Land Manager - Kent, United Kingdom - BPC RECRUITMENT

BPC RECRUITMENT

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Kent, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Land Manager to join a growing team in Kent.

The focus is buying land where there is a need for homes, where people want to live and where they believe have a realistic chance of securing planning permission.

Land is the critical 'raw material' for a housebuilder, so the client will focus on purchasing the right sites in the right locations.

As a Land Manager, you will play a key role in this journey holding responsibility for undertaking land purchase exercises,monitoring land market activities and advising on planning policies that impact potential sites.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and experienced team of professionals where you will work alongside the Director and the pre-Development Team to identifying and making land acquisitions all the way through the pre-development process.

KEY DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS
Your daily tasks and responsibilities will include;

Build and maintain relationships with local contacts to ensure uptodate knowledge on current and future market opportunities as well as continually monitoring competitor activity
Prepare appropriate briefs for architects
Collate build costs, market research and local planning policy information to successfully negotiate terms for land acquisition
Consider health and safety issues for any potential new sites and prepare and obtain the necessary approvals to ensure land purchase exercise information is provided accurately and on time
Work with the technical team to design economically and understand the commercial aspects of design decisions
Supporting the production of presentations and information packages for use at internal meetings and public events/consultations and planning committees
Supporting the coordination of face to face or virtual project management and operational meetings with the preDevelopment and Management Team
Providing support to the Development Director to provide feedback and advice to the progress of land bids
Supporting the Development Director in the process of preparing Board Papers and updating the Management team on all land supply and land acquisition activity
Updating the Land Supply Schedule to ensure all working and project files are maintained and are up to date
Work with Affordable Housing partners to identify and lead exit strategies for Section 106 disposals

To find out more get in contact with the Recruitment team today