Land Manager

What you'll be doing

Our team is responsible for identifying and sourcing the best locations for new developments. It’s fast‑moving and, in today’s climate, extremely competitive and commercial in its focus. While we need to be commercial and competitive in bidding for sought‑after land, we also need to be imaginative in identifying other possibilities—such as land that currently doesn’t have planning permission. It’s a complex area of our work, and one that’s under intense commercial scrutiny and pressure.

It’s also the life of our business, which makes this team’s work even more vital and far‑reaching. Entrepreneurial and imaginative in your thinking, you’ll need to be a good assessor of risks, and an even better relationship builder. Reporting to the Senior Land Manager or Development Director, you will assist the Development Director and Land Department in securing an adequate land bank to meet the needs and targets of the business.

You will be expected to:

• Identification of potential development opportunities through a range of methods, e.g. thorough examination of statutory development plans, housing land audits, potential change of uses, liaising with agents and utilising an extensive contact base.
• Manage acquisition of sites, leading project acquisition from identification, due diligence, offer, contract, purchase, planning, through to pre‑start on the sites acquired.
• Liaise with relevant divisional departments, e.g. Sales/Technical, and external consultants if required, throughout the land appraisal and bid process, and during planning application.
• Monitor the Division’s land database including site registration, development plans and offers submitted.
• Maintain and expand the Division’s key contact base, e.g. land agents, land owners.
• Assist the Development Director on major projects and with other relevant duties as required.
• Ensure provision of information in a timely and accurate manner to assist with/drive the production of Land Packs for authorisation.
• Promote and act in accordance with Group values, systems, policies and procedures.
• Undertake community engagements as necessary.

To be successful in the role, we are looking for:

• Familiarity with all aspects of land purchase (maximisation of offer, market research, technical, commercial disciplines) − sales, commercial, technical, design, legal aspects.
• Ideally qualified to degree standard in a relevant subject, e.g. Planning, Property Surveying, Technical Engineering, and with membership of a Professional Institute.
• Sound geographical knowledge of the area.
• Able to work on your own initiative, with the drive to take ownership of projects.
• Articulate, clear and credible, and able to thrive under pressure in a fast  paced environment.
• Able to communicate with a wide range of people, engender rapport and trust, and develop and maintain key contacts.
• Exceptional negotiating and influencing skills; a confident and professional networker.
• An innovative thinker, with the drive to seek out and pursue potential development opportunities.
• An established contact base of land owners, agents and promoters would be preferable.

We’ve been nationally recognised as a 5‑star house builder since 2010 for supplying high‑quality homes for all generations. That’s more than any other major house builder. It’s because we combine the brightest minds, the latest technology, and a genuine commitment to putting customers first. We want the best people in the industry to help us shape the future of building. We have tailored opportunities for apprentices, graduates, experienced professionals and ex‑Armed Forces personnel to come and help us stay one step ahead, and build the homes that Britain needs.

Barratt adopts a hybrid way of working which assumes that where roles allow, our office‑based colleagues divide their time between working in the office, on our construction sites and sales offices, and working from home, as the role dictates. We recognise the many benefits that an effective hybrid working culture brings to both the Company and our colleagues.

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