At a Glance
- Tasks: Source and progress land acquisitions for retirement-living developments across multiple regions.
- Company: Established national retirement-living developer with a focus on independent-living schemes.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, commission, company car, private medical cover, and 25 days’ holiday.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for independence and professional development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in land acquisition while enjoying great perks and career growth.
- Qualifications: Experience in land acquisition, strong relationship-building skills, and a valid UK driving licence.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Join an established national retirement-living developer in a hands-on land acquisition role covering Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, East Anglia and Northamptonshire.
Source and progress brownfield opportunities through to exchange, build relationships with agents and landowners, and benefit from commission, a company car or allowance, private medical cover and additional benefits.
Cobalt is working with an established national retirement-living developer to appoint a
Land Manager or Senior Land Manager.
Our client is a national retirement-living developer operating across the UK through a network of regional offices and the business is strengthening its land function with this appointment.
The developer focuses on independent-living schemes, typically acquiring brownfield sites of approximately 0.5 to 2 acres for developments of around 50 apartments.
The business is also increasing its work with complementary users, including supermarkets and care-home providers, creating further opportunities to unlock suitable sites through partnerships.
Competitive basic salary.
- Commission for each site secured, enhanced-deal top-ups and a team bonus.
- Company car or cash allowance.
- 25 days’ holiday plus birthday leave.
- Private medical cover and health screening.
- Pension and life assurance.
- Long-service awards and wellbeing benefits.
You will manage land acquisitions for retirement-living developments, working with internal architecture, planning, technical, legal, commercial and construction teams.
Generating opportunities through an established network of contacts.
- Building productive relationships with agents, landowners and professional advisers.
- Conducting desktop research, data analysis and Land Insight searches.
- Working with the Land Director to help formulate the regional acquisition strategy.
- You will combine office-based work with regular travel to sites and target locations, alongside attendance at the office.
At Senior Land Manager level, you will be expected to analyse opportunities independently, produce and defend your own appraisals and progress deals without close supervision.
You will manage acquisitions through to exchange, when the relevant bonus becomes payable.
The subsequent legal process is overseen by senior leadership, supported by the client's in-house planning team.
Those joining at senior level will need to demonstrate greater independence across appraisal, analysis and decision-making.
A working knowledge of site appraisal and assessing the commercial viability of an acquisition.
- The ability to source opportunities directly through agents, landowners, targeted approaches and an established network.
- Effective relationship-building and negotiation skills.
- A valid UK driving licence.
Your wider background could include residential development, commercial property, retail, hospitality or land agency, provided you can demonstrate the required hands-on acquisition experience.
The position will suit someone comfortable with a traditional approach to land buying: building relationships, contacting landowners directly and personally progressing opportunities from initial identification through to exchange.
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