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Property Surveyor - South

Anchor

Job Description

Surveyor Role - North London and Surrounding Areas

Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum (including car allowance) Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

As a Surveyor at Anchor, you will lead and manage the delivery of property investment, service and inspection, and repairs services for a designated portfolio of properties (approximately 20-40 locations).

You will work closely with housing or care operations teams to ensure timely service delivery, proper maintenance of properties, and achievement of property strategy targets.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Working with both operational colleagues and residents to ensure homes are safe, secure, and well-maintained.
  • Leading and managing property investment, service, inspection, and repairs services for your portfolio.
  • Conducting regular property condition inspections.
  • Ensuring repairs and planned works are delivered cost-effectively.
  • Assessing properties for future investment and repair planning.

About You

Qualifications and Experience:

  • HND / HNC or equivalent in Building or Construction (essential)
  • Working towards MRICS or MCIOB status (desirable)
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience managing property activities in housing
  • Proven experience in social housing maintenance and planned investment, either contractor or client side
  • Ability to interpret operational data for service delivery planning
  • Experience in building pathology within a housing environment

We'd like you to have:

  • Ability to build trust, openness, honesty, collaboration, and support across teams
  • Excellent planning and stakeholder management capabilities
  • Commitment to personal learning and development
  • Ability to work well under pressure and remain resilient
  • Strong interpersonal and networking skills
  • Effective communication with colleagues at all levels

Why Join Our Property Delivery Team?

Join a diverse team of over 100 colleagues dedicated to delivering resident-focused property solutions. Our team includes 50 surveyors, each responsible for 30 to 40 locations.

This is an exciting time to join us as we finalize the procurement of 15-year, £1.7bn contracts. These 8 new contracts will transform our service delivery and create efficiencies for Anchor. To support this transformation, we are recruiting for various new roles!

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

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

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.

Good luck with your application