Location
Suffolk
Advertising Salary
Competitive plus benefits
Vacancy Type
Fixed Term Contract
Land & Planning

About Us

Hopkins Homes are an ambitious, customer focused housebuilder that put people and the planet at the heart of everything we do. We're dedicated to delivering the best possible standards in design, build quality, and service for our customers. 

 
We’re looking for talented and enthusiastic individuals who will share this passion, to join our team.

 
Our benefits package includes:
  • Enhanced Pension Scheme
  • 26 days holiday with additional bank holidays
  • Holiday Buy Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Retail discount portal
  • Employee Assistance Programme

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Land Trainee to join a friendly team at Hopkins Homes, based at Bury St. Edmunds on a permanent basis. This is up to a 3 year course and a chance to gain a BSc (Hons) Real Estate Management, and earn a salary while doing so.

Duties include:
 
Site Searches
  • Research local plan, IT systems and land registry to identify suitable short and longer term opportunities and their availability
  • Research the planning history of development sites and provide appropriate advice
  • Strategically selecting locations to undertake planning searches, considering 5 year land supply position/planning status/market values/business need etc
  •  Evaluate potential sites based on technical and planning constraints
Site Acquisition
  • Assist in identifying suitable sites for pursuing in the context of the Business Plan and land buying criteria
  • Contact landowners/their agents and assist in discussions/negotiations
  • Manage coordination of technical packs, securing affordable revenues, and other information to feed into the land appraisal
  • Assist colleagues in Commercial Department in producing a land appraisal
  •  Preparation/review of heads of terms, Investment Committee packs, legal documentation
Networking & Market Awareness
  • Build effective relationships with landowners, agents, promoters, competitors etc to keep them appraised of land buying requirements and identify any opportunities they may have
  • Gather and share market intelligence/”gossip” from land agents (land values, contracted and non-contracted deals, who’s active etc)

Land/Property Disposal
  • Assist with sales of S106 affordable housing to Registered Providers
  • Assist in sales of surplus land assets including self build plots, writing sales prospectus, researching planning and technical constraints on site, local policy, and market values, reviewing offers
  • Conduct site viewings with potential purchasers
  • Monitor planning process after exchange (if applicable) to ensure successful completion

General
  • Deveop and maintain an understanding of the land appraisal system
  • Ensure databases are kept up to date (land leads, bids made and their analysis and retrospective review)
  • Assist in the management of the Land Bank
  • Gain knowledge of all technical aspects covering the acquisition and development of land and associated legal agreements

About You

  • Interest in buying and selling land for residential development and other uses
  • Willingness and keenness to learn
  • Self-motivated, resilient, diligent, ambitious, creative with problem-solving skills and an eye for detail
  • Show initiative and possess a “can do” attitude with a “problem identification - solution proposal” approach
  • Team player, but able to work alone as required
  • Possess strong commercial acumen to achieve business results
  • Good understanding of Microsoft office suite – outlook, excel and word
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Good written and verbal communication skills, with well-developed interpersonal and customer service skills
  • Full UK driving licence

Bringing together two trusted housebuilding brands, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, untypical aims to make a positive difference to the UK housebuilding market and help to provide greater access to homes which are affordable for buyers.  

Guided by an innovative approach and a commitment to excellence, untypical focuses on creating sustainable, inclusive communities, delivering homes across the UK that people want to live in and are good for the planet.  

Our people are at the heart of what we do and in order for us to succeed in becoming the UK’s most customer-centric housebuilder, we are looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team.  

 

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