Property Development Manager

The Church of England; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking a Property Development Manager to oversee land and residential property development efforts in the Yorkshire region. This role includes responsibilities such as managing portfolios, delivering development plans, and ensuring sustainable community growth, offering autonomy within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexi-Time Scheme

Travel Expense Reimbursement

8% Non-Contributory Pension Plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

30 Days Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays

Qualifications

• Strong track record in property and land development.
• Experience in commissioning and managing external consultants.
• Ability to build relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the land and housing development plan.
• Research and review planning options.
• Carry out financial appraisals.

Skills

Property Development

Communication

Financial Appraisals

Stakeholder Management

Education

MRICS Qualification

Job description

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Salary: £48,248.42 to £53,729.01 subject to experience

Location: Hybrid Working

Contract: Permanent - full time, 35 hours per week, consideration will be given to a part time appointment for the right candidate

We are looking for an experienced property development professional to join our team. If you are an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who is seeking an opportunity that will make a significant difference both to an organisation and communities around the Yorkshire region, then this may be for you.

The Diocese of Leeds property team are responsible for a portfolio of circa 440 residential properties and 700 acres of land. We are now seeking someone to help us to identify and deliver opportunities across both our housing and land portfolios to deliver value, meet our communities’ housing needs and support our carbon net zero targets. This is an exciting opportunity, with a land portfolio which has existing contracts for hundreds of new homes, with the potential for considerable further additionality.

The Property Development Manager Role Encompasses

• Delivering our land and housing development plan;
• Researching and reviewing planning options to identify site opportunities and constraints;
• Carrying out financial appraisals of all development opportunities;
• Working with internal and external stakeholders to deliver projects;
• Working with the Diocesan glebe agent to manage the land portfolio
• Working with other dioceses to share best practice and develop common ways of working
  
  
  

We are team orientated in our approach but team members operate with a high level of autonomy and self-reliance. Whilst being supported by colleagues, the successful candidates will enjoy freedom to get on with their role and work on their own initiative.

You Need To

• have a strong track record in property and land development;
• be a suitably experienced and ambitious individual;
• Experience commissioning and managing external consultants
• be capable of working on your own initiative;
• be able to build relationships with effective communication skills;
• Qualified MRICS – desirable but not essential
  
  
  

Initial interviews will take place on 8 and 9 July 2025

For more information on this vacancy, please contact John Knox, Head of Property on 0113 3530 213 / 07872 005311 / email: [e-mail]

The closing date for the vacancy is Sunday 29th June at 11.59pm

The package includes a competitive salary, flexi-time scheme, reimbursement of travelling expenses, an 8% non-contributory pension with an additional 5% matched contributions, hybrid working (50%), Cycle to work scheme, EV salary sacrifice scheme and 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and four customary days a year (between Christmas and New Year).

Our Values

The Diocesan Values, Loving, Living, Learning, Are Vital To The Way We Encourage Equality, Diversity And Inclusion In Our Workplace. We Aim To

• Love God, the world and one another.
• Live in the world as it is, but, drawn by a vision of something better, we want to help individuals and communities flourish,
• Learn when we get things wrong, by listening and growing together.
  
  
  

The Diocese of Leeds is proud to be a Living Wage Employer.

Leeds Diocesan Board of Finance (The Board) is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and the workplace and in avoiding unlawful discrimination. Accordingly, the Board will ensure that recruitment and selection, training and development, and promotion procedures result in no job applicant or employee receiving less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, class or caste, religious belief or lack of religious belief (unless this is an occupational requirement), disability, trade union membership or non-membership, gender or sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, responsibility for dependents or being a part-time or fixed-term worker. The Board’s objective is to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise treated solely on the basis of their relevant aptitudes, skills and abilities.

For clergy applying to this role, your Area/Suffragan Bishop must be informed of your applications at the earliest opportunity. Furthermore, you must seek a Diocesan Bishop’s Licence in order to be eligible for a new role, and please be aware that granting a licence is subject to a CCSL from your Area/Suffragan Bishop.

The Diocese of Leeds is currently unable to sponsor candidates without Right to Work in the UK. Candidates must have Right to Work in the UK to take up this role.

To Download a Copy Of Our Policy For The Recruitment Of Ex-offenders From The Diocesan Website, Please Click On The Below Link

https://www.leeds.anglican.org/vacancies

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