Development Process Analyst

Title: Development Process Analyst Location: Home based with occasional travel to offices in Bradford and London Hours: 37.5 per week Salary: £40,000 per annum Help Shape the Future of Housing Development at Anchor – Join Us as a Development Process Analyst! We’re proud to be England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for older people. Every new development we deliver and every process we refine helps us provide more homes, more opportunities for colleagues, and better experiences for our residents across the country. That’s why we’re looking for a data driven, people focused Development Process Analyst to join our Performance & Insights Team. If you’re passionate about improving housing outcomes, service improvement, and turning data into meaningful change, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact. What does it mean to be a Development Process Analyst at Anchor? * Lead the Way in Continuous Improvement You’ll be the departments champion for designing smarter, more efficient and customer-centred processes. Applying methodologies like Lean and Six Sigma and process mapping tools such as Visio or Lucidchart, you’ll evaluate how we work and how we can improve. * Bring Processes to Life Through Collaboration You’ll run workshops, process reviews and engagement sessions with teams across Development, Sales, Finance, Compliance and other key departments. Through clear mapping, documentation and guidance, you’ll turn insight into practical, achievable improvements. * Automation of Processes Working with colleagues in Performance & Insight, you’ll find ways to simplify and automate manual processes to strengthen our programme delivery. * Connect People, Systems and Information You’ll play a crucial role in linking teams together — supporting automation, improving consistency, and ensuring our processes and documentation run smoothly through the entire development cycle. Strong relationships and confident communication will be essential. What you’ll need: * Experience of housing association or development department processes. * Knowledge of service improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, ADKAR would be desirable) ideally in a housing, social care or property development. * Previous experience working with process mapping tools (Visio, Lucidchart or other). * Experience in process redesign, mapping and benefits realisation. * Excellent communication skills – with the ability to understand complex technical language and transform these in to clear processes. * An analytic workstyle, you can easily spot areas for improvement, and draw meaningful conclusions that help improve our processes and compliance. * A collaborative approach and enthusiasm for improving how people work. 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 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 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