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Development Manager
August 12, 2022 | Comments Off on Development Manager
Location: Cavendish Place, London
Business Unit: Kier Property
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Kier Property unlocks potential and creates space for opportunity - investing in and developing sites and schemes right across the UK. The Kier Property team is structured into four sector areas, Regeneration and Mixed Use, Offices, Solum (our joint venture with Network Rail) and Industrial. We have a billion-pound pipeline and we're a Top-Three UK trader-developer - and a Number One career destination if you're looking for the scope and scale to grow and achieve within a growing high performing team. This role is within the Kier Property Mixed Use and Regeneration Team, a growing team which includes major high profile Joint Ventures with local authorities in Watford and Leatherhead delivering residential led mixed use (office and retail/leisure and trade counter industrial), an exciting new Joint Venture with Lloyds Bank to deliver homes in key locations across the country and we have a significant Strategic Land portfolio bringing forward a mix of residential homes in Joint Venture with an exemplar Housing Developer.
We're now recruiting for a Development Manager within our Regeneration Team who will lead and take responsibility for all aspects of the development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will lead and take responsibility for covering all aspects of the development process from the identification of new residential led development opportunities (individual sites, land portfolios and/or corporate acquisitions), to undertaking market reviews and recommending to the wider team what the most profitable and appropriate use is for that site, preparing Argus appraisals and supporting planning applications defining strategies with a view to delivering them through to investment disposal. You will also be involved in land agreements and transactions working with in house and external legal teams. This is undertaken reporting to the Senior/Development Director. If you don't have direct experience of all of these areas, you should have an idea on how you can demonstrate your aptitude to take on new skills. You will also be expected to champion the wellbeing of your colleagues and ensure that an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought, backgrounds and experience is actively encouraged and achieved.
What are we looking for?
You will need experience in the development sector including identifying investments, negotiating lease agreements / end user requirements and ideally investment disposal and have a working knowledge of planning applications and have been involved in consultation processes. Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) is encouraged though is not essential. You must have shown the ability to motivate and manage both yourself and a consultant team, as well as having the ability to work with and negotiate directly with private and public sector clients. If you have this experience as well as being able to demonstrate commercial awareness with the ability to build and maintain network industry contacts then please apply.
Find out more here about the great rewards and benefits we offer our employees.
Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look here to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk.
Closing Date: Friday 16th September 2022
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.