Head of Acquisition - Coventry, United Kingdom - Homes England

Homes England
Homes England
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Coventry, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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- £63,731 - £74,977
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  • Other
    Contract type:
  • Fixed term
    Length of employment:
  • 12 Months
    Type of role:
  • Environment and Sustainability
  • Estates
  • Geography
  • Governance
  • Health and Safety
  • Planning
    Working pattern:
  • Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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  • Coventry, West Midlands (England), CV1 2

GN :
Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS11 9


AT :
Manchester, North West England, M1 6


EU :
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZAbout the job


Job summary:


  • Working in a team and to the Northern Assistant Director of Acquisitions and Partnering, the Head of Acquisitions role will play a critical role in unlocking and delivering complex land assembly and regeneration opportunities. You will be joining our enthusiastic/friendly/talented/highly skilled/experienced team of 10 people, who are committed to making positive change in how we create and deliver high quality homes.

Job description:


The National Acquisitions Director believes in delivering a first-class customer service, resolving issues informally wherever possible, taking an innovative and creative approach to complex development issues.

The teamwork in a collaborative/flexible way to foster good decision making and problem solving.


This is a rare chance to shape the future housing and regeneration in a fast growing, national organisation with real social purpose.

Working with key stakeholders and a professional acquisitions teams team you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective resolution of complex property matters and the have the opportunity to help create high quality and thriving developments, with a focus on regeneration.

The role will support the design and delivery of key strategic projects around Yorkshire and the Humber. The Head of Acquisitions will also play a key role in assembling land in Sheffield.

There are some exciting/rewarding/creative/ambitious projects to get involved with and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day to day delivery whilst bringing innovative solutions to regeneration and the delivery of quality homes.


Person specification:


Whilst our day job is to deliver first class customer service to our stakeholders and partners, you will be used to "spinning several plates" at once and will always be looking for ways to improve and innovate.


You'll be comfortable supporting the National Acquisitions Team with complex land assembly/land acquisitions issues, aiming to unlock complex, difficult, and stalled sites.

You will be proficient in understanding the complexities associated with site identification, negotiation, land appraisal tools, land assembly and understanding the delivery of quality homes.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn't always easy.

You will be resilient and comfortable managing stakeholders at a senior level and your discussions will always be shaped by a good understanding of the commercial and operational impact of what we do as an Acquisitions and Partnering team.

You will enjoy working in an innovative, fun and engaging way and be able to negotiate and persuade.


As an experienced property professionalprofessional, you'll understand how to manage colleagues and be able to demonstrate you can work with others as part of a team in a collaborative, inclusive way.


Benefits:


  • Homes England is an executive nondepartmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people.
In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:


  • Holiday
  • Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.


  • Working Flexibly

  • At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.


  • Health and Wellbeing

  • We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.


  • Professional Development

  • At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one jobrelated professional membership subscription per year for our employees.
  • We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.
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