Assistant Land Manager

The Vacancy

Wates Group have an opportunity for an Assistant Land Manager to join our Wates Development team in Leatherhead.

The Wates Developments land team identify land suitable for residential & mixed-use development and promote sites through the planning system with a view to securing a valuable planning consent. Our business holds a large and growing portfolio of potential residential development land and our team focuses on securing valuable planning consents in sustainable locations, throughout Southern England, South West and the Midlands.

Reporting into the Land Director, you will help identify, investigate, appraise and secure interests in land navigating the legal, technical and financial process.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Assistant Land Manager, you will:

• Establish and maintain good working relationships with land agents and landowners.
• Prepare initial planning appraisals, undertake due diligence enquiries and prepare viability assessments on new site opportunities.
• Assist the Land Team with preparing offers and bids.
• Negotiate and secure Option, Promotion or Hybrid agreements on competitive terms.
• Represent Wates Developments in a professional capacity to high standards at all times.
• Demonstrate a clear strategy for new opportunities collaborating with other members of the land team.
• Manage information flow between relevant parties internally and externally.
• Support the learning and development of other members of the land team where relevant.

To be successful in the role you will have a good knowledge of land acquisition, the planning system, development and planning appraisals, financial viability assessments as well as the legal aspects of promotion, option and hybrid agreements as well as other aspects of land law relating to land rights.

Alongside this you will be an active networker with effective communication skills and the ability to identify the right opportunities which will provide the necessary return on investment.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Car Allowance/Company Car
• Flexible working
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers' contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more
• One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the Wates Group)
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

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Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, 'reimagining places for people to thrive' and our three promises:

• Thriving places - working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet - protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people - creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.