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About the Role

As a Lead Acquisitions Manager at HS2, you will lead a team of technical surveyors to ensure the timely delivery of land and property required 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.
• Ownership of the performance of the L&P Area Acquisition Team, managing the team, setting objectives, reviewing performance and ensuring staff have the necessary skills and understanding to deliver objectives.
• Develop and own the strategy for the delivery of the Area Acquisition activity, identifying risks, opportunities and potential benefits.
• Responsible for the acquisition of land and property focusing on providing a responsive and positive experience for the claimant, requiring timely completion of cases and high standards of communication.
• Ensure financial decisions are made in line with managing public money and providing fair compensation.
• Proactively develop relationships with major/high profile affected land and property owners, individuals and organisations to enable effective negotiation.
• Provide advice to other HS2 departments, including delivery, town planning, environment, and petition management stakeholders to inform decision making.
• Collaborate and communicate with other members of the property acquisition management team to ensure a common and consistent approach across Land & Property in HS2.
• Contribute to the development of acquisition and property management business planning and strategy development.

Requirements

• Ability to manage suppliers and build sustainable strategic relationships.
• Stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to engage and influence through communication skills.
• Ability to lead sensitive negotiations in a tactful way.
• Empathy and ability to engage with affected landowners on sensitive issues.
• Knowledge of surveying.
• An understanding of the compulsory purchase process or other government compensation schemes.
• Experience of leading and developing a team.
• Delivery experience in a similar acquisition environment (to a programme timetable).
• Must have the Right to Work in the UK.
• Must pass pre-employment checks including Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

Skills

• Supplier management
• Strategic relationship building
• Stakeholder management
• Communication
• Negotiation
• Empathy
• Surveying
• Compulsory purchase process knowledge
• Government compensation schemes knowledge
• Team leadership
• Team development
• Acquisition delivery

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Lead

Salary/Compensations

• Base salary: £70,713pa to c.£83,191pa
• Flexible benefits fund of 20% paid on top of base salary

Benefits

• Flexible benefits fund
• Competitive benefits (details on website)

About the Company

• 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.
• Aims to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment.
• Values: Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.
• Provides flexible working, encourages staff networks, and offers personal and professional development opportunities.
• HS2 Ltd is a safety-critical organisation requiring employees to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety.
• Endeavours to ensure everyone working for and with HS2 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.
• Positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
• 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.