Location: Home-based with some national travel to sites and offices
Contract: Permanent | Full-time
Salary: £60,000 plus car allowance

Help strengthen health and safety governance and assurance across Anchor.

We're looking for an experienced Health & Safety Oversight & Assurance Manager to strengthen how we manage, monitor and evaluate health and safety risks across Anchor.

Working closely with our Corporate Head of Health and Safety, you'll lead our oversight and assurance framework, ensuring our arrangements are effective, transparent and supported by clear evidence.

Leading a specialist team of three, you'll provide senior leaders and the Board with meaningful insight into health and safety performance, identifying risks, challenging existing practices and driving continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing

- Leading and developing Anchor's corporate health and safety oversight and assurance framework.
- Overseeing our risk-based H&S; audit and assurance programme, including the Big 6 compliance areas.
- Analysing health and safety performance, incidents, audit findings and compliance data to identify trends, emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Producing clear, evidence-based assurance reports to support Executive and Board-level decision-making.
- Working closely with operational teams, Risk, Compliance and Internal Audit to strengthen assurance arrangements and ensure effective governance.
- Overseeing audit findings and corrective actions to ensure improvements are implemented and sustained.

What you'll bring

- Significant experience in health and safety management, governance, risk or assurance within a complex organisation.
- A NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent recognised qualification, ideally with a NEBOSH Diploma or willingness to work towards one.
- An ISO 45001 Lead Auditor qualification or equivalent recognised auditing qualification, or currently working towards one.
- Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, ISO 45001, HSG65 and the Three Lines Model.
- Experience developing or managing health and safety assurance frameworks, audit programmes or compliance activities.
- Proven leadership and people-management experience.




- Robust analytical and reporting skills, with experience presenting findings and influencing senior stakeholders.
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel nationally.

Experience within housing, care or another complex regulated environment would be beneficial, alongside experience of ISO 45001 implementation or certification.

Why join Anchor?

You'll have the opportunity to shape and strengthen how health and safety is managed across one of England's largest not-for-profit providers of housing and care for older people.

Leading a specialist team, you'll influence how we identify and manage risks, improve transparency and provide assurance that our health and safety arrangements are working effectively.

Apply now and help us build a stronger, safer and more accountable Anchor.

We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Proof of the right to work in the UK will be required from the successful candidate in accordance with UK Home Office requirements before any offer of employment can be confirmed.

Where permission to work in the UK is required, applicants will need to hold and maintain the appropriate immigration status or visa for the duration of their employment.

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 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 Please follow the link or copy and paste

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, and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, House Proud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.

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