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About the Role

Lead the land and property strategy for Anglian Water's multi-billion-pound Reservoirs Programme, a career-defining opportunity to shape nationally significant infrastructure and secure water supplies for millions.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across the entire land and property workstream for the Reservoirs Programme.
• Develop and drive the land acquisition strategy for both reservoir schemes, ensuring alignment with consenting, programme and delivery requirements.
• Lead the programme's appointed Land Delivery Partner, ensuring the right expertise, resources and capabilities are in place to deliver critical land activities.
• Oversee land referencing, land acquisition, compulsory acquisition strategy, landowner negotiations and access arrangements.
• Build trusted, long-term relationships with landowners, occupiers, local communities and key stakeholders affected by the projects.
• Lead the management of property acquisition activities and oversee the programme's growing property portfolio.
• Manage significant budgets and commercial considerations associated with land acquisition and compensation activities.
• Work closely with planning, engineering, environmental, legal, stakeholder engagement and commercial teams to ensure land considerations are embedded in programme decision-making.
• Provide strategic advice and leadership on complex land, property and compulsory acquisition matters throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading land and property activities on major infrastructure programmes, ideally within the DCO or wider NSIP environment.
• A degree in Rural Land Management, Estate Management, Property, Surveying, Real Estate, Law or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• MRICS or FRICS status, or equivalent professional standing.
• Extensive experience in land acquisition, compulsory acquisition, compensation and complex land negotiations.
• Strong understanding of DCO processes, including land requirements, Book of Reference, Land Plans and Examination procedures.
• Proven experience working across multidisciplinary infrastructure teams.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and negotiation skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility with landowners, regulators, local authorities and senior leaders.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience managing budgets, programme risks and consultant performance.

Location

• London
• Peterborough

Work Type

• Hybrid Working 2-3 days in office weekly
• Full-time
• Permanent
• Flexibility for part-time

Education Level

• Degree in Rural Land Management, Estate Management, Property, Surveying, Real Estate, Law or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• MRICS or FRICS status, or equivalent professional standing.

Salary/Compensations

• Circa £120,000, depending on skills and experience

Benefits

• Private health care
• Double-matched pension
• Car allowance
• Life assurance at 8 times salary
• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
• Car allowance - £650 p/m
• Double-matched pension (maximum 7% employee/14% employer contribution)
• 30 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave.
• Opportunity for shared parental pay
• Bonus scheme - up to 25%
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

About the Company

• At Anglian Water, we're delivering the Fens Reservoir and Lincolnshire Reservoir schemes, two nationally significant infrastructure projects that will help secure water supplies for millions of people, support economic growth and enhance environmental resilience across the East of England.
• Together, they form our multi-billion-pound Reservoirs Programme, the largest and most complex infrastructure programme ever undertaken by Anglian Water.

Equal Opportunity

• We value the representation & diversity within our communities. Inclusion is for every one and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.