Assistant Land Manager

Assistant Land Manager

Department: Land & Planning

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Taplow, Buckinghamshire

About the role

We are looking for an Assistant Land Manager to join our team and help identify and assess exciting new development opportunities. Working alongside the wider Land and Planning team, you will support site appraisals, research and due diligence, work with landowners, agents and consultants, monitor the land market and contribute to reports and analysis that help shape our wider land strategy.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with identifying and reviewing sites with potential for residential-led development.
• Monitoring market activity and competitor land opportunities to support the wider land strategy.
• Carrying out saturation surveys and other site identification tasks.
• Supporting initial site appraisals by gathering information on legal ownership, planning status and local residential values, preparing analysis and contributing to land value assessments.
• Preparing clear reports, summaries and recommendations for review by senior colleagues.
• Supporting discussions with landowners, key stakeholders, local authorities, agents and consultants, including preparing information and attending meetings as required.
• Reviewing national and local planning policy and working with planning consultants to assess site suitability and development potential of sites.
• Working with technical teams to assess site constraints, opportunities and infrastructure requirements.
• Coordinating commercial, legal, planning, technical and environmental due diligence to inform recommendations for land acquisitions.
• Liaising with vendors, agents and external consultants to arrange site surveys and gather relevant information.
• Assisting with the preparation, negotiation and progression of heads of terms, exclusivity agreements, option agreements, conditional contracts and other land agreements, working with solicitors and senior colleagues.
• Supporting the preparation of planning applications for new sites including instructing and managing consultants, coordinating and reviewing planning reports and supporting information required for pre-application engagement, planning submission and post-submission consultee responses.
• Providing consultants with accurate briefs and site information, maintaining a clear audit trail, and ensuring outputs are properly recorded and circulated.
• Maintaining accurate project records and contributing to reports, presentations, board papers and internal approval submissions.
• Supporting budget tracking and cost monitoring in relation to land opportunities and consultant activity.
• Preparing and maintaining development appraisals, working with internal teams to ensure cost, sales and delivery assumptions are accurate.

What you'll bring

• High level of accuracy, attention to detail and ownership of actions.
• Strong numerical capability, with confidence interpreting development appraisals and financial information.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify key risks, opportunities and sensitivities.
• Proactive, organised and able to use your initiative.
• Excellent written English, including the ability to prepare concise, high-quality reports and recommendations.
• Confident verbal communication and relationship-management skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• An understanding of the UK residential development process, including land acquisition, planning, design, construction and sales.
• Competent in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint; experience of development appraisal, mapping or land-search systems is desirable.
• Commercially aware, collaborative, resilient and able to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to sites and meetings as required. The regional business operates predominately within the Thames Valley region along with parts of the Hertfordshire and South West regions.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance.
• Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.
• Berkeley Foundation volunteer day.
• Private pension plan.
• Group life assurance.

Working hours

The standard default full-time working hours in the office are 8am-5pm with core working hours 9am-4pm.

Internal applicants

If you're an internal applicant, please ensure you've informed your line manager of your intention to apply for this position.