Senior Land and Partnerships Manager - #2081843

Keepmoat Homes is a fast growing top 10 UK housebuilder. We design and build quality homes and create places where people want to live.

Our investment and participation helps transform communities and improves the lives of local people. We have a national presence combined with local knowledge and expertise in all aspects of housing – from finance, design and planning, to developing and building. Our comprehensive skills and capabilities give us a wider perspective across the whole housing lifecycle and we create lower risk ways of building homes people need.

For more than 90 years our work has been absolutely visible to local communities so being part of the community is in our DNA. We hire local suppliers and tradespeople and work with local communities to make sure that our plans meet their needs.

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Land and Partnerships Manager to join us as a senior member of the function in our Yorkshire West region based in Leeds; as part of a team to acquire land in line with the regions five-year business plan.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the delivery of the regional business plan and land acquisition strategy. Reporting into the Land and Partnerships Director.

They will identify, assess, pursue and progress potential land and partnership opportunities suitable for the business, lead and supervise on bid submissions, and take ownership of legal agreement negotiations on projects.

They will work within a motivated and engaged team, developing team members by enabling and motivating them to be the best that they can to support the growth of the business.

Skills, knowledge & experience

We are looking for a Land and Partnerships Manager with proven industry experience in planning and land acquisition, who embodies our Keepmoat values; a creative and resilient individual with experience developing strategies using their initiative and negotiating skills. They will be collaborative; skilled in relationship building and stakeholder engagement with experience in developing strategies and in influencing senior decision makers and with strong negotiating and influencing skills. They will take a straightforward approach and be able to manage effectively across functional teams. They will be passionate about Land and Partnerships, with a real customer and team focus; motivated and enthusiastic about the land function.

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Relevant industry requirements.