Development Manager

Cotech Building Careers; Reigate; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Growth opportunities

Salary and benefits package

Job summary

Cotech Building Careers is seeking a Development Manager to support partnerships with local authorities nationwide. The role delivers large and small projects across diverse sectors, planning and implementing investment and exit strategies while running partnerships and generating project opportunities.

You will report to the Commercial Director and manage partnerships, budgets, and project briefs, developing opportunities and steering multi-disciplinary teams to successful outcomes with

Qualifications

• Membership of the RICS or equivalent property qualification or demonstrable practical experience.
• Experience in business development and delivering opportunities in challenging environments.
• Exceptional relationship management skills and strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Support the Commercial Director in running partnerships across the country.
• Manage partnerships including administrative duties.
• Develop, run, and manage projects of all types and values within each partnership.
• Identify and develop new opportunities within each partnership.
• Initiate and prepare development and asset management strategies and project briefs.
• Assist in the preparation and execution of asset management strategies.
• Prepare feasibility, project appraisal and validation reports.
• Monitor and manage project budgets.
• Select consultants and appoint them as needed.
• Manage and support LLPs across the region.
• Develop and maintain relationships with officers and members within each partnership.
• Populate and manage internal recording systems for projects and opportunities.

Skills

Property development

Business development

Relationship management

Project management

Strategic planning

Public/Private partnerships

Multi-disciplinary team leadership

Budget management

Planning applications

Driver's license

Education

RICS membership or equivalent

Job description

Development Manager

Location: Nationwide (WFH available), offices in Surrey

Responsibility: Reporting to the Commercial Director, the Development Manager will support and manage partnerships that the business operates with local authorities across the country. The Development Manager will be expected to take responsibility for the delivery of large and small projects across a range of sectors, demonstrating the planning and implementation of differing investment and exit strategies. They will manage the operation of their own partnerships as well as the generation and delivery of project opportunities across the partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the Commercial Director in running partnerships across the country
• Managing partnerships including administrative duties
• Developing, running, and managing projects of all types and values within each partnership
• Identifying and developing new opportunities within each partnership
• Initiating and preparing development and asset management strategies and project briefs
• Assisting in the preparation and execution of asset management strategies
• Preparing feasibility, project appraisal and validation reports
• Monitoring and managing project budgets
• Selecting and appointing consultants
• Managing and supporting LLPs across the region
• Developing and maintaining relationships with officers and members within each partnership
• Populating and managing internal recording systems for projects and opportunities

Requirements

Skills Required:

• Experience of working in the property profession in either the public or private sector, preferably within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of business development and conversion of opportunities in challenging environments.
• Exceptional relationship management skills
• A creative and forward-thinking approach
• Experience or understanding of working for an SME
• Experience of managing and setting own workload with limited support
• Experience and understanding of planning and property development.
• Experience of the submission of planning applications for various uses within and outside policy areas.
• Experience of achieving successful planning permission.
• Experience of managing a range of projects of varying complexity and size from inception to delivery.
• An awareness of the political nature of public/private sector partnerships and projects
• Experience of managing and directing a multi-disciplinary team of consultants and advisors.
• Experience of managing budgets as they relate to projects and varying streams of activity.
• An understanding and experience of property disposal
• An understanding and experience of property and building management

Qualifications

• Memberships of the RICS or other similar property related qualification or relevant and demonstrable practical experience.
• A full driver’s licence is required.

An excellent salary and benefits package is on offer to the right candidate, together with flexible working, and opportunity for growth and progression within the company.

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