Land Rights Manager (Private & Public Land Experience)

NES Fircroft; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft in the Philippines (BGC, Taguig) is seeking a Land Manager to lead end-to-end acquisition of private and public lands for power, renewables and infrastructure projects.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and 8+ years in land acquisition and regulatory work, with strong government engagement and coordinating with stakeholders. The position operates on a hybrid setup in Taguig and may involve travel to project sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of land acquisition experience.
• Experience with land-use regulatory processes for energy projects.
• Direct engagement with government agencies for approvals.
• Ability to navigate complex regulatory environments and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end private land acquisition, including negotiations and documentation.
• Coordinate regulatory requirements, title transfers, and encumbrance clearance.
• Interface with agencies like LRA, DENR, and LGUs for permits.
• Secure necessary rights for public land use, including environmental and other clearances.
• Manage third-party service providers in land acquisition projects.
• Ensure land rights documentation is bankable for lenders.
• Support the direct manager with assigned tasks.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Effective communication

Team-oriented

Travel readiness

Database management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Location: BGC, Taguig

Work Set Up: Hybrid

About The Role

The Land Manager is responsible for the end-to-end acquisition of private and public lands, including securing the necessary rights, permits, and authorizations for land use, possession, and development. The responsibility covers both (a) private land acquisition through sale, lease, grant of easement, or any other manner of property disposition or grant of authority to use, possess, and/or develop lands; and (b) securing of grant of authority to use public land through compliance with regulatory and permitting requirements.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone with a bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience in land acquisition and land-use regulatory processes for power, renewable energy, and infrastructure projects. Experienced in handling private & public and acquisition. With 7+ years of direct engagement with government agencies, managing end-to-end regulatory approvals and compliance processes for public land use. Someone who has demonstrated ability to navigate complex regulatory environments, coordinate with key stakeholders, and complete land acquisition and permitting requirements in line with project timelines.

Job Responsibilities

• Management of private land acquisition covering including property and landowner identification due diligence, contract negotiation and compliance and acquisition documentation.
• Managing private land acquisition regulatory requirements, title transfer, annotation of lease agreement or any other encumbrances, clearance from encumbrances or annotation.
• Act as interface with BARC, BIR RDO, LRA, Assessor's Office, LGU, and such other agencies involved in private land acquisition.
• Manage government engagement on the necessary clearances and permits for the use, possession, and development of public and private lands. This includes the securing of: ECC, CNO, FPIC, SLUP, FLAG, SAPA, etc.; other tenurial instruments issued by the DENR and other clearances issued or granted by the NCIP; also any other clearance, permits, or certificates granting authority for the use, possession, and development of public land.
• Handling of all land acquisition and land use regulatory requirements before the DOE, ERC, BOI, NCIP, NGCP, DENR, DAR, DA, DSHUD, DOJ, RD, LRA, PCA, PSA, BIR, LBP, LGUs, and such other agencies involved in the process of private land acquisition process and grant of authority to use public land, with the goal of using lands identified by the Company for its power projects.
• Provide support in engaging and managing 3rd party service providers in land acquisition, including land brokers, land consolidators, GIS consultants, and others.
• Ensure land rights documentation are bankable and perform any activities required by project lenders in relation to the perfection of security over the land rights under pertinent financing documents, including but not limited to the registration of security with the proper register of deeds.
• Performing other tasks as assigned by the direct manager.

Skills Requirement & Qualifications

• Regulatory knowledge: in-depth understanding of the Philippine land acquisition market, regulatory processes and permitting requirements
• Stakeholder management: can coordinate with partners and maintain key stakeholder relationships
• Effective communication skills: Fluent in English and Filipino with effective communication (verbal or written) skills, including effective land document and government correspondence drafting skills
• Team-oriented: ability to take initiative and work effectively within a lean team and manage different workstreams simultaneously.
• Able to handle desk and groundwork and willing to travel to project sites
• Can create own system or adapt to existing database management system
• Meticulous with details, well organized, and self-motivated with strong analytical skills

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.