Property Acquisition Lead Phase 2
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Snowhill Birmingham |
| Area | Midlands, UK |
| Sector | High Speed Rail |
| Salary | 70,000 - 85,000 + (12%:6%) Pension + holidays |
| Start Date | |
| Advertiser | Charlton Recruitment |
| Telephone | 07881022741 |
| Job Ref | CR172 |
| Job Views | 1008 |
- Description
- Property Acquisition Lead Phase 2
Description
As a Lead Acquisition Manager at HS2 you will manage and deliver all aspects of the land acquisition programme for part of the Phase Two route to ensure timely availability of the required land for the HS2 project. Reporting to the Head of Acquisitions you will manage a team of 7 Acquisition managers.
About the role:
- Ownership of the Land and Property Phase Two team performance. Lead the acquisition team, setting objectives, reviewing performance and ensuring staff have the necessary skills and understanding to deliver the team's objectives
- Develop and own the strategy for the delivery of the acquisition programme across the region which identifies the risks, opportunities and potential benefits that can be delivered by Land and Property on behalf of HS2
- Lead the acquisition of land required for the implementation of the project in the region, ensuring all compensation is negotiated to settlement within policy, guidelines and budget parameters so that land is available during the construction phase of the project
- Manage more complex aspects of petitions, negotiations and valuations to ensure resulting acquisitions meet forecast and quality requirements
- Proactively build relationships with major/high profile affected land and property owners, individuals and organisations in the region to enable the negotiation process to be carried out effectively
- Provide expert advice to other HS2 departments, including the delivery function, town planning, environment, and petition management stakeholders to inform decision making.
Qualifications
About You:
- Experience of working in a property related environment (preferably in land acquisition) with land assembly experience
- Evidence of effective supplier management and ability to build strategic relationships with suppliers and the supplier market – mange relationships with land agents, surveyors etc who you will manage the programme of works effectively
- An understanding of how compulsory purchase works, statutory compensation and other government compensation schemes
- Qualified surveyor ideally Chartered or equivalent qualification
- Ability to lead and mentor an operational team.
About High Speed 2
High Speed 2 the new multi-billion-pound high-speed railway to directly link the city centres of: London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a numbers of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.
