In-house Solicitor
Chorley or Carlisle
Our business
Story Homes has almost 30 years of experience in building high-quality, traditional residential properties with a superb finish. A family owned business, still chaired by owner Fred Story, Story Homes has grown significantly over the years, and has a strong business plan with aspirations to become a national house builder in the next few years. We are well known in Cumbria, the North East and the south of Scotland for building homes and communities that customers aspire to live in, and we are now making a name in Lancashire and the wider North West thanks to our reputation for quality and award winning customer service. Thanks to our attention to detail and a dedicated workforce who truly live the values of the business, Story Homes has been very successful in retaining the coveted Home Builders Federation 5 Star Builder award for a fourth year running, one of only 14 home builders in the UK to be awarded 5 Star status during 2016.
In 2015-16, Story Homes delivered 565 new homes to the market. In 2016-17 this is projected to be over 800 new homes across three well established regional businesses in Cumbria, the North East and the North West. This figure is set to increase to over 1,000 new homes per annum in 2017 with our current business plan seeing these numbers to increase to over 1700 by 2021.
Your Future
We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced legal professional to join us as our Legal Manager, North-West (Land Acquisition) based from either of our offices in Carlisle or Chorley. You will have extensive experience of advising housebuilders in connection with the land acquisition process (gained either in-house or at a law firm).
As part of our rapid growth we are looking for a versatile, self-starter who can work as part of our Group Legal Team to provide proactive and legally compliant advice on a whole range of land acquisition and ancillary matters including; Option Agreements, Conditional and Unconditional Contracts, S106 agreements, Collaboration Agreements and Infrastructure agreements. Our Legal Manager will provide legally sound, pragmatic solutions and advice which supports the delivery of our business plan. A working knowledge of estate development processes and procedures would be an advantage.
You will demonstrate excellent communication skills, which you will use to support and advise on land acquisition matters. Reporting into the Group Head of Legal you will be required to demonstrate high levels of self motivation and resilience, delivering work to a high standard in a tenacious and seamless manner.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth and development of Story Homes; a fast moving business with excellent prospects. At Story Homes, our people mirror the quality of our product and therefore a passion for excellence and a desire to make a real contribution are vital. We invest in and develop our people as we believe quality people ensure the quality of our Homes.
In return for the passion and drive you bring to our organisation, you will receive a competitive salary, access to a market leading bonus scheme, pension, fully expensed lease car or car allowance, health care and local discount benefits.