Land Manager / Senior Land Manager

CHURCHILL RETIREMENT LIVING LIMITED; South Witham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or cash for car allowance

24 days holiday

Private medical

Group Personal Pension

Life Assurance

Employee vouchers

Long service awards

Referral bonus

Charitable foundation fund matching

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

Churchill Living is seeking an experienced Land Manager / Senior Land Buyer to lead the full land acquisition lifecycle across our regions. You will identify opportunities, perform site appraisals, and drive offers through to exchange while guiding junior team members.

You will work with a Land Director and the wider team to shape regional strategy, spend significant time visiting towns, and leverage an extensive network to secure quality sites for developments.

Qualifications

• Experience managing the end-to-end land acquisition process.
• Ability to identify sites via networks and targeted marketing.
• Proven capability to support and guide junior land staff.

Responsibilities

• Own the full life cycle of land buying and site appraisals.
• Visit target towns in person to assess sites.
• Lead negotiations and manage offers through to exchange.

Skills

Land acquisition

Negotiation

Market research

Tools

Land Insight

Job description

Based from either Essex, Norfolk or Hertfordshire

Land Manager / Senior Land Manager

Based from either Essex, Norfolk or Hertfordshire

About the role

Our Land Managers are critical role in the overall success of the business, and we'll ensure you have all the tools needed to be successful. You can be expected to be trusted, respected, and supported in your career with us.

Our in-house team of experts, which include Architects, Planners, Technical, Legal, Commercial and Construction teams, enable you to create offers efficiently and effectively, drawing from their wealth of experience and specialist knowledge. Our Colleagues, including Senior Management, are very much land focused and work together towards our aligned goals.

In this a fast-moving and all-encompassing role, you will be responsible for the full life cycle of land buying, including:

• Investigating opportunities through an extensive network of contacts
• Identifying sites directly through your own efforts of targeted marketing
• Desktop research, data analysis and utilising Land Insight
• We believe there is nothing better than seeing something for yourself to appreciate which sites will meet our customer's needs, so we would want you to visit your target towns in person
• Carrying out site appraisals, creating reports and proposals
• Managing the offer and negotiation process
• As a senior member of the Land team you will also support and guide Land Buyers and Land Coordinators by passing on your knowledge and experience.

Working with your Land Director and wider team to help formulate the land acquisition strategy for the region

About you

We are looking for an experienced and established Land Manager or a successful Senior Land Buyer ready to take the next step in their career. You will be motivated, ambitious, and proactive with a genuine passion for land acquisition and development.

You'll have the proven ability to manage the end-to-end process from site identification and research to contract negotiation and exchange. Your background in the property sector does not need to be within residential, as many of our successful Land Colleagues joined us from commercial, retail and hospitality sectors. We also have Colleagues who moved from Land Agencies, as they were keen to expand their knowledge and career.

There are a range of roles within the Land teams but what everyone here has in common is an unwavering passion for their work, dedication, self-motivation, and a hunger for success.

This is supported by a strong desire and support from the Executive Directors to secure good quality sites for our developments.

We are looking for people who are confident and competent drivers, with a valid UK drivers' licence as you'll be spending a large proportion of your time out of the office.

Why join Churchill's Land team?

• Maximise your earning potential with our attractive commission scheme, which rewards you for each site you secure, with "top-ups" for enhanced deals, in addition to a team bonus scheme
• Competitive basic salary
• Company car or cash for car allowance

Plus, we offer other benefits, which include:

• 24 days holiday plus a day off for your birthday
• Private medical and Health Screening
• Group Personal Pension Plan,
• Life Assurance
• £200 John Lewis vouchers for expectant parents
• Long service awards
• Colleague land referral bonus scheme
• We are a socially responsible company with our own Charitable Foundation who offer a fund matching programme for Colleagues
• Colleague wellbeing programmes and initiatives, including access to our Employee Assistance Programme

About Us

We are Churchill Living, the leading provider of housing that offers freedom, independence, and unrivalled living value for the over 60s, and we're looking for people like you!

As a family-run, privately-owned business we have a strong culture built on trust and integrity. We're proud of what we do, and the people we work with, and we believe in giving something back to the communities where we operate. Our success is built on our fantastic team of more than 700 Colleagues across the country, which is growing all the time.

We pride ourselves on building beautiful, quality apartments in desirable locations across the country for those looking for greater freedom and independence. Our developments are designed to provide safety, support and a sense of community for our customers to enjoy, ensuring peace of mind for them and their families.

We are proud to have been voted a Sunday Times Top 10 'Best Places to Work' based on our Colleague feedback. Not only that, but we've won a host of industry awards including the prestigious Housebuilder of the Year at the WhatHouse? Awards.

Join us and be part of an ambitious, successful business that values its people and the contribution they make every day.