Permanent – Full Time - 37.5 Hours
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to join our growing regional business to undertake the role of Development Manager based at either our Cardiff or Bristol office.
Reporting to the Regional Development Director you will be responsible for managing and ensuring the effective delivery of mixed tenure residential developments from bid stage through to handover to the project team at Pre-Start Coordination stage. You will be an excellent communicator, comfortable leading meetings and presenting to clients, senior leadership within Lovell and to all levels of the business.
The role will comprise the management and timely progression of mixed tenure residential projects from bid stage through to handover to the project team at Pre-Start Coordination stage. We ask that you should be familiar with and are able to:
* Chair bid launch/design team and planning stage meetings to agree accountabilities.
* Agree Heads of terms for land purchase.
* When required lead the land purchase contract.
* Prepare initial Pre-Start programmes.
* Review S106/planning position/liaison with planning consultants.
You will have previous experience within a similar role, along with residential new build experience in both private sale and social housing markets. We also ask that you hold a degree qualification and / or professional membership in Development or Chartered Surveying field, which is essential to the role.
Benefits
* Bonus entitlement based on performance KPIs
* Holidays - 26 days
* Life Assurance
* Pension
* Private medical insurance
* Ability to purchase additional holiday
* Access to discount portal
* Cycle to Work scheme and the Lovell Way to EV
* Digital GP
* Employee assistance programme
* Sharesave scheme
As an Investors in People Gold award employer, Lovell is the UK’s leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes and has a reputation for innovation and excellence in the delivery of high-quality housing development and regeneration projects.
We are committed to enhancing the communities in which we work, building quality homes for real people and looking after our own people; developing talent is key to achieving this. We understand that the success of our organisation comes from the strengths, skills and personalities of our people. Lovell is an equal opportunities employer who encourage and value diversity and inclusion within our teams.
The Lovell culture is one that has been successful for many years. It is based on empowering colleagues to make decisions at a regional and local level, and to challenge the status quo whilst working as one to achieve our goals and make Lovell a great place to work for all