Senior Property Surveyor - South

Senior Property Surveyor (South Region)

Location: South Region, UK (with travel)

Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience

Contract: 6 month Fixed Term Contract

About Anchor

Anchor is a leading provider of housing, care, and homeownership services across the UK. We are committed to maintaining high-quality properties that meet the needs of our residents, ensuring compliance, and delivering value for money through effective property management and investment strategies.

The Role

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Property Surveyor to lead the delivery of property investment, service, inspection, and repairs services across 150-200 locations in the South Region. Reporting to the Head of Property, you will manage a budget of £5-8m and lead a team of up to 6 property surveyors.

This role involves working closely with the investment planning and quantity surveying teams to ensure properties are maintained to a high standard, meet strategic targets, and comply with NEC and/or JCT contract obligations. You will drive cost savings, manage project performance, and foster collaborative relationships to support continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of repairs, investment, and service & inspection activities, ensuring high-quality services and compliance with portfolio strategy.
• Manage contract obligations (NEC and/or JCT), ensuring robust financial forecasting and delivery within budget.
• Collaborate with contractors, quantity surveyors, and the Property & Assets Portfolio Strategy team to identify and implement cost-saving initiatives.
• Develop and maintain property risk registers and produce accurate delivery forecasts.
• Support, develop, and motivate a team of surveyors, fostering an empowered and high-performing culture.
• Establish robust project and delivery management arrangements, driving value improvement and service outcomes.

About You

You are an experienced property professional with a strong background in social housing maintenance and planned investment. You bring:

• At least 5 years of experience managing a property portfolio, with recent expertise in NEC and/or JCT contract management.
• Proven experience in delivering investment, compliance services, or reactive maintenance in social housing, either client or contractor side.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret complex operational data and inform service delivery planning.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, with the ability to build trust and collaborate across teams.
• Resilience, forward-thinking planning, and the ability to respond to urgent business needs effectively.
• MRICS or MCIOB status (desirable) or substantial equivalent experience in social housing property management.

Why Join Us?

Join Anchor and play a key role in delivering exceptional property services that make a difference to our residents’ lives. We offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities to lead and innovate within a supportive, values-driven organisation.
• Professional development and a culture that empowers and motivates teams.
• A collaborative working environment with opportunities to engage across the organisation.

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.