Government Relations Manager  

The position holder is responsible for providing back-end support in managing and
monitoring the progress and processes of the initiatives by assisting, leading, and
collaborating to achieve the desired objectives of the team but not limited to the Land
Acquisition and Conversion team alone, the position holder is expected to provide support to the Land Advisor to effectively assist the different CSUs of ARI as well.

Outcomes Expected and Responsibilities:

• Maintains good relationships with critical stakeholders to support the different CSUs of ARI.
• Assists in the ground verification of potential sites for development and leads the decision making processes to identify legal and commercial risks.
• Identification of land owners of areas of interest and facilitate initial inductions and representations
• Assists and oversees the data gathering of ownership documents from prospective land owners and concerned LGUs and performs initial verification if applicable.
• Participates in the negotiation discussions in acquiring potential development sites, such as land leases, purchase of contracts, and agreements.
• Participates in the due diligence of processing required documents, contracts, and other land related agreements.
• Collaborates and assists in the analysis of the documents and permits to ensure no penalties or any legal risks that may affect the objectives or initiatives of ARI.
• Assists and maintains the team/departments during inspection by LGUs, contractors and other clients, to ensure that best practices are being applied to strengthen and maintain a working relationship with the key stakeholders.
• Leads and constant coordination with the legal and project development team including key stakeholders, such as LGUs and other related government agencies.

• Minimum 5 years experience in government relations.
• At least 2-3 years of experience in documentation and compliance
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Related Courses

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working knowledge in any of the following: real estate transactions
  (land acquisition, transfer of ownerships, and titling process) and
  lease negotiations and documentation/registration