Work as a Senior Land Manager in Leeds
Looking to lead a Land and Planning team? Look no further! We have a rare and fantastic opportunity for aSenior Land Manager!
This is a role with meaning, so youll be coming in and making a real difference to thousands of customers lives by leading on our land acquisitions to meet our important growth strategy.
Heres a couple of other things we think you should know:
Youll play aleadrole in shaping and driving the future of Yorkshire Housing with loads of scope for new ideas, innovation and progress.
You can work where, when and how you want with our hub, home, roam approach.
We believe work is something you do, not somewhere you go so if you want to work for a company who are truly flexible and where you are valued then this could be the role for you!
A bit more about us
You might think of Yorkshire Housing as just a housing provider, but were so much more than that.
Yes, we own and manage nearly 20,000 homes (and counting) across Yorkshire and make it possible for current and future customers to have a place theyre proud to call home.
But were also all about making a positive difference in peoples lives. Were transforming our business by investing in people, processes and technology to deliver a consistently great experience for our customers.
What youll be doing?
Youll be driving the team forward to continue securing a strong land pipeline to ultimately meet our exciting growth strategy. Activities like securing land suitable for a range of tenures, monitoring development plans and pipelines to ensure targets are met along with keeping the Head of Acquisitions regularly informed will all be key areas of responsibility.
From an external perspective, youll be crucial in developing and maintaining regular contact with land owners along with leading on negotiating purchases with agent and owners. Also youll be working positively with Local Authorities. Internally, youll liaise with a wide variety of stakeholders keeping teams up to date with progress and handover information to sales.
This will be alongside effective programme management of the land, from a supply perspective.Youll work with the Head of Acquisitions, to manage the S106 acquisition programme, ensuring targets and financials are met along with required specifications, approvals and funder requirements. All of which will be aligned with the Business Plan.On top of this youllactivelypursue and secure land purchases for all tenure types, carrying our feasibility studies and making recommendations!
When it comes to reporting, well need you to be comfortable preparing Directors and Board reports on new opportunities and also be able to present to the DevelopmentCommitteewhen required.
Sounds good? Heres what we need from you
Experienced in land buying for residential development and of varying sizes and complexity.
Excellent understanding and experience in social and private sector housing developments
Experience of managing land pipelines, budgets and achieving targets.
Experience of leading a team to achieve targets.
Experience of programme forecasting and financial forecasting.
Knowledge/Experience of negotiating and acquiring S106 affordable housing units
Excellent communication and networking skills
Good IT skills
Activelypromote value for money and efficiency
Excellent negotiation skills
Full UK driving license
Eagerness to develop own skills and adapt to change.
Personal values and approach that align with Yorkshire Housings values
Ability to work flexibly in line with Hub, Home and Roam principles.
Anunderstandingof Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity and how this is applied through our service to customers and colleagues.
Whats in it for you?
In return, we offer£69,760.48 per annum plus a £2,000 Car Allowancefor35 hoursper week with 25 days annual leave (rising annually to 30 days) plus Bank Holidays.
But thats not all. We offer a reward package to suit everyone.At Yorkshire Housing, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where well match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few.
Our peoples health and wellbeing is our top priority, and at Yorkshire Housing, you can make the most of our readily available wellbeingsupportpackage.This includes access to a library of fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with our employee assistance programme.
So, now youre really interested?
At Yorkshire Housing, were building a work environment thatsinclusiveas well as diverse, where everyone can be themselves. We believe difference is what makes us stronger, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role.
We know that not all candidates will meet every single desired requirement.If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you, please go ahead and apply!
If you requireanyadditionalsupportwith your application, or have any further questions, please contact our lovely recruitment team.
The fine print
Applications for this role will close onthe 12th of March 2024. If a competitive candidate pool is identified, we reserve the right to close the role early, therefore, we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
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