Location
London OR Birmingham

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Base salary: From £59,268 per annum for London and from £54,878 per annum for Birmingham depending on skills and experience. In addition, a flexible benefits fund of 20% is paid on top of the base salary and is fully pensionable, alongside a range of competitive benefits.

About the Role
As a Senior Property Acquisitions Manager at HS2, you will lead delegated acquisitions to ensure the timely availability of required land for the HS2 project. You will be responsible for overseeing complex and challenging acquisitions across a diverse mix of properties, including urban and large rural areas. Your role includes implementing acquisition strategies, managing negotiations with landowners, and ensuring compensation claims are settled within policy, legal guidelines, and budget parameters.

You will proactively build relationships with affected property owners and organisations to facilitate effective negotiations and support petitions, negotiations, and valuations to meet forecast and quality requirements. You will lead negotiations for petitions within a specified geographical area to minimise escalation to select committees and prepare evidence for committee cases.

Providing technical advice to delivery, town planning, environment, and petition management teams from a property perspective is essential. Collaboration and communication with the property acquisition management team will ensure a consistent approach across HS2.

HS2 Ltd is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). You will actively promote and embed EDI in all your work and support organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures to create an inclusive and supportive work environment.

HS2 Ltd does not hold a sponsorship license and cannot provide sponsorship. Applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application. The recruitment process includes anonymised CV review to remove bias and promote diversity.

Experience
- Experience working in the property sector, preferably in land acquisition
- Experience managing suppliers to develop effective working relationships and ensure delivery through the supply chain

About you
- Ability to manage communications and negotiations tactfully
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Effective communication to ensure smooth information flow within teams
- Skilled in developing public-facing communications
- Proficient in project management techniques
- Report writing and data compilation and analysis skills
- IT proficiency including Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalents
- Ability to access, analyse, and maintain information from multiple IT databases and systems

Qualifications
- Chartered Surveyor or equivalent qualification with knowledge of managing sensitive property issues involving multiple stakeholders
- Understanding of compulsory purchase processes or other government compensation schemes (training will be provided)

Additional Information
The post-holder is expected to uphold HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity, and Respect at all times. You must actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and comply with all organisational policies and initiatives on EDI.