Title: New Business Manager

Contract Type: Permanent
Persona: Agile – 20%-40% office based and homeworking
Location: Stratford, London 

Interviews will be held on: TBC 2022 (via Microsoft Teams)
Salary: Competitive salary based on experience

Closing date for completed applications: 21st August 2022 

We have an exciting opportunity for a New Business Manager to join L&Q as part of our Growth division. Reporting to the Senior New Business Manager, you will be responsible for a portfolio of projects and will source, appraise and bid for land. 

We are looking for a candidate with an excellent track record of successfully transacting on land acquisitions. It is essential that you have demonstrable experience of land transaction, land management and residential development and ideally have experience of working with a planning/development control system.

You must be influential with excellent communication skills to develop and maintain successful relationships at a senior level with key stakeholders, partners and internal clients.  Strong negotiation skills are a must.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

·Influential with excellent communication skills to develop and maintain successful relationships at a senior level with key stakeholders, partners and internal clients.

· Attention to detail when it comes to identifying and managing opportunity and risk. You are driven to try and ensure your projects outperform their agreed targets even in challenging environments.

If you believe you have the qualities we are after and are interested in working for an organisation that can really make a difference to people’s lives, then please apply without delay.      

At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours. Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q.   More information about L&Q’s values can be found on our website and a copy of our behavioural framework can be provided on request.

Our Commitments:

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It's only by investing in a well-trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.

In addition to our support and training, the successful candidate will have access to our full suite of benefits including 24 days holiday rising to 28 days with length of service, excellent Pension scheme, an employee assistance programme and non-contributory life assurance.

We are committed to supporting your work-life balance and recognise the changing demands and circumstances in life. Please let us know during the recruitment process if you’re interested in part time working or job sharing. In addition, should your circumstances change once you have joined L&Q, you can also request flexible working arrangements, e.g. a change to working hours - if it’s feasible then we’ll make it happen.
   
We are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace.

We expect all of our employees to support our environmental policy and social responsibility work. We are an employer committed to environmental and social responsibility.

L&Q manages over 90,000 homes across the capital and the South East, regenerating communities throughout the region and we are set to become London's largest developer of new homes. For ten years running we have been included in the Great Place to Work index and are currently placed 29th.

Our vision is that everyone should have a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose and commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods we can be proud of.

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. This is why we are committed to developing our people. It is only by investing in a well trained and motivated workforce that we can continue to prosper and sustain business success.