Head of Landlord Compliance
Location: Home based | Some National Travel Required
Job Type: Full Time | Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: circa £82,500 per annum inc car allowance
Role Overview
As our Head of Landlord Compliance you'll lead the strategic delivery of landlord compliance services across a national property portfolio. Responsible for gas safety, electrical safety, lifts, asbestos, water safety, communal heating and mechanical services, you'll ensure our residents live in safe, well-maintained homes while driving a compliance-first and customer-first culture.
Leading a high-performing team of Contract Managers and Project Managers, you'll oversee complex compliance programmes, manage key supplier relationships, and provide assurance that all statutory and regulatory requirements are consistently achieved.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of landlord compliance services including gas, electrical, lift, water, asbestos and mechanical safety programmes.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, regulations and industry standards across the organisation's property portfolio.
- Manage and develop a team of Contract Managers and Project Managers, creating a culture of accountability, performance and continuous improvement.
- Oversee inspections, servicing, remedial programmes and planned M&E projects to ensure safe and effective delivery.
- Lead procurement and contract management activities, ensuring value for money, quality service delivery and achievement of KPIs.
- Develop policies, assurance frameworks and internal audits to continuously improve compliance performance.
- Manage budgets, monitor performance data and provide assurance reporting to senior leadership and regulatory bodies.
- Build effective relationships with residents, contractors, regulators and internal stakeholders to deliver excellent outcomes.
- Support incident investigations and provide technical leadership during complex compliance-related events.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in property contract management, compliance services and programme delivery within housing or a related sector.
- Significant leadership experience across multiple compliance disciplines including gas, electrical, lift, asbestos, water and mechanical safety.
- Strong knowledge of landlord compliance legislation, regulatory requirements and risk management frameworks.
- Proven experience managing high-value contracts, suppliers and large operational budgets.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships at all levels.
- Experience of driving performance improvements through KPIs, governance and assurance processes.
- Educated to HNC, HND or degree level, or able to demonstrate substantial equivalent experience.
- Professional qualification such as MCIOB or MRICS (desirable) and landlord compliance qualifications across multiple disciplines.
- Full UK driving licence.
Apply
If you're an experienced compliance and property leader with a passion for resident safety, regulatory excellence and building high-performing teams, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today and help us deliver safe, compliant homes and services that make a real difference to residents' lives.
Interviews to be held 3rd September 2026
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.
