join our Development team on a 12-month fixed term contract. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the delivery of new homes across the country, helping ensure smooth handovers from development into operational management.
You'll work closely with New Homes Managers, Development Managers and stakeholders to coordinate documentation, manage information and support the successful transition of new developments into the business. If you're detail-oriented, thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working collaboratively, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Do
- Support the New Homes team with administrative and coordination activities across a portfolio of development projects.
- Maintain accurate, accessible and version-controlled project documentation using SharePoint and other systems.
- Coordinate the collection, management and distribution of key scheme information and documentation to stakeholders across the business.
- Ensure information required for new home handovers is provided accurately, in the correct format and within agreed timescales.
- Manage stakeholder communications, building strong relationships across development and operational teams.
- Support governance processes and ensure documentation complies with internal requirements.
- Raise purchase orders and undertake other administrative activities to support the effective operation of the team.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to improve processes, systems and ways of working.
- Act as an ambassador for Anchor, promoting our values and commitment to delivering high-quality homes for our residents.
About You
You'll be a well-organised administrator or coordinator with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities. You'll enjoy working with a wide range of stakeholders and take pride in ensuring information is accurate, accessible and delivered on time.
You'll Bring:
- Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience coordinating information and documentation across multiple stakeholders.
- Strong IT skills, including experience using SharePoint and Microsoft Office applications.
- A proactive approach and a positive, solution-focused mindset.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
- Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
- Experience supporting projects or working within a project environment.
- Understanding of procurement processes would be advantageous.
- Knowledge of housing development, Homes England, GLA requirements or social housing would be beneficial.
Experience of new developments would be advantageous.
Qualifications
Project Management qualification desirable.
Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for occasional business travel.
Anchor – a great place to work
Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.
We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.
Our values
Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.
Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.
Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos. Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.
A rewarding environment
From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.
Health & happiness
- Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
- Mental health support
- Flexible working options
- Access to online GP appointments
Finance
- Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
- Quick and easy pension transfer service
- Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
- Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more
- Free Blue Light Card
Career
- Ongoing personal and professional development programme
- Leadership Pathways online learning resources
- Career progression and promotion opportunities
To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated being well website Please follow the link or copy and paste https://anchorbeingwell.co.uk/ into your browser
Celebrating diversity, celebrating you
Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.
We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.
We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.
