Planning Co-ordinator

Planning & Policy Coordinator

Department: Asset Strategy & Sustainability
Location: Homeworking with travel as required
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Salary: c.£35,000 per annum

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Help shape the policies and planning frameworks that guide the future of our homes and communities.

We’re looking for a highly organised and detail‑focused Planning & Policy Coordinator to support our Planning & Policy Manager and play a key role in maintaining strong governance across our property‑related policies, technical specifications, and planning advice processes.

If you enjoy bringing structure to complex information, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and ensuring documentation is accurate and audit‑ready, this role offers a great opportunity to grow within a supportive and forward‑thinking team.

About the role

You’ll help coordinate the review and update of technical specifications, property policies, and planning consultation responses. You’ll act as a central point of contact for planning advice requests, ensuring information flows smoothly across the Property & Assets team.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives on organisation, enjoys working with documentation and governance processes, and is confident engaging with colleagues across different disciplines.

What you’ll be doing

• Coordinating policy and technical specification review cycles, ensuring updates are completed and approved through governance.
• Managing the process for planning advice requests and planning consultation responses.
• Maintaining accurate governance records and ensuring documentation is audit‑ready.
• Collating inputs from internal teams and supporting the development of resident‑facing property policies.
• Tracking and logging internal planning advice requests and ensuring timely responses.
• Escalating complex issues or decisions to the Planning & Policy Manager.

What you’ll bring

Knowledge & Skills

• Basic understanding of town planning principles and housing policy.
• Awareness of social housing regulation and compliance requirements.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in documentation.
• Confident communicator with good stakeholder engagement skills.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office and document management systems.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.

Experience

• Experience in an administrative or coordination role within housing, property, or planning.
• Exposure to policy or technical document review processes.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders and managing information flow.

Qualifications

• Educated to A‑level or equivalent (essential).
• Degree or professional qualification in planning, housing, or a related field (desirable).
• Evidence of continued professional development (desirable).

Why join us?

• A chance to influence the policies and standards that shape our homes.
• A collaborative team environment with opportunities to learn from planning and policy specialists.
• Clear development pathways and support for further training.
• Work that directly contributes to better outcomes for residents 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.