RSL LifeCare

Senior Development Manager

St Leonards Full time

At our core, RSL LifeCare provides care and services to veterans and seniors who live in our communities or are receiving support at home. Our vision of creating proud communities living their best lives is at the heart of everything we do as we continue to build upon our legacy of supporting veterans and their families for more than 100 years.

This is an opportunity for you to join a large social purpose organisation where your skills and compassion will be valued, enabling you to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives.

As one of our Senior Development Managers you will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to deliver high-value, customer-centric developments across our portfolio. From feasibility to final delivery, you’ll ensure projects meet safety, quality, budget, and governance expectations—while fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Your new role will see you:

  • Lead end-to-end development lifecycle: strategy, feasibility, approvals, procurement, construction, and handover

  • Drive design excellence and sustainability across all projects

  • Manage stakeholder relationships including councils, contractors, consultants, and community groups

  • Oversee financial performance, risk management, and reporting for all development activities

  • Champion a high-performing, values-driven team culture aligned with the LifeCare Way

  • Ensure compliance with WHS and regulatory standards

To succeed in this role, our expectations are that you will have:

  • Tertiary qualifications in Property, Construction, Finance, or related fields

  • 5+ years’ experience in strategic development planning and project delivery across multi-site, high-value assets

  • Proven success in residential development, including apartment sales and marketing

  • Strong financial acumen and experience with feasibility modelling (e.g. Estate Master)

  • Advanced knowledge of property legislation, WHS, and risk management

  • Exceptional leadership, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills

  • Experience in aged care, retirement living, or healthcare settings will be advantageous

Benefits of joining RSL LifeCare:

  • Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year. This allows you to reduce your taxable income by receiving part of your salary as tax-free benefits like super contributions, car leasing, and more

  • Staff discounts across 700 select retail stores through Maxxia Rewards

  • Fitness Passport

  • Leave Loading: 17.5% pay top up on paid leave

  • You’ll be working with a team of committed and professional colleagues who are dedicated to enriching the lives of seniors and veterans

Our commitment to diversity: We are proud to stand for our unique values: Do the Right Thing, Aim Higher, Care from the Heart, and Act as One team.

We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Veterans, current serving ADF personnel, their families and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.

It is a mandatory requirement for a team member working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Check or a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) check, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of the role. Clearances must be verified prior to commencing employment with RSL LifeCare.

Location

St Leonards