Property Surveyor

**Surveyor - Leeds & Bradford**

**£38,101.65 plus car allowance of £5,800**

**37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday**

**Home working with regular travel**

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in the property industry? Anchor is seeking a motivated individual to join our team as a Surveyor in the Leeds & Bradford areas.

As part of an organisation with a strong social purpose, Anchor is dedicated to improving the lives of older individuals by providing them with safe and comfortable homes, as well as the support and care they need to live fulfilling lives. With a focus on promoting independence, well-being, and community engagement, Anchor plays a vital role in the sector, ensuring that older people can age with dignity and quality of life.

We welcome applicants who are looking to develop their careers, including Degree/HND/HNC students’ part-way through their course that may wish to consider completing their studies on a part time basis. At Anchor, we prioritise integrity, collaboration, and excellence in all aspects of our work and are looking for colleagues that live our values.

**About the role**

As a Surveyor at Anchor, you will play a crucial role in leading and managing the delivery of property investment, service and inspection, and repairs services to a designated portfolio of properties (approximately 20-40 locations).

Working closely with housing or care operations teams, you will ensure the timely delivery of services, good maintenance of properties, and that you meet property strategy targets.

Your responsibilities will include identifying and correcting building defects, managing project delivery, analysing property performance, identifying cost savings, and ensuring compliance with contractual obligations.

You will:

- Work with operational colleagues and residents to ensure homes are safe secure, and well maintained.
- Lead and manage the delivery of property investment, service, and inspection, and repairs services to the designated portfolio of properties.
- Undertake regular inspections of the property condition.
- Ensure necessary repairs and planned works are delivered in the most cost-effective manner.
- Assess properties to review future investment and repair planning.

**About you**

You will:

- Build trust, openness, honesty, collaboration, and support across teams.
- Demonstrate excellent planning and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Provide a Learning and Development plan for self-growth.
- Work well under pressure and remain resilient.
- Possess strong interpersonal and networking skills.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues at all levels.

If you are passionate about the property industry and eager to join a dynamic team, we want to hear from you

The Benefits you will receive include:

- Competitive salary
- Personal career development plan
- All commuting costs met from working from home.

**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.

**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

**Career**
- Ongoing personal and professional development programme
- Leadership Pathways online learning resources
- Career progression and promotion opportunities

**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 sch