Peripatetic Surveyor

Peripatetic Property Surveyor

Location: Flexible, UK-wide 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. Our Property Delivery team is dedicated to maintaining high-quality properties, ensuring resident satisfaction, and meeting strategic objectives through effective investment and repairs programmes.

The Role

We are seeking a skilled Peripatetic Property Surveyor to manage property investment, service, inspection, and repairs services across UK-wide locations. Reporting to the Senior Property Surveyor, you will oversee budgets of £1.75m-£2.5m, ensuring properties meet quality and compliance standards while delivering timely services.

This role involves conducting detailed property inspections, applying building pathology expertise, and collaborating with housing/care operations, contractors, and the Strategic Partnership Team to deliver cost-effective solutions and robust forecasting.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct property inspections, including general inspections and asbestos re-inspections, using advanced building pathology skills.
• Manage delivery of repairs, investment, and service activities, ensuring properties remain in good condition within budget and strategy targets.
• Collaborate with housing/care operations and contractors to deliver high-quality, resident-focused services.
• Work with the Strategic Partnership Team to produce accurate delivery and financial forecasts and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Undertake regular site visits, engaging with operational colleagues and residents to ensure actions are implemented effectively.
• Participate in a home-based out-of-hours duty roster to address urgent issues.

About You

You are a proactive and detail-oriented professional with a strong background in property management and building pathology. You bring:

• At least 3 years of experience managing property activities in a housing environment, with expertise in social housing maintenance or planned investment.
• Extensive knowledge of building pathology and remediation actions, with experience in project management for investment or maintenance.
• Experience in decarbonisation projects and interpreting operational data to inform service delivery planning.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust and collaborate across teams.
• Ability to think creatively, solve complex building problems, and deliver cost-effective solutions.
• Significant experience in building pathology within housing and working towards MRICS or MCIOB status (desirable).

Why Join Us?

Join Anchor and make a meaningful impact by ensuring high-quality living environments for our residents. We offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities to apply your expertise in a supportive, values-driven organisation.
• Professional development and a collaborative, inclusive working environment.
• The chance to work on impactful projects that enhance resident wellbeing.

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.