Senior Property Acquisitions Manager

Location

London OR Birmingham

Salary and Benefits

• Base salary: From £59,268pa for London and from £54,878pa depending on skills and experience
• Flexible benefits fund of 20% paid on top of base salary and fully pensionable
• Competitive benefits package available (see website for details)

About the Role

You will lead delegated acquisitions to ensure timely availability of required land for the HS2 project. We are recruiting for 2 roles.

As a Senior Property Acquisition Manager, you will:

• Oversee complex and challenging acquisitions on the route, including a highly diverse mix of properties spanning cities and large areas of rural land on behalf of the Acquisition Lead
• Implement the strategy for delivering this significant acquisition programme whilst ensuring the programme runs to time and maintains HS2's reputation
• Manage complex negotiations and relationships with area landowners
• Ensure all compensation claims are negotiated to settlement within policy, legal guidelines and budget parameters so that land is available to the project at the right time
• Proactively build relationships with affected property owners, individuals and organisations in a specified area to enable effective negotiation
• Support petitions, negotiations and valuations to ensure acquisitions meet forecast and quality requirements
• Lead negotiations for petitions filed within a specified geographical area to minimise petitions reaching select committee, and prepare evidence for cases presented to committee
• Provide relevant technical advice to delivery, town planning, environment and petition management stakeholders to inform decision-making from a property perspective
• Collaborate with other members of the property acquisition management team to ensure a common and consistent approach across HS2
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI

About You

Skills:

• Ability to manage communications and negotiations in a tactful way
• Stakeholder management
• Communicating effectively with teams to ensure smooth flow of information
• Skill in developing public facing communications
• Capability in project management techniques
• Report writing skills and data compilation and analysis
• IT skills, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent
• Ability to access, analyse and maintain information from multiple IT databases and systems

Knowledge:

• Chartered Surveyor (or equivalent) with knowledge of dealing with multiple stakeholders on sensitive property issues
• An understanding of the compulsory purchase process or other government compensation schemes (training will be provided)

Type of experience:

• Experience of working in the property business (preferably in land acquisition)
• Experience of working with suppliers to develop effective working relationships and manage performance to ensure delivery through the supply chain

Expected Conduct

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect. You will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

HS2 Ltd is a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to the 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

Right to Work

HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office and are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application. The process involves Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Certain types of time-bound visas cannot be accepted.

Application Process

Your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of application review to remove bias from the process. It is important that you attach an updated Word version of your CV for each new application, ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About HS2

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. The scheme will improve capacity, shorten journey times between Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd aims to create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent, and to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all staff. In practice, this means being positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.