Join us as a Senior Development Manager at Thirteen Group!
Role Overview:
Thirteen Group is on the lookout for a Senior Development Manager to join our Land and Development team.
With responsibility for leading the pre-commencement phases for high-value or complex development projects, you’ll take a scheme from a new development opportunity through to post-commencement stage.
This is a hybrid role, so you’ll work between home, our fantastic office at Hudson Quay in Middlesbrough, as well as going out to see development opportunities across our operating area. We’ll need you to be flexible around business and team need, so you may need to come into the office more frequently when required.
Thirteen Benefits:
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Salary £65,880 per annum
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Annual leave starting at 28 days and rising to 31 days after three years, a day off for your birthday, plus bank holidays.
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Pension up to 17% contributions (flexible contribution rates of up to 7% colleague and up to 10% employer).
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Simply Health save money on common health expenses and get access to health and wellbeing support services.
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- Opportunities to buy and sell annual leave.
Key Responsibilities:
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Lead the progression of projects throughout the identification, acquisition, feasibility, and planning processes across land-led, developer-led and joint ventures.
- Drive project performance against financial hurdles and forecasted programmes, proactively managing risk.
- Oversee contractor selection and appointment for land-led schemes, land contract negotiation, build agreements (including JCTs), and development agreements.
- Lead and develop a team of Development Managers. You’ll also co-ordinate multi-disciplinary project teams, including consultants and solicitors.
- Own the pre-commencement gateway and assurance process, ensuring projects enter delivery with robust approvals, budgets, compliance, and risk controls.
- Produce high-quality approval papers and reports for senior stakeholders, with clear, concise communication.
About You:
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You’ll have a relevant degree or extensive experience in land acquisition, negotiation, and development pre commencement processes, and professional qualification (or working towards).
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Strong track record of leading pre-commencement development stages, particularly in land acquisition and negotiation. You’ll have extensive knowledge of development design, feasibility, planning, and sustainability principles.
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Expertise in feasibility appraisal and early-stage risk management, ensuring schemes are viable, deliverable, and offer value for money.
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Proven capability of building trusted relationships with colleagues, consultants, funders, landowners, developers, and planning authorities.
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A fantastic people manager, with the skills to lead and inspire people to deliver great outcomes for customers.
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Excellent communication skills, with the ability to produce high-quality written reports and present complex information effectively.
Why Thirteen
At Thirteen, we work together to provide quality homes, build stronger communities, and support people to live well. As the largest housing association in the North East and among the top 25 nationally, we manage over 36,000 homes, with over 1,600 colleagues providing services for around 100,000 customers.
Our vision is to be the most trusted housing association, with happy customers. In fact, we put customers at the heart of everything we do.
- Join a team that’s local at heart but welcomes talent from everywhere.
- Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusivity.
- Be a part of a company that offers tailored support services, going beyond just housing solutions.
Interested?
For more details, please refer to the attached documents.
If you’d like to talk more about the role, please contact Olivia McClea, Head of Land and Business Growth on 07823 515977 for an informal discussion.
