Assistant Land Manager

Wates Group have an opportunity for an Assistant Land Manager to join our Wates Developments team in Leatherhead.

The Wates Developments land team identify land suitable for residential & mixed-use development and promote sites through the planning system with a view to securing a valuable planning consent.  Our business holds a large and growing portfolio of potential residential development land and our team focuses on securing valuable planning consents in sustainable locations, throughout Southern England, South West and the Midlands.

Reporting into the Land Director, you will help identify, investigate, appraise and secure interests in land navigating the legal, technical and financial process.

About the role

As an Assistant Land Manager, you will:

• Establish and maintain good working relationships with land agents and landowners.
• Prepare initial planning appraisals, undertake due diligence enquiries and prepare viability assessments on new site opportunities.
• Assist the Land Team with preparing offers and bids.
• Negotiate and secure Option, Promotion or Hybrid agreements on competitive terms.
• Represent Wates Developments in a professional capacity to high standards at all times.
• Demonstrate a clear strategy for new opportunities collaborating with other members of the land team.
• Manage information flow between relevant parties internally and externally.
• Support the learning and development of other members of the land team where relevant.

To be successful in the role you will have a good knowledge of land acquisition, the planning system, development and planning appraisals, financial viability assessments as well as the legal aspects of promotion, option and hybrid agreements as well as other aspects of land law relating to land rights.

Alongside this you will be an active networker with effective communication skills and the ability to identify the right opportunities which will provide the necessary return on investment.

Our commitments: 

Wates is proud to be an employer where anyone can thrive, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.  We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement, as we value transferable skills and assess all applications fairly.

We don't discriminate based on a criminal record; all applications are reviewed on an individual basis against the requirements of the role. Some roles may require additional checks, due to the nature of the work.  As a Disability Confident Leader, we offer an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role and opt in to the Disability Confident scheme.  Reasonable adjustments are available, please contact us at recruitment@wates.co.uk / WPSrecruitment@wates.co.uk