Property Surveyor

**Job Title: Property Surveyor - Care**

**Location: covering an area from Newcastle to York**

**Salary: c.£37,731 per annum (depending on experience) plus car allowance £5,800**

**Permanent - 37.5 hours per week**

**About the role**:
You will be responsible for managing delivery of property investment, service & inspection, and repairs services to a group of properties specifically in the Care sector (approx. 15-20 locations depending on region). You will ensure timely delivery of services, ensuring all properties are kept in a good condition within property strategy targets whilst ensuring that contractual and regulatory/statutory obligations are met.

You will manage project performance to ensure robust financial forecasting, processing of valuations and contract instructions whilst identifying cost saving through collaboration with contractor and quantity surveying team.

The role will require strong collaboration with our Care colleagues to ensure works run smoothly and meets the needs of the business and residents

**About you**:
To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Knowledge and experience of delivery of investment and repairs activities to a care home portfolio.
- Ensuring compliance with all regulatory/statutory and internal governance/policy requirements
- Extensive knowledge of building pathology and remediation actions
- Experience of project management of investment, compliance services and/or reactive maintenance work.
- The ability to build high levels of trust, openness, honesty, collaboration, and support across teams.
- An excellent planner and forward thinker, with strong stakeholder management capabilities.
- Ability to identify cost savings and improvements to service quality; working collaboratively within contract parameters to deliver the improvements and savings
- To have a minimum 2 years’ experience of managing property activities in a care environment
- Ability to interpret operational data to inform service delivery planning within the property portfolio.

**About Us**

Anchor began more than 50 years ago and today is England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life.

It provides retirement housing to rent and to buy, retirement villages and residential care homes, including specialist dementia care. In total, Anchor serves more than 65,000 residents in 54,000 homes across almost 1,700 locations. Its residential care services employ the majority of the 9,000-strong workforce, providing services to residents at 114 care homes.

Anchor operates in more than 85% of local councils in England.

We know that quality services start with quality people. We work hard to be recognised as a leading employer and are committed to retaining and attracting the best in our industry.

At Anchor we believe in values. We are Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest. We believe our people should be proud of the work they do making a difference to society and our customers.

**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

**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 member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covena