Health & Safety Assurance Lead (ISO 45001 Lead Auditor)

Location: Home based with regular travel across our sites
Contract: Permanent | Full-time
Salary: £50,000 plus car allowance

Help strengthen health and safety assurance across Anchor.

We're looking for an experienced Health & Safety Management Systems Assurance Lead to help ensure our health and safety arrangements are effective, consistently applied and continually improving.

Working closely with our H&S Oversight and Assurance Manager and teams across Anchor, you'll take a hands-on, independent approach to auditing, evidence gathering and assessing how effectively health and safety risks are managed.

You'll play a key role in delivering our internal audit and assurance programme, identifying areas for improvement and providing clear, evidence-based findings to support safer environments for residents, colleagues and visitors.

What you'll be doing

• Lead the planning and conducting risk-based health and safety audits across Housing, Care and Corporate services.
• Assessing the effectiveness of our Health & Safety Management System against the principles and requirements of ISO 45001, the HSE’s HSG65 framework and relevant health and safety legislation.
• Gathering and evaluating evidence to identify gaps, recurring issues and systemic risks.
• Providing assurance across our key health and safety compliance areas, including the Big 6.
• Producing clear audit reports and recommendations for operational teams, senior leaders and the Board.
• Following up on audit findings to ensure corrective actions are effective and improvements are sustained.
• Supporting continuous improvement and our readiness for future ISO 45001 certification.

What you'll bring

• Significant experience in health and safety management systems, internal auditing or independent assurance within a large, complex organisation.
• A NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent recognised qualification.
• An ISO 45001 Lead Auditor qualification or equivalent recognised auditing qualification.
• Proven experience planning and conducting internal, thematic or management system audits.
• Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, ISO 45001 and HSG65.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interpret evidence, identify trends and communicate findings clearly.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the confidence to constructively challenge existing practices.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel.

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

Why join Anchor?

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

Your work will help strengthen our assurance arrangements, support informed decision-making and drive improvements that make a real difference to residents, colleagues and visitors.

Apply now and help us strengthen health and safety across 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 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, and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.