AddressAbout The Role
Do you possess the commercial experience and qualities to develop and lead an experienced land team within our award-winning organisation? If so, then please read on…
In this leading role, you will join and then inform and shape the strategic development and growth of our Open Market business, ensuring that we deliver our common mission – a home for everyone.
You’ll also discover a host of opportunities for professional development within an environment that incorporates community development and sustainable initiatives.
As the Head of Land, you and your team will be responsible for land purchases throughout a specific area of the South West for housing development projects.
Specifically, you will acquire and manage a pipeline of deliverable land opportunities, working alongside Joint Venture (JV) partners to secure it for development.
You will lead the Land team and secure interests in land opportunities, including strategic and operational land with or without planning consent.
Negotiating and leading on legal agreements to enter into viable land and joint venture contracts, you will prepare comprehensive land proposal reports for approval.
Specifically, you will acquire and manage a pipeline of deliverable land opportunities, working alongside Joint Venture (JV) partners to secure it for development.
You will lead the Land team and secure interests in land opportunities, including strategic and operational land with or without planning consent.
Negotiating and leading on legal agreements to enter into viable land and joint venture contracts, you will prepare comprehensive land proposal reports for approval.
Additionally, you will:
- Mitigate risk throughout the land process.
- Manage internal and external consultants.
- Identify and deliver other diversification opportunities.
- Engender a culture of team working and engagement.
- Assist in business plan preparation and forecasting.
This role is being offered on a full time, permanent basis and will be based in our Exeter Office. A hybrid working style is an option, with travel across the region to attend meetings required.
For further information about this opportunity, please click here to view our candidate information pack.
About The Candidate
To be considered as our Head of Land, you will need experience in the following:
- Land acquisition via a variety of contractual arrangements.
- Negotiating deliverable planning consents, including S106 agreements.
- Successfully managing technical and professional staff and consultants.
- Assessing project risks, financial viability, negotiation and delivery.
- Managing public consultation events.
- Handling significant budgets and programme delivery.
- Knowledge of development processes for speculative commercial residential property and of Land contracts, as well as planning law and processes.
- A degree. (or equivalent)
- A professional qualification or equivalent experience in housing, construction or property.
Other organisations may call this role Head of Land Procurement, Head of Land Development, Head of Housing and Community Land, or Head of Land Operations.
About The Company
Our Reward and Benefits:
- Defined Contribution pension scheme – employer contribution of 6% - 9%.
- Discretionary Bonus scheme.
- Death in Service benefit (3 x salary).
- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays with service related increase to your entitlement up to 30 days plus an option to purchase extra annual leave.
- Family Friendly policies.
- Health Cash Plan including dental and optical cover (worth up to £1,100 per annum).
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health and Wellbeing programme which includes enhanced sick pay, monthly campaigns, training and yearly flu jabs.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Car Benefit scheme.
- Learning and Development including coaching and professional qualification support.
- Volunteering days.
About Us:
LiveWest provides over 40,000 homes to over 80,000 people throughout the South West from Gloucestershire to the Isles of Scilly. We have plans to build over 6,000 homes in the area over the next five years, developing new homes of all tenures including low-cost rent and sale, market rent and sale, and a range of supported housing and intermediate housing products, creating choice and flexibility.
As well as developing new homes, we continue to invest in existing properties and communities. Through the stability of good housing, we place better living for better lives at the centre of our mission both today and for generations to come. At LiveWest we believe in a home for everyone.
As an Inclusive Employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please click here.
As well as developing new homes, we continue to invest in existing properties and communities. Through the stability of good housing, we place better living for better lives at the centre of our mission both today and for generations to come. At LiveWest we believe in a home for everyone.
As an Inclusive Employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please click here.
