Land Rights Project Manager

National Grid plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of the energy sector, as a Land Rights Project Manager. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a diverse team in delivering essential land rights services for transformative infrastructure projects. With a focus on maximizing project success through effective stakeholder engagement and strategic management, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring compliance with legal frameworks while fostering a collaborative work environment. Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary package, including performance bonuses and generous benefits. Be part of a mission-driven organization committed to creating a cleaner, greener future.

Benefits

Annual Performance Bonus

Generous Pension Scheme

28 Days Annual Leave

Flexible Benefits

Family Care Benefits

Financial Support for Professional Development

Access to Health and Wellbeing Apps

Qualifications

• Experience in land rights and acquisition for infrastructure projects.
• Ability to manage and lead diverse teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Oversee land rights services for new infrastructure projects.
• Manage project delivery, ensuring compliance with legislation.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Project Management

Negotiation Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Legal Knowledge

Team Management

Education

MRICS or MRTPI

Job description

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Department: Electricity Transmission - Non-Operations

Job Function: Land and Property

Land Rights Project Manager

Location: Home Based, National (With office hubs in Leeds, Warwick and The Strand, London)

Great Britain’s electricity infrastructure is undergoing an ambitious, exciting and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, greener system, one that protects the planet and serves generations to come.

We are at the forefront of the biggest period of change in the electricity network since the 1960s to meet the demands of Net Zero; upgrading infrastructure across the country to connect more clean, affordable energy to the grid – moving it from where it’s generated to where it’s needed by UK homes and businesses.

There’s never been a better time to work in energy. It’s a time of opportunity and transformation! As a result of this, we're seeing unprecedented growth in our network and are looking to grow our Land Teams.

We're looking for Land Rights Project Managers to lead a team to deliver high-quality land rights services to maximise National Grid’s chances of successfully consenting and delivering new infrastructure projects nationwide.

You’ll be part of a diverse team providing an expert land rights and acquisition service for new electrical assets for National Grid. Such projects will be promoted as voluntary acquisitions, Compulsory Purchase Orders or Development Consent Orders. This will be in accordance with current legislation and best practice, to ensure National Grid adheres to its licence obligations and secures land rights for its new and existing assets.

In this role you can enjoy our hybrid working from office and home. You'll be flexible to travelling to offices and project sites as required. We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements.

Key accountabilities

• Line manage and provide strategic and development supportto a diverse team of land professionals to drive forward the delivery of projects across a portfolio of projects from development to construction, including access to land, securing land and land rights, and the negotiation of compensation settlements.
• Set the strategy for delivery of all land activities and be accountable for programme, key milestone delivery, risk, safety, forecasts, contract and financial management, including any mitigation to keep the project on track.
• Undertake future-work planning and ensure project resource requirements are identified, recruited and sufficiently trained ahead of need whilst minimising the risk of being over-resourced.
• Drive efficiency and value by assisting specialists in the development and consistent implementation of policies, processes and frameworks for lands in response to changes in legislation, associated Government guidance and emerging industry practice.
• Ensure work is delivered in accordance with National Grid’s policies, processes and frameworks for the acquisition of land and land rights in a transparent, credible, consistent and economic way.
• Collate, input and analyse key data to monitor performance of project deliverables to time and within budget, liaising with the Land Performance and Operations team.
• Manage (often competing) internal/external stakeholder, landowner and customer requirements.
• Build a collaborative relationship with out Supply Chain, work with the internal Land Rights & Referencing framework team. Procure and contract manage external resources through the project life cycle ensuring scope documentation is to a high standard and processes are adhered to.
• Ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of the team is a top priority.

About you

What we do isn’t just important – it’s essential. That’s why we look to recruit experts in their field. In this case, we’re looking for someone who has:

• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and communication skills to ensure effective engagement with all relevant stakeholders (internally and externally).
• Experience of delivering start to finish land activities for infrastructure projects including access to land, securing land rights, and the negotiation of compensation settlements.
• Experience of working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams (engineering, legal, consenting) to support overall project delivery.
• Experience of providing project and contract management services as part of delivering complex land right projects.
• Experience in acquiring, and contract management of, external resources.
• Expert understanding, knowledge and experience of the legal and regulatory parameters that National Grid work within, including the range of statutory powers available, understanding how these then relate to the relevant project strategy and approach.
• Expert knowledge of the consenting regimes and processes relevant to complex projects. This includes the Planning Act (2008) Development Consent Order and Compulsory Purchase Order processes and practice including the compensation code.
• Experience providing technical excellence in expert witness and/or the willingness to train to develop this expertise.
• Experience of managing a diverse team of people to deliver a productive and sustainable work environment.
• MRICS, MRTPI or equivalent in a related area desirable but not essential.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What you'll get

• A competitive salary between £65,000 - £75,000 – dependent on capability.
• Job requirement car.
• An annual performance bonus of up to 15%.
• 28 days annual leave plus eight statutory days.
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days.
• A generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave - so long as it's relevant to your role.
• Access to flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
• Access to apps that support health, fitness and wellbeing.

About us

National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is a Business Unit created to propel our grid forward to deliver in 5 years, what has been achieved in the previous 30. By 2030 we aim to have 17 new major infrastructure projects live across England, Scotland and Wales.

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via The Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home-grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More information

This role closes on 11 May 2025 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.