Land Referencing Manager

Open Spaces; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Job summary

Open Spaces is seeking an experienced Land Referencing Manager to deliver statutory land referencing services across major infrastructure and regeneration schemes. The role blends hands-on delivery with mentoring and quality assurance within a hybrid setup based from London and other UK locations.

The package includes a competitive salary and a car allowance, with responsibilities spanning technical delivery, ownership identification, and close collaboration with surveyors, legal teams and

Qualifications

• Extensive land referencing skills and experience on statutory infrastructure schemes.
• Thorough knowledge of planning and compulsory purchase legislation (DCO, TWAO, GVD).
• Experience with GIS-supported land referencing workflows and digital delivery platforms or data-led QA.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support land referencing activities for CPO, DCO, TWAO and GVD schemes.
• Undertake ownership identification, title analysis and interests reconciliation.
• Prepare and review Books of Reference, land plans, schedules and statutory documentation.
• Ensure consistency between GIS datasets, plans and written schedules.
• Support quality assurance processes, peer review and audit readiness.
• Provide mentoring and guidance to junior land referencers.
• Liaise with surveyors, land agents, legal teams and clients to resolve complex land matters.

Skills

Land Referencing

Team leadership

Mentoring

GIS workflows

Business development

Customer service

Tools

GIS platforms

Job description

Competitive salary and car allowance. Role can be based from London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds,

Hybrid.

Our client is looking for an experienced Land Referencing Manager to play a key role in the delivery of statutory land referencing services across major infrastructure, energy, utilities and regeneration schemes. The role combines hands‑on technical delivery with quality assurance, mentoring, and active involvement in the deployment and embedding of their Land Referencing platform.

Our client is offering an excellent overall salary package which includes fantastic benefits and a car allowance of £4,515.

Main tasks:

• Lead and support land referencing activities for CPO, DCO, TWAO and GVD schemes
• Undertake ownership identification, title analysis and interests reconciliation
• Prepare and review Books of Reference, land plans, schedules and statutory documentation
• Ensure consistency between GIS datasets, plans and written schedules
• Support quality assurance processes, peer review and audit readiness
• Provide technical support and mentoring to junior land referencers.
• Liaise with surveyors, land agents, legal teams and clients to resolve complex land matters.

What will it take to be successful?

• Have gained extensive Land Referencing skills and ideally have experience of working in land referencing on statutory infrastructure schemes.
• A thorough knowledge of planning and compulsory purchase legislation, DCO, TWAO and GVD processes and experience working with GIS-supported land referencing workflows are ideally required.
• If you have a thorough knowledge of digital delivery platforms or data‑led QA processes this would be advantageous as would strong commercial awareness and experience supporting system or process improvement initiatives.
• Previous experience of mentoring, developing and managing a team is essential to this role.
• Our client would like you to possess a business development–orientated attitude, with a focus on providing excellent customer service and quality to their clients.

If you don t feel you quite meet the above criteria but do feel you have some of the qualities they are looking for, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss the role further.