Asset Compliance Contract Manager (Heating)

Are you a compliance expert in building safety with a passion for service excellence and safety assurance? Do you thrive on managing high-impact contracts and building effective contractor relationships? If so, we’d love to hear from you. 

We’re looking for an experienced Asset Compliance Contracts Manager to take the lead on heating compliance across our national property portfolio. You'll be instrumental in ensuring our residents’ safety, delivering robust contract management and providing technical expertise on servicing, maintenance, and investment. 

What you’ll be doing: 

• Leading heating compliance activities across servicing, maintenance, and planned works 
• Acting as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for heating systems and commercial catering equipment 
• Managing key service contracts, ensuring high-quality performance from multiple contractors 
• Reporting to senior leadership and contributing to strategic asset investment decisions 
• Ensuring Anchor remains legally compliant, mitigating risks and driving continuous improvement 
• Supporting procurement and delivering robust contract specifications 
• Monitoring budgets, audits, performance reviews and life safety systems 

What we’re looking for: 

• Proven experience in property compliance, health & safety, and heating systems 
• Strong background in contract management – ideally NEC4/JCT 
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and project management skills 
• A sound understanding of legislative frameworks (e.g., H&S at Work Act, Gas Safety, CDM Regs) 
• Relevant qualifications such as Gas Safe/CORGI, HND/HNC in Mechanical Engineering, NEBOSH/IOSH, and ideally a housing qualification (CIH Level 4 or above) 

This role is home-based with regular national travel and occasional overnight stays. 

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

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.