We are looking for an ambitious Assistant Development Manager to oversee the day-to-day delivery of a live 233-bed PBSA scheme in Waterloo currently entering RIBA Stage 4 design. This role is a combination of development, design and project management working across the entire lifetime of the project from acquisition and construction to divestment.
Responsibilities
Project Delivery
- Maintaining the development budget and programme.
- Coordinating with the Employers Agent to manage the contractor through construction to building completion.
- Managing project reporting including monthly project reviews to UK directors.
- Ensuring all HB Reavis responsibilities are agreed and discharged (planning, construction, party wall).
- Managing and updating the project’s risk register and risk management.
Design
- Ensuring the project is delivered to a high standard in line with the brief.
- Managing the Client Monitoring Team and Employers Agent to ensure the Contractors Proposals are completed in line with the Employers’ Requirements.
- Coordinating and providing client feedback on the design as it is developed by the contractor.
- Ensuring all value engineering opportunities are properly considered throughout the design development stage and beyond.
- Managing the Building Safety Regulator Gateway 2 process as client duty holder
Construction and Handover
- Visiting the site for meetings and inspections and reporting on quality and progresss.
- Overseeing of the Employers Agent duties (change control, coordinating site monitoring and reporting, and tracking progress against the handover checklist).
- Ensuring operator and university requirements are complied with.
- Managing the Building Safety Regulator Gateway 3 process as client duty holder.
Supporting with
- Delivery of the project business plan in line with objectives and KPI.
- Market and competition research to inform development decisions.
- Operator selection, contracting and mobilisation.
- NOI optimisation through revenue and OPEX agreements.
- Securing university nominations for at least 51% of beds.
- Developing and executing sales strategy for open‑market beds to stabilise the asset in year one.
- Financing arrangements and ongoing funder reporting and compliance.
Qualifications
- An experienced professional with at least 5 years of proven experience in architecture or development management including design and project development.
- Proven experience in the London living sector (PBSA preferred).
- Strong working knowledge of JCT Design & Build contracts and associated legal documentation
- End‑to‑end understanding of the development lifecycle and financial literacy
- Solid knowledge of Building Regulations, CDM and the Building Safety Act.
- Confident use of technology within real estate, including emerging tools such as AI and automation.
- Collaborative, transparent approach with the ability to operate effectively within a small, high‑performing team.
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