Retrofit Programme Officer

Retrofit Programme Officer

Department: Asset Strategy & Sustainability
Location: Homeworking with travel as required
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Salary: c.£40,000 plus £5,800 car allowance

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Help us deliver a greener, more energy‑efficient future for our homes and communities.

We’re looking for a proactive and organised Retrofit Programme Officer to join our Asset Strategy & Sustainability team. If you’re passionate about housing, sustainability, and making a real impact through decarbonisation and energy‑efficiency programmes, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow your career.

About the role

You’ll play a key part in supporting the delivery of our retrofit programmes, including SHDF 2.1 closure and WH:SHF Wave 3. Working closely with the Retrofit Programme Manager and Retrofit Technical Advisor, you’ll help coordinate projects, maintain accurate reporting, and ensure we meet funding and regulatory requirements.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing structure to complex programmes, collaborating across teams, and keeping projects moving with precision and care.

What you’ll be doing

• Coordinating and supporting retrofit projects to ensure they run on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Maintaining programme documentation, reporting templates, and audit trails.
• Supporting monthly governance cycles and preparing reports for grant funding bodies.
• Gathering data from internal teams and ensuring compliance with funding and regulatory requirements.
• Monitoring delivery progress and flagging risks or issues to the Programme Manager.
• Contributing research and data to new funding proposals and strategic asset planning.
• Supporting internal and resident communications related to retrofit activity.

What you’ll bring

Knowledge & Skills

• Understanding of project or programme management.
• Awareness of retrofit, sustainability, or housing regulations (training available).
• Strong organisational skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Confident communicator, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, reporting tools, and data.
• Able to manage multiple tasks and work collaboratively across teams.

Experience

• Experience supporting projects or programmes in housing, sustainability, property, or a regulated environment.
• Familiarity with reporting to external bodies or maintaining audit‑ready documentation.
• Experience in retrofit or energy‑efficiency projects is desirable but not essential.

Qualifications

• A relevant qualification in housing, sustainability, administration, or project support — or equivalent experience.
• Training or certification in project coordination or retrofit is a bonus.
• A willingness to continue developing professionally.

Why join us?

• A chance to contribute to meaningful sustainability and decarbonisation work.
• Supportive team environment with opportunities to learn from technical specialists.
• Professional development and training pathways.
• The opportunity to shape the future of our homes and communities.

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.

Our values

Every one of us can make a difference to our residents and play a part in shaping homes and services around their needs.

Our Anchor values of being Accountable, Respectful, Courageous and Honest apply to us all, whether you manage colleagues as part of your role or not.

Displaying our values can influence those around us to do the same. We can all be leaders at Anchor and should all be driven by the same customer ethos.  Our Anchor Leadership Framework helps align these values with the skills and behaviours we demonstrate.

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
• Free Blue Light Card

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.