Land Director

Job Description

CR3 are currently representing a growing Medium sized developer who are seeking an Land Director to work in HQ that borders Surrey/Berkshire.

This position would suit a Land Manager/Senior Land Manager from a developer background looking to step into a Land Director role and build a team around them in the near future.

Benefits:

• Up to £120K Salary
• Bonus
• Fuel Card
• Pension Scheme
• Private Healthcare
• 25 days holiday (8 Bank Holidays)
• Xmas Shutdown
• 8:30am – 5;30pm (Monday – Friday)

Duties of the Land Director:

• Identify suitable land opportunities on and off market for immediate opportunities, however also longer-term land with planning potential for liaison with the Strategic Land department
• Present to landowners and agents on a formal and informal basis
• Negotiate legal agreements with lawyers and third parties
• Procure technical, legal and development information to instruct internal and external parties to prepare offers
• Prepare and submit Land Approval Packs and obtain authority to acquire sites in line with Company protocols
•  Business development to promote the Company in the residential and property development sector

Land Director requirements:

• Land Manager or Senior land manager ready to make the step up.
• Currently working for either a national residential developer or high profile investor or agency.
• Exemplary contact base of land agents and land owners in Berkshire & Surrey
• Detailed understanding of the planning application and appeals process.
• A strong network of contacts in the land agency world.
• Determined, hungry and ambitious.
• Expected to be educated to a minimum of Degree standard (on a relevant course) or with suitable alternative experience
• Computer literate and able to use Excel, Word and PowerPoint to a good standard.
• Professional manner commensurate with delivering business development and promoting the Company
• Highly literate able to understand and interpret complex legal documentation
• Highly numerate with the ability to undertake residual valuations for land appraisals, undertake comparable sales valuations and provided sensitivity analysis
• Demonstrable track record of buying land
• A good understanding of legal obligations
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of planning authorities
• In depth understanding of budget management
• Natural born deal maker doing 3-4 land deals a year consistently.