Technical Projects Lead

Location: Hybrid from Bradford with occasional travel
Job Type: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £60,000

As part of an exciting period of growth, we're evolving our Technology function and creating new opportunities across the team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join Anchor as a Technical Project Lead, playing a key role in delivering technology change that supports our colleagues, residents and wider business.

This is not a traditional project management role. We're looking for someone with strong technical understanding who can coordinate and lead the delivery of infrastructure and technology projects, ensuring solutions are delivered reliably, securely and with minimal disruption to our services.

Working closely with engineers, architects, suppliers and business stakeholders, you'll help shape technical solutions, remove delivery blockers and ensure projects are successfully implemented from planning through to transition into service.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the delivery of infrastructure and technology projects across cloud, networks, platforms and end-user services
• Coordinate technical teams, suppliers and stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes
• Translate business requirements into clear technical workstreams and delivery plans
• Manage risks, dependencies and governance throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Support solution design, testing, implementation and service transition activities
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery processes, standards and ways of working

What you'll bring

• Experience delivering complex technology or infrastructure projects
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, cloud, networking, security and end-user technologies
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams and maintain delivery momentum
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience working within Agile, hybrid or iterative delivery environments
• A practical, delivery-focused approach with the ability to solve problems and remove blockers

Desirable

• Experience working in housing, care, public sector or other regulated environments
• Knowledge of service transition and operational readiness practices
• Agile, ITIL or project management certifications

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This role offers a great opportunity to influence how technology change is delivered across Anchor, helping to modernise our infrastructure and strengthen the technology services that support our colleagues and residents.

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

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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.