Administrator - Land and Planning in Bury St Edmunds

untypical are an ambitious, customer focused housebuilder that put people and the planet at the heart of everything we do. We're dedicated to delivering the best possible standards in design, build quality, and service for our customers. We're looking for talented and enthusiastic people who will share this passion, to join our team.

Our benefits package includes:

• Company bonus scheme
• Enhanced Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• 26 days holiday with additional bank holidays
• Holiday Buy Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

We have an opportunity for a Land and Planning Administrator to join a friendly team working for our Anglia region and based at our office in Bury St. Edmunds on a permanent basis. This entry level post has a great career path into Land and Planning.

Duties include:

Our land acquisition teams play a critical role in identifying and securing sites for future housing developments. Professionals in this field combine market insight and negotiation skills to source viable land opportunities that align with our strategic growth objectives. It’s a dynamic and rewarding area of the business, offering the chance to directly influence the success and scale of new developments.

Role Overview

The Land and Planning Administrator provides essential administrative support to the Land and Partnerships team, ensuring the smooth running of land acquisition, planning applications, legal processes, and affordable housing partnership activities. This role is key in maintaining accurate records, coordinating documentation, supporting stakeholder relationships, and assisting in the progression of land and partnership opportunities from identification through to acquisition and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and update land acquisition databases, partnership schedules, and filing systems
• Assist with the preparation and submission of planning applications and supporting documentation
• Coordinate legal documents, contracts, and correspondence with solicitors, agents, consultants, housing associations, and local authority partners
• Track key land-related deadlines, agreements, partnership milestones, and funding submission dates
• Arrange meetings, site visits, and team diaries across land, planning, and affordable housing partnership activities
• Take accurate minutes at land, planning, and partnership meetings, ensuring actions are recorded, distributed, and followed up
• Prepare reports, presentations, board papers, and partnership updates for land opportunities and affordable housing schemes
• Manage invoices, budgets, consultant fee tracking, and support financial monitoring of partnership schemes against agreed KPIs
• Support the team in conducting land research, due diligence, and viability data gathering for potential sites and partnership opportunities
• Liaise with local authorities, landowners, housing associations, affordable housing providers, and external stakeholders to support the progression of schemes
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with affordable housing providers and institutional stakeholders to support partnership opportunities and site delivery
• Assist in the coordination and administration of partnership agreements, ensuring compliance with contractual obligations and internal processes
• Support the Land and Partnerships team in monitoring housing policy updates, funding streams, and market trends relevant to affordable housing delivery
• Ensure all documentation is compliant, accurate, and securely stored in line with company and regulatory requirements

Experience

• Professional and confidential in handling sensitive information
• Previous experience in administration, ideally within property, construction, housebuilding, or affordable housing.
• Experience of working with Microsoft suite (Excel, Word)
• Comfortable handling technical documentation (this post will deal with Planning Applications and Land Bids)
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Highly organised and methodical
• Strong relationship-building skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Commercially aware with an interest in land and partnership opportunities
• Experience with database management systems is an advantage.

Bringing together two trusted housebuilding brands, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, untypical aims to make a positive difference to the UK housebuilding market and help to provide greater access to homes which are affordable for buyers. Guided by an innovative approach and a commitment to excellence, untypical focuses on creating sustainable, inclusive communities, delivering homes across the UK that people want to live in and are good for the planet.