Senior Strategic Project Manager
Date: 2 Jan 2025
Location: Warwick, GB, CV34 6LG
Company: Taylor Wimpey
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Job summary/Purpose
Establishing effective strategies for land interests (freeholds, options, hybrids and promotion agreements) to be promoted to ensure deliverable housing land for development by Taylor Wimpey businesses and good placemaking. Responsible for assisting with the Strategic Land portfolio in the operating areas covered by the Midlands and North West Strategic Land team. (This role can be based from one of our multiple offices across the Midlands and North West areas).
Primary Responsibilities
Key accountabilities
- Understanding constraints and opportunities commercially and technically on land interests
- The promotion of sites through the planning process with a view to securing allocations of land for housing
- Manage planning negotiations, including all representations, planning applications, S.106 agreements, planning appeals etc as necessary in respect of existing portfolio.
- Understand and negotiate legal agreements such as landowners, consortium, s.106 etc agreements.
- Draft business plans for each individual asset/JV, with key aims and milestone dates established.
- Reporting on all assets as and when required including management of all capital expenditure in line with agreed budgets.
- Setting of clear scopes and the appointment of external consultants, negotiating fees and securing consultancy services that add value
- Liaison with landowners over progress on site promotion to establish positive relationships
- Responsibility for the renewal/extension of options
- Working to resolve title and contractual issues on land
- The monitoring of Local Plan documents, housing land supply and competitor activity
- Community engagement on site promotions and planning applications
Experience, Qualifications, Technical Requirements
- Degree qualification in a relevant subject or where transferable skills can be demonstrated
- RICS or RTPI accreditation
- Previous successful experience in land acquisition process in housebuilding industry
- Knowledge of planning policy and process
- Commitment to a progressive career
- Full driving licence
Inclusivity Statement
As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.
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Disability Confident Employer - As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.