Development Manager - North

Your Company:
The team at NET Recruit are partnering with a client who is searching for an experienced Development Manager to work across the Northern region. With a mission to ensure that communities across the nation have continued and good access to money from reputable and reliable sources in the coming years, this company is working on a range of projects by working with nationally recognised finance and banking providers to design, build and run hubs within these communities that meet the needs of the stakeholders with the environment. 
This role will oversee the designing, building implementation and launching of these hubs, by methodically planning out the process during the project, assigning resources and partnering with suppliers. There will be a strong reliance on the Development Manager to effectively forecast and budget costs and ensure that the projects operate within these guidelines and timescales, providing adequate reporting throughout to senior management.
Role and Responsibilities
While in this position your duties may include but are not limited to:

• Heading up the planning and implementation of premises projects within expected timescales and budgets
• Providing technical expertise when required regarding matters concerning commercial leasing, retail or shop fitting and construction
• Creating plans for projects with suppliers and identifying critical paths and ensuring these are managed effectively throughout the project
• Conducting evaluation of progress and identification of improvements during periodical reviews and using this information to create reports for governance meetings
• Developing and maintaining strong business working relationships with suppliers and project partners to ensure that tasks are carried out efficiently and adhere to timescales, costs, standards and policies 
• Working alongside the financial team to provide financial reports and budgets, planning forecasts and measuring actual costs against these
• Managing multiple projects at any given time, to ensure these all run according to plan
• Pre-empting risks and issues, finding suitable solutions and mitigating tactics to handle these effectively

What You Will Need To Apply:
The business is searching for experienced professionals in project management, with a strong background in construction and fitting out retail or shop premises. Additionally, candidates will need to possess exceptional resource and people management and communication abilities as well as high level of attention to detail.  It would also be useful for the candidate to have a good financial or commercial acumen, in order to understand and manage budgets well. Candidates will need to have come from previous fast paced environment, where multiple projects have been managed effectively with many different facets and resources required.
What You Will Get In Return:
The company are offering a highly generous starting salary of up to £65,000 dependent on previous experience and knowledge for this role and have stated that this will accompany a peripheral package including an excellent pension contribution, life and medical insurance cover and a strong bonus scheme of around 20% to supplement the financial package.
Additionally, there will be an exciting workload at all times, whereupon multiple projects will be investigated and there will be ample opportunities for development of skills and knowledge, leading to the expansion of the role, internal growth and career opportunities.
To investigate this role further, please do not hesitate to contact:
Joshua Whitton - Recruitment Partner
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