Housing Location Manager — Empower Seniors to Thrive in Oxford

A career as a Housing Location Manager - sometimes known as a Scheme Manager or Estate Manager - is all about helping older people enjoy independence, security and a sense of belonging within a community.

The role:

• Manage properties and support residents to live independently, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations across our communities.
• Let properties, manage rent accounts and address issues such as anti‑social behaviour with fairness.
• Ensure repairs and maintenance are completed promptly and to high standards, taking ownership of follow-up and communication.
• Build trusted relationships with residents through proactive listening, clear communication and quick resolutions.
• Complete compliance, health and safety checks, and risk assessments, collaborating with internal teams and external agencies to ensure residents receive support.

Who we’re looking for

• A resilient, problem-solving mindset with the confidence to take ownership.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage varied responsibilities and communicate clearly with residents.
• A genuine passion for supporting older people to live fulfilling, independent lives.
• Able to complete an enhanced DBS check.

Your Wellbeing, Your Future, Your Career

• 24/7 mental health, counselling and wellbeing support.
• Buy & Sell additional holiday + flexible access to earned pay (Stream).
• Strong pension plan with up to 10% employer contributions.
• Free Life Assurance (3× your annual salary) and optional Health Cash & Dental Plans.
• Everyday savings across supermarkets, leisure, family and lifestyle retailers.

Anchor – A Great Place To Work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing for older people. We offer homes across more than 1,500 locations nationwide, managing 54,000 properties for people aged 55 and above. Our ambition is simple: to help people enjoy a home they love in later life. Because we’re not-for-profit, every pound we make is reinvested in our residents, our colleagues and our homes - supporting high-quality care, fair pay, ongoing development and great places to live.

Inclusion is central to everything we do. Our active networks for disability, LGBTQ+, race/ethnicity, unpaid carers, and allyship help shape our organisation and challenge barriers. We proudly adhere to external standards like Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, Menopause Friendly and Stonewall Diversity Champion.

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.
• 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.

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 member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.