Senior Land & Planning Manager

Job Description

Senior Land & Planning Manager£63,883 per annum plus £2,000 Car AllowanceLeeds - AgileFixed term Contract / Secondment - 6-8 months maternity coverThe opportunityLooking to lead a Land and Planning team Look no further! We have a rare and fantastic opportunity for a Senior Land and Planning Manager role on a 6-8 months maternity cover contract!We are open for applications from candidates who are interested in working part-time or full-time!This is a role with meaning, so youll be coming in and making a real difference to thousands of customers lives by leading on our land acquisitions to meet our important growth strategy.Heres a couple of other things we think you should know:

• Youll play a lead role in shaping and driving the future of Yorkshire Housing with loads of scope for new ideas, innovation and progress.
• You can work where, when and how you want with our hub, home, roam approach.

And what about usYou might think of Yorkshire Housing as just a housing provider, but were so much more than that. Yes, we own and manage nearly 20,000 homes (and counting) across Yorkshire and make it possible for current and future customers to have a place theyreproud to call home, but were also all about making a positive difference in peoples lives. Were transforming our business by investing in people, processes and technology to deliver a consistently great experience for our customers.What youll be doingYoull be driving the team forward to continue securing a strong land pipeline to ultimately meet our exciting growth strategy. Activities like securing land suitable for a range of tenures, monitoring development plans and pipelines to ensure targets aremet along with keeping the Director of Development regularly informed will all be key areas of responsibility.From an external perspective, youll be crucial in developing and maintaining regular contact with land owners along with leading on negotiating purchases with agents and owners. Also youll be working positively with Local Authorities. Internally, youllliaise with a really wide variety of stakeholders keeping teams up to date with progress and handover information to sales.This will be alongside effective programme management of the land, from a supply perspective, youll manage the s106 acquisition programme ensuring targets and financials are met along with required specifications, approvals and funder requirements. Allof which will be aligned with the Business Plan. On top of this youll actively pursue and secure land purchases for all tenure types, carrying out feasibility studies and making recommendations!When it comes to reporting, well need you to be comfortable preparing Directors and Board reports on new opportunities and also be able to present to the Development Committee when required.Sounds good Heres what we need from you

• Plenty of experience in land buying for residential development of varying sizes and complexity.
• Excellent understanding and experience in social and private sector housing development
• Experience of managing people, land pipelines, budgets and achieving targets with those teams.
• Experience of programme forecasting and financial forecasting.
• Knowledge or Experience of negotiating and acquiring s106 affordable housing units
• Youll have excellent communication and networking skills, good IT skills and outstanding negotiation skills

Pssst. One of our values is Be Yourself. Were passionate about inclusion and wed love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.Whats in it for youIn return, we offer £63,883 per annum plus £2,000 Car Allowance for 35 hours per week but open to applications who would be looking to work 3 or 4 days per week. Salary and allowance would be pro-rated.But thats not all. We offer a reward package to suit everyone. At YH, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where well matchyour contributions up to 9%, just to name a few.Our peoples health and wellbeing is our top priority, and at YH, you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to fitness classes, as well as a My GP service and free counselling with our employee assistanceprogramme.So, now youre really interestedAt YH, were building a work environment thats inclusive as well as diverse, where everyone can be themselves. Difference is what makes us stronger, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds.The finer printFull drivers licence valid for the UK and access to a vehicle suitable for work is required for this role. Due to the agile nature of this role, we need you to be able to travel around Yorkshire regularly so need to live in a commutable distance.The closing date for this role is 11 January but should a competitive applicant pool be received in advance of this we reserve the right to close the advert early. Please therefore apply asap. Full requirements included on the attached role profile. Interviewswill be taking place mid-January.A bit more about usWeve got a few house rules at Yorkshire Housing (no pun intended!). One of them is that work is something that you do, not somewhere that you go and another is that we think in careers, not jobs. Our flexible working environment and friendly culture meansyou can be yourself, take advantage of development opportunities and succeed - thats just how we roll.Were inclusive and welcoming and offer a fun and open culture with a shared belief in making a positive difference to peoples lives - it really does feel like joining a big family!

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