Hybrid Land and Property Area Manager

at East West Railway Company

• Job title: Land and Property Area Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Assembly
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

About the role

• Key role in client-side Land & Property Team at EWR Co overseeing land acquisition for East West Rail project. Ensures effective collaboration with various teams and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• **Role Summary:**
• This is a key role working within the client-side Land & Property Team at EWR Co. reporting to the Head of Land and Property to ensure the successful delivery of the DCO and to secure all the land required for the EWR project.
• **This role will be responsible for leading and managing the acquisition, transfer, management and disposal of land and property to support delivery of the East West Rail Project.**
• This role requires management of our land and property suppliers and close liaison with other teams such as Design, Construction, Railway Operations, Consents, Environment and Stakeholder. It requires oversight of external relations with landowners, their representatives and statutory bodies. It involves strategic oversight, coordination, and integration assurance to achieve project milestones and objectives.

Requirements

• **You will be degree educated in an appropriate discipline with membership of relevant professional body e.g., Member (or Fellow) of the RICS with:**
• A comprehensive depth and range of experience of leading land and property workstreams within a client side organisation, ideally with experience in a government related organisation
• Acquisition of land by compulsory purchase for linear infrastructure projects.
• Development, approval and delivery of land and property policy, strategy and plans for acquisition, management and disposal of land and property.
• Maintaining effective external relationships at senior levels to understand stakeholders’ needs and priorities with appropriate influencing skills to achieve results at pace.
• Developing and managing teams to deliver effective and respectful communication with landowners to secure land assembly.
• Collaborating with internal senior leaders across disciplines to deliver outcomes required for land assembly; working in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver an overall programme of activities to acquire, transfer, manage and dispose of land and property.
• Strategic planning and option analysis, including financial appraisal and forecasting including development and management of property cost estimates.
• Undertaking complex property negotiations and transactions.
• Instructing, managing and integrating a range of suppliers to deliver an overall programme of activities to acquire, transfer, manage and dispose of land and property.
• Explaining property matters and reports to others who may not have a background in property. Presenting data and explaining reports to stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrating compliance with Statutory, Regulatory and Professional requirements.

Benefits

• What we offer:
• Competitive base salary
• Up to 12% employer’s pension contribution
• 36 days holiday a year (including bank holidays) + up to 2 days to buy
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to a range of benefits on the Perkbox platform
• On-the-spot and annual awards
• Advanced learning and development programmes
• Great work-life balance and flexible working opportunities
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Exceptional IT tools
• **EWR Co strives to embrace a flexible working environment, where a degree of flexibility is maintained to accommodate both the needs and preferences of employees and what is required to achieve business objectives. EWR Co will always work with any individual to assess and accommodate an individual’s work life balance and style.**
• **Diversity and Inclusion:**
• **To discover the best solutions, it’s important we embrace diversity of thought. That’s why we aim to ensure our colleagues feel included, engaged and valued. Inclusiveness is not a buzzword, but a way of being. Our approach to diversity is simple – a workplace where everyone is welcome and everyone is encouraged to be themselves. It helps fuel our innovation and connects us with the customers and communities we serve.**
• **We are open to secondments through the Rail Industry Talent Exchange Programme.**