Land Referencing Manager

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Job Description

Location - Birmingham

Salary - Base salary: £32,600 pa to c.£40,750 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As a Land Referencing Manager at HS2 you will manage day to day land referencing activities to support both the preparation and passage of the Hybrid Bill and Additional Provisions processes; and be able to support the exercising of powers of entry and compulsory purchase post Royal Assent. Manage delivery and assurance of services to ensure compliance with Standing Orders, Compulsory Purchase legislation, Bill powers, programme and budget.

About the role:

• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
• Coordinate contractors in delivering the referencing components of the Hybrid Bill (Book of Reference, land parcels, Housing Statement and Notices) in accordance with the HB programme and Parliamentary Standing Orders;
• Undertake the assurance role in reviewing and assuring the contractor deliverables;
• Act as the interface between the Engineering Design, Environmental and Land Referencing disciplines and the Bill Team to ensure processes are adhered to, and to ensure accuracy and consistency of scheme limits and land parcels;
• Assure quality of electronic referencing data prior to its deployment through the Land Referencing Database;
• Post-Royal Assent, maintain the referencing database of owners and occupiers;
• Post-Royal Assent, maintain the referencing activities to ensure all qualifying interests are referenced prior to service of compulsory purchase notices ensuring consistency and compliance of processes.
• As part of the Land Assembly Team, respond to enquiries from within HS2 and from external stakeholders on access and land ownership matters in a timely manner;

About You:

Skills

• Data management skills, including land referencing and title analysis, and assurance;
• Communication skills, to coordinate groups of stakeholders to agree requirements
• An ability to analyse and manipulate complex spatial data within a Geographical Information System and digital mapping environment;
• Programme management skills, to ensure deliverables are provided within time, cost and quality criteria.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of land referencing processes (Hybrid Bills, Transport & Works Act Orders) and Parliamentary Standing Orders;
• Knowledge of data (including spatial data) management;
• Understanding of compulsory purchase powers including relevant statutes and established practices

Type of experience:

• Experience of land referencing and land ownership for Hybrid Bills and Additional Provisions;
• Experience of compiling and analysing data using Excel (or equivalent), GIS and database reporting tools;
• Experience of operating within a project/programme environment;
• Managing external suppliers including setting clear deliverables and KPIs
• Developing effective relationships and delivering complex projects to challenging timescales.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process (youtube.com)

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.