My client seeks senior land acquisition & development manager for their busy investment arm of a very profitable business that has a head office in London. This role will be a mixture of working in one of their Regional offices spread throughout the UK and working from home.

This is a Land Acquisition & Development role for PBSA (Purpose Built Student Accommodation) and it is imperative that the successful candidate has PBSA acquisition experience and a network of contacts that can provide details on consented and unconsented sites throughout the Midlands, North and Scotland.

The client will be looking for sites in heavy student cities and these will include but not be limited to:

Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Edinburgh & Glasgow

I appreciate you may not specialise in all of the locations mentioned or you may specialise in more than the locations listed.

The role is to find unconsented & consented PBSA sites in good student locations, the role will require front end experience that would allow you to work with the rest of the team to progress any sites through to and inclusive of detailed planning.

These roles will suit a pro-active, self-motivated and innovative individuals to join one of the leading student accommodation developer/ investors in the UK.

This company will operate as a BTR developer and will also sell developments to Universities and they currently have over 7000 beds of student accommodation and are looking to increase the amount of student accommodation it owns and operates on a long term basis.

The successful candidates will identify, bid, successfully secure and, obtain planning consent on land for large development opportunities (over £40m GDV) primarily for purpose built student accommodation , but may also include residential BtR/ Co-living opportunities as well.

To be successful you will need detailed knowledge of your areas of operation and have an existing network of contacts and working relationships with key stakeholders.

In return you can expect and excellent salary, bonus, generous holiday, wfh, generous pension and a role that can lead to Director.

This role is with one of the leading PBSA investment and development companies in the UK, a real opportunity to join a forward thinking, well funded organisation that values its staff and offers progression in roles