Land Assembly Manager

Location: Birmingham.

Base salary: £41,092 pa to c.£48,344 pa depending on skills and experience. Flexible benefits fund of 15% on top of base salary, fully pensionable.

Job Title:

Land Assembly Manager (Secondment until 31.07.2027; potential permanent).

• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all work, and support organisational policies.
• Manage implementation of Act powers to enable entry to, possession of and/or acquisition of land in accordance with agreed construction programme, avoiding delays and cost overruns.
• Manage quality of Phase One (and Two) PSC data and plan submissions; identify improvements and work with PSC; provide monthly KPI measures.
• Coordinate regular FLAB workshops and actively seek input from Area team, Construction/Utilities leads, Acquisitions, Legal and ILA.
• Prepare documentation for Department for Transport approval of all CPO notices (GVD and Notice to Treat); sign and seal plans and orders for each work package area.
• Maintain register of all notices prepared and served for the contract area.
• Ensure undertakings & assurances or commitments relating to notice of entry or compulsory purchase are complied with.
• Manage notice preparation using IT workflow based systems; support manual processes for non‑standard or late interests.
• Work closely with DfT’s Independent Land Advisor (ILA) and Legal to secure approval for service of notices following governance processes.

• Programme management skills, ensuring deliverables within time, cost and quality.
• Data management skills, analysis and assurance of referencing data and spatial information.
• Ability to produce and present information to a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to coordinate stakeholder groups to agree requirements.

• Land referencing, assembly, registration and titles management for infrastructure schemes and legislative procedures (Hybrid Bill, Transport & Works Act Order, Development Consent Order, Compulsory Purchase Order).
• Experience of land assembly activities and compulsory purchase including industry best practices.
• Understanding of land powers in differing legislative procedures for infrastructure schemes.

• Experience of land referencing and assembly.
• Experience compiling and analysing data using Excel (or equivalent), GIS and database reporting tools.
• Experience operating within a project/programme environment.
• Experience managing external suppliers, setting deliverables and KPIs.
• Experience developing effective relationships and delivering complex projects to challenging timescales.

Role expectations: behave in line with HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect.

HS2 Ltd does not hold a sponsorship licence; applicants must have Right to Work in the UK.

Any offers are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks.