Land Manager

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Job description

Land Manager

Up to £52,500 per annum

Midlands/ East of England - Home based (Travel as required)

Permanent, Full Time (36.25 hours per week)

Do you want to work for a company where you can make a difference?

Our client are on a mission to improve the lives of their customers. With hugely ambitious growth plans and funding secured for several years they're actively building their portfolio of land for development. To achieve this they're interested in meeting with experienced Land Managers with a proven track record of finding development sites. If you're highly motivated by land acquisition and knowing that your work helps create new futures for people, they may have the 2022 career path for you.

Joining as Land Manager, you will play a key part in helping us deliver their growth targets. Through identifying and securing new land you will directly enable us to continue delivering high quality sustainable mixed tenure housing developments.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a diverse fast-paced environment, as you identify and secure suitable new land through to legal completion. They have significant financial resources in place that underpin their Business Plan to deliver over c.800 new homes per year. You'll join a vibrant Land & New Business Team to identify and appraise these new opportunities, helping to bring forward sites for development. This key role will involve working with internal stakeholders including Sales, Housing, Delivery and Construction Services and externally with land owners and Local Authorities.

To be successful you will need to have a complete understanding and experience of the legal, planning and commercial elements of land acquisition, alongside the value of property. Their successful Land Manager is able to demonstrate success on their CV through a clear track record of site acquisitions, a wide network of contacts together with a solid understanding of the land and property market. Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills are essential.

In this role, you will play a pivotal role in securing a pipeline of projects to deliver a varied development programme across a wide geographic area. This is your opportunity to work within a talented and highly performing team, helping to make a difference by delivering great places for our customers to live.

If you would be engaged by joining a growing organisation, please apply today. This role is offered on a permanent 36.25hr per week basis. Whilst home based this role will require travel across their geography.

Their Offer

Their offer has been created to underpin their two key pillars (health and wellbeing and economic resilience) and five core values: In it together, Heartfelt Service, Own it, Push the boundaries and Fun and Fair.

Demonstrating our strong investment in your health and wellbeing and economic resilience, they offer a competitive annual leave plus bank holidays and generous sick pay entitlements, as well as other paid leave.

A choice of defined benefit pension schemes, extensive learning, and development opportunities, plus more. See Our Benefits attached.

If your application shows that you have the right knowledge, skills and that you share their values, they'll invite you to meet one of their team. They can't wait to meet you…

How to apply

They really want to hear how you meet the criteria for this opportunity, please read the attached job description and the person specification click apply to submit your CV and showcase your experience focusing on the essential criteria for this role.

Vetting Requirements

The important things - Naturally working with their customers they need to complete pre-employment checks before you join them. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer).

PLEASE NOTE: They can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK. All shortlisted candidates will need to verify eligibility to work in the UK at interview. Original proof must then be provided by day one upon successful candidature).

Equal Opportunities

They are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applicants that reflects the diverse communities they work with. They invite applicants to contact the employer to identify any additional support they may need during the recruitment process