Senior Consents & Stakeholder Liaison Lead

Dalcour Maclaren Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus scheme

25 days annual leave + 1 birthday day

Vitality Health Membership

Flexible working

Pension scheme

Life insurance (4x base salary)

Cycle to work

Maternity/Paternity leave

EAP & wellbeing support

Company events

Job summary

Dalcour Maclaren Limited is seeking a Senior Consents Officer to lead specialist land consents, advise on planning law, and coordinate multi-stakeholder engagements across UK projects. The role emphasizes technical governance, client liaison, and delivering compliant consent outcomes.

The position offers flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package in a dynamic utilities and infrastructure environment, supporting professional development and career progression.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence.
• Strong knowledge of agriculture and rural affairs.
• Excellent customer service.
• Commercially focused with a drive to use innovation and technology to deliver efficiencies.
• Willingness to challenge the norm.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Self-motivated and organised.

Responsibilities

• Obtain relevant specialist technical consents and provide technical advice and support to clients in a timely manner.
• Provide professional advice on law and statute within the context of the project and legislation.
• Manage communication activities with clients, contractors, landowners, farmers, occupiers and other stakeholders in support of client objectives.
• Draft and issue consent orders, advising on the technicality of the consent.
• Manage the consenting process, in line with other project deliverables.
• Coordinate access to private land.
• Obtain agreements, evidencing condition of land before entry.
• Advise and agree reinstatement of land and deal with agricultural loss claims.
• Manage teams of consenting officers, aiding their training and development through imparting own knowledge.
• Proactively engage with statutory authorities, clients, contractors, and affected parties, showing a high level of technical knowledge and diplomacy to meet objectives.
• Lead on collaborative working with project teams, often operating from the project / site.
• Ensure relevant stakeholders are kept updated and report on requirements ensuring KPI’s are met across clients and internal teams.
• Ensure good record keeping in the team to monitor and review progress to provide regular client updates and ensure accurate billing.
• Carry out work in compliance with relevant legal, regulatory, contractual and organisational requirements and policies.
• Support and provide constructive line management to own direct reports, engaging in regular progress reviews and feedback meetings to delegate tasks effectively.
• Maintain and improve own knowledge and skills through company run training.

Skills

Driving licence

Agriculture knowledge

Customer service

Commercial mindset

Challenge norms

Communication skills

Self-motivated & organised

Job description

Dalcour Maclaren Limited is seeking a Senior Consents Officer to lead specialist land consents, advise on planning law, and coordinate multi-stakeholder engagements across UK projects. The role emphasizes technical governance, client liaison, and delivering compliant consent outcomes.

The position offers flexible working and a comprehensive benefits package in a dynamic utilities and infrastructure environment, supporting professional development and career progression.