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About the Role

As an Assistant Property Acquisitions Manager at HS2, you will lead delegated acquisitions to ensure the timely availability of land for the HS2 project.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the negotiation of claims for compensation including market value, disturbance, loss payments and professional fees.
• Participate in consultation events to explain aspects of the compensation schemes to members of the public, stakeholders or interested groups.
• Provide support to senior members of the team as required on acquisitions outside the scope of statutory and discretionary compensation schemes.
• Work with the in-house property management team and Department for Transport to ensure timely delivery of acquisitions.
• Take ownership of all property and management related information developed or influenced by the scope of work undertaken and ensure complete and accurate data is recorded in the Land and Property systems.
• Prepare responses to questions or requests for information from Claimants, Stakeholders, and MPs in a timely manner, maintaining exemplary communication standards.
• Undertake research and obtain information from a variety of sources to assist in determining compensation claims and responding to petitions or queries.
• Draft approval papers for governance and approval panel review.
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Requirements

• An understanding of the compulsory purchase process or other government compensation schemes (additional training will be provided).
• Experience of project management.
• Experience of working with suppliers to develop effective working relationships and manage performance to ensure delivery through the supply chain.
• Must have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application.
• Satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks including Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

Skills

• Ability to manage communications and negotiations in a tactful way.
• Stakeholder management.
• Effective communication with a variety of stakeholders.
• Project management.
• 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.

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Entry level

Salary/Compensations

• £36,000 pa to c.£42,350 pa

Benefits

• Flexible benefits fund of 15% paid on top base salary and fully pensionable.
• Competitive benefits package available on company website.

About the Company

• High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network, improving capacity, shortening journey times, boosting the economy and creating thousands of jobs.
• HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent.
• We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.
• HS2 Ltd is also 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 our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.
• HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

Equal Opportunity

• HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.
• We are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
• In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review.