Crown Estate Scotland
Assistant Development Manager
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The role
Crown Estate Scotland has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Development Manager to join our E&I team on a full-time permanent basis.
This role holder will:
- Support Crown Estate Scotland’s activities in maximising a sustainable and successful business in the marine energy and infrastructure sectors in Scotland.
- Work across Energy & Infrastructure to support/enhance/complement all Development/Asset Management activities.
About the role
The successful candidate for this role within the organisation will be responsible for:
- Completion of new seabed agreements or variations to seabed agreements; more specifically, coordination of the process of negotiation of new agreements and variations, preparation of documentation, preparing documentation for approvals and filing in line with our internal policies.
- Development management activities (which includes day to day monitoring of the obligations in Option Agreements).
- Coordination / project management of enabling projects and reviews of our standard terms.
- Preparing presentations.
- Organising meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
- Team activities including coordination of budgets, forecasts, risks and processes.
- Supporting stakeholder/ tenant relationship engagement and relationship building.
- Supporting E&I procurement activities, particularly with regard to contract management.
Key responsibilities
- Building a detailed understanding of Crown Estate Scotland agreements and activities across all E&I sectors with a view to:
- Stand in for Development/ Asset Managers where required.
- Identify cross-sectoral opportunities for improvement.
- Enhance consistency of approach across sectors. (30%)
- Ensure delivery of CES projects/processes/initiatives:
- Implement appropriate project management approaches (in line with CES policies).
- Ensure robust contract management of external resources/ advisors is implemented.
- Be responsible for specific aspects of leasing activities (as agreed with lead for that activity) – e.g. management of Portal messaging/content. (40%)
- Play active role in E&I engagement activities (internal/external stakeholders, tenants) with particular focus on enabling activities. (30%)
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The above list of responsibilities is not exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to undertake other responsibilities and training as requested by their line manager, appropriate to the grade. Further, the holder of the post will be expected to work flexibly across all the dimensions of the corporate plan.
The contractual working location
The contractual working location of this role is our Edinburgh office. We believe work is something you do, not a place you go to, and we are committed to supporting employees to work flexibly and in a way that suits their role and preferences.
Salary
The salary will be £40,897 with potential for future progression and annual cost of living rises. The maximum salary for this role is currently £47,118. The role also benefits from 25 days’ annual leave, plus 11.5 of public/ privilege days. Crown Estate Scotland encourage flexible working and operate a discretionary flexi-time scheme. This role offers participation in the Civil Service pension scheme.
About You
You should:
- Be educated to degree level or equivalent in a subject relevant to offshore energy or infrastructure.
- Have a working knowledge and experience of marine energy or infrastructure sectors, ideally including commercial or regulatory aspects.
- Be able to understand and manage contracts.
- Have working knowledge of project management principles and experience of managing simple projects.
- Have good problem-solving and analytical skills.
You will have the following qualities, which are key to success in this role:
- Be confident and enthusiastic with communication skills to match.
- Be comfortable working within collaborative, ‘virtual’ teams.
- Be able to work in a structured and organised manner.
- Have good attention to detail and a delivery focus.
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About us
We manage property – including buildings, land, coastline and seabed – on behalf of people of Scotland. Our purpose is to invest in property, natural resources and people to generate lasting value for Scotland. Our profits go to Scottish public spending.
We work in a way that:
- Generates prosperity and value for all of Scotland;
- Supports the growth of sustainable business and industry in Scottish seas and on the coast;
- Makes places better for those who live, work and visit there;
- Promotes sustainable ways of producing energy, food, and other products; and
- Creates opportunities for people to use and benefit from the Scottish Crown Estate.
Our values of Integrity, Excellence, Collaboration and Commercialism help us to put our purpose into practice. They shape how we work, underpin our actions, and help to make Crown Estate Scotland a great place to work.
By joining the Crown Estate Scotland team, you’ll be surrounded by dedicated and talented individuals who are passionate about what they do, giving you the opportunity to learn and develop. You’ll be working alongside like-minded individuals who are working towards achieving the shared goal of making Scotland a better place.
Crown Estate Scotland is committed to diversity and inclusion, and we encourage applications from people from all backgrounds. We want to ensure every candidate has a positive experience and can most effectively demonstrate their suitability for the role they are applying for. Please tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to help you in your application or with our recruitment and selection process.
We welcome requests to work on a job share basis.
Closing date
31 July 2026.
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