AddressAre you an experienced Development Manager, capable of driving the acquisition and concept development of multiple sites per month?
Are you looking for a role where you can use your skills, experience and love for property development to help significantly improve the quality of housing for people with disabilities and complex care needs?
Can you juggle competing priorities, manage internal and external teams to achieve mission critical goals, solve problems and build and nurture relationships all whilst helping us build a high cadence acquisition pipeline?
If the answer is YES, then you might be the perfect person to join us on our mission to help people with a disability find their dream home.
Purpose of Role: To deliver on our growth and scale strategy by driving the acquisition, due diligence, feasibility, design and conceptualisation processes for each project, before they transition to our construction and leasing team to deliver best-in-class Specialist Disability Accommodation.
About Apollo
Apollo SDA is a leading developer and provider of Specialist Disability Accommodation. Our purpose is to help people with a disability find their dream home; through our participant-led approach where they are nurtured, safe and have the opportunity to thrive.
This mission is a deeply personal one, grounded in the lived experience of our founders, who understand the challenges and struggles of finding suitable disability housing options for much-loved family members. We believe that every person, regardless of ability, has the right to a home that is more than just ‘accommodation’; a place that they love, that they feel connected to and where they feel safe and nurtured.
Our participant-led approach to SDA is helping to set the benchmark for what truly great SDA should be, with a significant project pipeline across QLD, NSW and VIC and a mandate for further growth…and you could be a part of that exciting journey.
Key Responsibilities:
Acquisitions: drive and lead our acquisitions capability across the eastern seaboard and consistent with our growth strategy, including developing and leading internal and external resources to achieve genuine scale in the acquisition process.
Feasibility: Develop and control project project feasibilities, identifying and capitalising on opportunities whilst identifying and mitigating risks.
Planning: Capable of driving and navigating the planning and approval processes across different state and regional jurisdictions.
Design: Driving the design development of SDA projects – both small lot and community residences.
Lead: Lead internal and external teams with strong governance and an emphasis on high quality problem solving and decision-making to drive acquisitions and projects forward.
Due Diligence: oversee the acquisition and due diligence process, including preparation and oversight of asset committee papers
Transition Management: Prior to commencement of construction, transition each project with an effective, efficient and comprehensive handover to the construction and leasing teams in a format that optimises for project success.
Qualifications and Experience
- Experience overseeing the acquisition and development of residential real estate or land development projects at scale
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field.
- Prior experience acquiring / developing / designing residential housing projects in NSW, an advantage
- Prior experience developing either SDA, community, affordable or social housing, an advantage.
This is a hybrid role that's initially WFH, although some travel will be required and some office attendance as needed to ensure optimal collaboration, as the team grows.
