Assistant Development Manager

We have an opportunity for an Assistant Development Manager to join our Built Form Development team based in **Melbourne**.

As part of the development team, you will support the team that are responsible for ensuring projects are scoped, designed and delivered in accordance with the Stockland framework, the agreed vision and profitability levels.

**The Opportunity**

This is a diverse and challenging role that will allow you to work across a portfolio of projects at different stages of the development lifecycle.

As an Assistant Development Manager you will have a diverse range of responsibilities supporting an experiences team including:

- **Project Scoping and Delivery**: Assist the Profit Centre Manager in ensuring projects are scoped, designed, and delivered in line with business strategy, vision, and target profitability levels.
- **Support Project Objectives**: Help ensure that schedule, revenue, and cost objectives are met, contributing to the overall success of the projects.
- **Sales and Marketing**: Drive sales and marketing activities to achieve business plan objectives, ensuring our projects reach their full potential.
- **Design Development**: Manage design development and review processes, ensuring compliance with relevant design standards.
- **Stakeholder Engagement**: Engage with internal and external stakeholders, including authorities, to ensure smooth project execution.
- **Financial Management**: Control and monitor development budgets and financial reporting, ensuring projects stay on track financially.
- **Site Monitoring**: Oversee progress on site, participate in site meetings, and monitor actions to ensure timely project completion.
- **Procurement and Payments**: Manage the procurement and payment processes for consultants, contractors, and suppliers.
- **Market Analysis**: Keep an eye on market and competitor activity to maintain our competitive edge.

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**About You**

We are looking for a self-starter with a passion for development and a hunger for projects, variety and commerciality. Ideally you will have some direct development experience and be able to show commercial acumen.

**To be successful in this role you will have the following key qualifications and skills**:

- **Educational Background**: Degree qualified in a related discipline with prior relevant experience in the development industry or similar.
- **Analytical and Financial Skills**: Strong analytical skills and financial acumen are essential.
- **Initiative**: Ability to take initiative and be a self-starter is a must.
- **Customer Focus**: Demonstrated experience in achieving customer-focused outcomes.
- **Procurement Knowledge**: Basic knowledge of procurement processes.
- **Communication Skills**: Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- **Resilience**: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- **Passion for Excellence**: Inquisitive and striving for excellence in all you do.

**The Stockland Proposition**

At Stockland we are a community delivering outcomes that benefit the community at large. We work collaboratively and inclusively, building strong working relationships. Our portfolio is diverse and so are the opportunities for professional and career development. We are committed to providing our people with broad experiences to build a successful career.

We recognise the importance of flexibility and work life-quality and over 80% of our employees have informal or formal flexible work arrangements. Additionally, Stockland has a strong commitment to achieving the best outcomes through an inclusive and collaborative culture. Our customers come from diverse backgrounds and we want our teams to reflect this.

We offer competitive remuneration and benefits. Benefits include free to access or subsidised lifestyle, health, well-being and financial services products.