[Hiring] People Projects Coordinator @Anchor Hanover

Role Description

Help turn strategy into delivery. At Anchor, we're transforming how we support colleagues and deliver people services. As we continue to modernise our processes, strengthen governance and deliver key people initiatives, we're looking for an organised and proactive project professional to help turn plans into action.

This is a 12-month fixed-term opportunity created to support delivery of our current Culture & People Plan as we transition to a new Organisational Development Strategy. You'll play a key role in coordinating projects, tracking progress, supporting governance activity and ensuring our strategic priorities are delivered during an important period of change and transformation.

This role is offered on a 0.8 basis (30 hours per week). We're open to a range of working patterns, whether that's across four days, shorter hours across five days or another arrangement that works for both you and the role. We're interested in finding the right person, not prescribing how the hours need to be worked.

As the People & Culture function continues to evolve, we're looking for an organised and proactive project professional who can bring structure, pace and coordination to a varied portfolio of work. You'll work across the People & Culture Directorate, helping turn plans into action and ensuring projects, governance activity and strategic priorities are delivered effectively.

What You'll Be Doing

• Providing project, planning and coordination support across a range of People & Culture activity, including:
• Supporting the delivery of people projects and programmes.
• Maintaining project plans, action trackers and risk logs.
• Coordinating governance forums, meetings and reporting.
• Supporting directorate planning cycles and strategic priorities.
• Maintaining key documentation, reporting and governance records.
• Working with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure projects remain on track and deliver successful outcomes.
• Providing visibility of progress, risks, dependencies and key milestones.
• Supporting the successful delivery of priorities within the Culture & People Plan and wider Organisational Development agenda.

Qualifications

• Experience working within a People, HR, OD or similar business function.
• Strong project coordination and organisational skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience using recognised project management approaches.
• Strong planning, reporting and administration capability.
• Experience of process improvement and process mapping activities.
• The ability to work independently whilst managing multiple priorities.
• A project management qualification such as Prince2 Foundation, APM or AgilePM.

Benefits

• 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.

Company Description

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.
• Our values: Accountable, Respectful, Courageous, Honest.
• We celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do.