About us.
Our purpose
We aim to deliver social and affordable housing on state and other lands. We work with our stakeholders to create a better environment for everyone.
The role
This is a newly formed division within our organisation. Our Property Advisory function is a dedicated in-house property department that informs and advises on property and development strategies at all stages of the development cycle, working closely with other teams and external consultants. We take responsibility for identifying and acquiring public and private land opportunities, as well as devising optimum property acquisition and development strategies. Additionally, we manage the New Homes and Sales & Marketing functions for our Affordable Purchase and new homes programme. This team consists of suitably qualified property professionals who are Chartered Valuation Surveyors with agency experience, professional services, and some Development Management or Project Management experience.
Key responsibilities
* Identify, source and manage private land acquisitions, as well as assess and acquire public lands.
* Engage with the market to identify viable site acquisition propositions.
* Work with internal teams from site identification through our Acquisition Procedure and approval process, to contract completion and handover to the Development/Programme Management and Asset Management teams.
* Pursue formal Red Book valuations, assessments, and general property advice required from our Frameworks.
* Manage, together with LDA Legal, the procurement of property valuations from Tailte Éireann on relevant public lands.
* Procure and manage property advisory and valuation functions for all teams/divisions.
* Provide general property advice and assessments across all teams on both a formal and ad hoc basis.
* Share regular property market updates and knowledge with colleagues.
* Engage with external stakeholders, property agency firms, the construction sector, Approved Housing Bodies, property industry representative bodies, and public bodies.
* Assist the Sales & Marketing Team in assessing, pricing, managing, and delivering New Homes/Affordable for sale delivery.
* Collaborate with the Property Team to plan and develop further property partnerships and development management opportunities with local authorities.