Sustainability Officer

Help Anchor to provide homes people will love living in during later life both now and in the future as one of our Sustainability Officers.

You will be working within a Sustainability Officer role framework as part of a team reporting to the Environment and Sustainability Manager.

As one of the largest nonprofit housing and care providers we are making our homes more energy efficient and designing new homes to Net Zero standards as well as supporting residents and colleagues to live well, adapting to climate change, reducing our environmental impact and improving our natural environment.

We’re looking for a Sustainability Officer to help turn these goals into reality. You’ll join our Property Sustainability Team and play a key role in delivering our sustainability strategy across our housing portfolio.

What does it mean to be a Sustainability Officer at Anchor?

• Support the development and implementation of Anchor’s Sustainability & Net Zero Carbon strategy 2027 – 2030.
• Communicate, engage and educate colleagues and residents about sustainability programs and initiatives, including coordinating colleague and resident forums.
• Support Sustainability projects that reduce energy use and environmental impact.
• Manage the collection and analysis of data on carbon performance, ESG goals, and retrofit programs.
• Develop and maintain robust data systems and methodologies for meeting and measuring social value, environmental and governance targets.
• Project manage the creation of our annual sustainability report.
• Support our retrofit strategy, helping improve energy performance and integrate updates into long term investment plans.
• Stay informed on new policies, best practice, and technologies in environmental sustainability and energy management.
• Collaborate across teams to gather qualitative and quantitative inputs, ensuring accuracy and narrative cohesion.

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience working in sustainability, energy management, or environmental programs.
• Proven experience in carbon data and reporting and emissions tracking.
• Knowledge of carbon reduction, environmental management, and energy efficiency (experience with housing or retrofit projects is desirable).
• Familiarity with ESG frameworks, standards, and regulatory landscapes.
• Strong project management skills.
• Analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Experience preparing grant applications and managing reporting requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and editorial judgment.

Join us today and help shape the future of sustainable living!

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.