Commercial Assistant - South

Commercial Assistant - South

Homebased with travel as required

We are looking for a Commercial Assistant to come and join the Property and Assets team. You'll provide support to our quantity surveying team across repairs, investment, and compliance workstreams within Property and Assets. You will play a crucial role in supporting financial forecasting, budget management, and maintaining accurate records.

Other responsibilities include:

• Assisting in the production of financial forecasting and budget management.
• Ensuring correct processing of valuations and contract instructions, and maintaining up-to-date records.
• Supporting the production of monthly financial analysis, including PPP exclusions.
• Understanding bespoke and industry-wide schedules of rates and assisting the Quantity Surveyor and Commercial Manager in responding to related queries.
• Assisting with pricing work from first principles and benchmarking costs with market data.
• Assisting with the development of commercial and contract processes.
• Supporting the reporting infrastructure to effectively manage commercial and contract arrangements.
• Identifying potential cost savings from each contract and collaborate to realise the savings.
• Assisting with drafting and issuing commercial and contract notices.
• Preparing monthly financial forecasting and exclusions analysis by contract.
• Supporting the preparation of cost value reconciliations for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract management and pricing.

About You

To be successful in this role you'll have/be;

• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Construction/Quantity Surveying related HNC/HND (desirable).
• Experience in coordinating requirements and administering detailed solutions within a large organisation.
• Knowledge of NHF schedule of rates (desirable).
• Experience in the social housing maintenance and planned investment sector or construction, on either the contractor or client side.
• Ability to interpret and coordinate complex commercial and operational data.

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.