Land Acquisition Manager

Land Acquisition Manager (*Portland, OR)

Full Time

Purpose: The reason this job exists

The Land Acquisition Manager supports the identification, acquisition, and execution of development opportunities through collaboration with property owners and third parties, leveraging market insight and trend analysis.

Attributes: The behaviors or traits needed to succeed in the position

• Intentional
• Innovative spirit
• Servant's heart

Responsibilities: The essential actions required of the job

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Source and evaluate potential land opportunities by cultivating relationships with landowners, brokers, and municipalities.
• Manage data from jurisdictions for land use applications tracking and prospecting during land acquisition.
• Participate in key acquisition meetings and update leadership on potential opportunities.
• Oversee scheduling with contractors and project partners.
• Maintain appropriate reports, key dates, contract summaries, and market analysis to support land acquisition decisions.
• Support the coordination with public officials on matters of building permits, zoning regulations, and public approvals for land, facility, or property usage.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications: The experience required to be successful in the job

• Bachelor's degree real estate, business, or related field
• 3-5 years experience in a related field as an individual contributor.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft applications including Outlook, Excel, and Word.
• Strong background in project planning, due diligence, and market research
• Detail-oriented problem solver with a proven ability to navigate complex situations
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities

Competencies: The skills needed to do the job

• Collaboration: Working cooperatively with others to deliver positive results; sharing helpful information and resources in a timely manner, accommodating others' needs, and asking for help when needed to meet deadlines and commitments.
• Communication: The ability to interact and exchange information effectively with others; keeping stakeholders informed of important information in a timely manner, and engaging in meaningful dialogue that results in greater clarity.
• Customer Responsiveness: Identifies internal and external customers, develops an understanding of their needs, builds trust with them, and always seeks to enhance the customer experience.
• Leadership: Showing leadership means influencing others in a way that moves the team forward; being constructive in a way that helps the team to reach goals. Regardless of having a leadership title, employees who demonstrate the leadership competency actively participate in discussions, ask questions, listen to others, and help build consensus on a team.
• Personal Development: Developing holistically as a person will improve workplace competencies as well. Example: A salesperson recognizing that developing confidence will improve their ability to speak to groups of any size might join toastmasters
• Positive Energy: Engaging with coworkers in cheerful, respectful, polite manner; contributing constructively to conversations and team meetings and avoiding behaviors that drain energy from others.
• Problem-Solving/Critical Thinking: The ability to analyze workplace problems, come up with creative solutions, and then to test and effectively implement the solutions within the scope of responsibility.
• Solution-Focused: Solutions-focused people don't let workplace problems stop their progress. They remain focused on finding the best possible solution to resolve the problem so that quality work can continue.
• Taking Responsibility: Completing tasks without being prompted; working constructively with others to complete projects; and exercising initiative beyond just the scope of a job description.
• Team Accountability: Understanding the interdependency of the workplace and acknowledging that individual work impacts the work of the team and the work of the overall organization. An accountable team member will ensure their own work is done in a timely and effective manner to contribute to the success of their own team and the Company.
• Technical Development: Enhancing the ability to do the present and future job better through continuing to refine knowledge or learning completely new skills.

*Role will require frequent travel within Portland Metro area