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About the Role

Responsible for delivery on delegated acquisitions to ensure timely availability of the required land for the HS2 project.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Oversee acquisitions on the route that includes a highly diverse mix of properties, spanning cities and large areas of rural land on behalf of the Acquisition Lead.
• 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 of a region, to enable the negotiation process to be carried out effectively.
• Support the relevant aspects of petitions, negotiations and valuations to ensure resulting acquisitions meet forecast and quality requirements.
• Lead negotiations for petitions filed within a specified geographical area to minimise petitions reaching select committee, and prepare the evidence for cases that are presented to committee.
• Provide relevant technical advice to the delivery function, town planning, environment and petition management stakeholders, to inform decision making in those areas from a property perspective.
• Collaborate and communicate with other members of the property acquisition management team to ensure a common and consistent approach is adopted across HS2.

Requirements

• A relevant qualification in Surveying or another property related discipline.
• An understanding of the compulsory purchase process or other government compensation schemes (training will be provided).
• Experience of working in the property business.
• 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 skills.
• Communication skills – both internal stakeholders and external.
• 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.

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Mid-level

Education Level

• Degree in Surveying or property related discipline

Salary/Compensations

• £44,380 pa to c.£52,212 pa

Benefits

• Flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary.
• Positive and inclusive adjustments.
• Flexible working.
• Encouragement of staff networks.
• Personal and professional development opportunities.

About the Company

• HS2 Ltd will be the UK’s new high speed rail network.
• The new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create 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.
• In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.