Project Officer – Technology Enabled Care

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have a passion for Innovation and continuous improvement?

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Do you like to make a difference?

If this sounds like you, this could be the perfect role for you.

Astraline, part of Sanctuary Group, supports thousands of people across the UK to stay safe and live independently at home. We work in partnership with healthcare professionals, local authorities, housing associations and health and social care providers to deliver efficient and person-centred care for their customers and we are constantly growing and offering our service to even more people who need us.

We’re looking for a Project Officer to:

• Play a pivotal role in helping to deliver Astraline’s growth and success by leading on all Technology Enabled Care product and service adoption, providing technical subject matter expertise for Astraline’s digital ARC infrastructure and future TEC innovation.
• Oversee the safe and effective integration of new technology with our ARC platform, project management for key technical infrastructure projects and work with external partners to identify and exploit new/existing technology.
• Provide subject matter expertise in Technology Enabled Care (across technology, industry trends and alarm-handling infrastructure), delivering high quality analogue to digital consultancy projects, technology pilots and coordinating externally funded research projects

So now you’ve heard a bit about what you’ll do, let us tell you a bit about the team – it’s important to know who you might be working with, right?

Our Team

We are a close-knit team of four led by Andrew Conroy, the Commercial Director, and as well as providing support to the organisation and our customers, we support each other too. We value positive disruption, innovation and maverick thinking, balanced with a desire to always achieve high standards.

About You

We’re looking for a subject matter expert in Technology Enabled Care and someone with experience of leading digital transformation projects. With a customer-centric approach and a strong commercial acumen, you will have ability to understand and effectively integrate new technologies into existing operations and have an enthusiasm for utilising new technologies and embracing digital and data solutions.

You will exhibit strong organisational skills, prioritising workloads, taking initiative and working independently, and thrive in a fast-paced work environment, collaborating with colleagues from a variety of departments. You will have a coaching style, capable of addressing concerns and providing guidance, and have effective presentation skills, capable of delivering impactful presentations to Head of Departments and Director-level stakeholders.

If you think you’ve got most of what we are looking for, but not everything, we’d still love to hear from you.

And the benefits of working for us?

We work in a completely agile way, you can work from home, and a variety of office locations in the North of England, as long as our customers and colleagues are put first. You’ll also have a degree of flexibility, so you can attend to the important things in life. Whether that’s going to the gym, your child’s school play or maybe it’s just that you’ve got a ‘delivery’, we will work with you to be flexible.

We offer a fantastic holiday allowance of 33 days per annum (including statutory holidays) which rises annually to 38 days after 5 years’ service. We can offer you a 35-hour working week, an enhanced 5% employer contribution pension scheme and a recognition scheme with both financial and non-financial rewards such as gift vouchers, early finishes or even a later start.

We understand how important a safe, affordable and comfortable home is, and the difference it can make. We pride ourselves on ensuring our properties support and help people live well and independently for longer. Our mission is to help all our customers to live longer and live better, in a place that they are proud to call home.

Why don’t you visit our careers site to find out more about us, the role and what we can offer you.

We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should we get enough quality applications.

You may have seen or heard of the exciting news that we have recently joined Sanctuary Housing as a subsidiary. Sanctuary are one of the largest housing associations in the country with over 120,000 homes and has been in operation for over 50 years.

We have introduced a condensed 4.5 day working week for colleagues, which means our offices close, and we finish working at 1pm on a Friday. We believe this is a great extension to our already flexible ‘My Lifestyle’ approach.

This way of working has been endorsed by Sanctuary and will continue until we are fully integrated into their organisation, at which point Sanctuary will review this way of working.