Land Officer - Estates Surveyor
Starting salary from £40,359.00
Up to 10% bonus
Permanent
Based at our offices in Thorpe Park - Leeds
We have a great opportunity to join us here at NGN as a Land Officer - Estates Surveyor within our Land and Property department.
You will be responsible for delivering the effective provision of Land, Estates and Property management services to support this function to our wider business.
The responsibilities of this role are incredibly varied and you will be dealing with a wide range of Land and Property matters with a broad range of stakeholders.
Key accountabilities and responsibilities will include
- Acquisition of new property rights – Site Inspection/Landowner meeting, Negotiation of terms, Valuation of rights (& fees) required, progression of legal documentation and other related matters
- Advice and Management of existing rights – Review of existing legal documentation and relevant legislation, study of operational requirements, determine best way to progress and produce advice note to instructor
- Resolution of land related compensation claims – Review of issue, review of existing legal documents, Inspection of issue and reasons, summary report (for ISG dependent on value) and resolution of claim
- Land valuation & reporting – Required on all expenditure matters
- Property Lead when appointed to operational projects, providing advice on all property related matters – Input into the project team requirements, property budget advice and considerations to be made
- Instruction and management of legal and surveying teams – Management of Professional services when required
- Progress reporting – Input into various Project groups with regards timescales, budget costs, any issues
What we are looking for
- An understanding and experience of the Land and Property market, both in terms of values, tenures, land charges
- An understanding of Agriculture and how factors impact on this
- An understanding of legal land & property rights and the legal process for acquiring these
- Excellent communication skills both verbal, written and comfortable speaking to third parties in the field
- Ability to manage own workload and work effectively as part of a team
- Ability to negotiate with a wide range of stakeholders
- An understanding of Gas Transmission and Distribution
- Experience of delivering reporting & management information relating to various projects
- Attention to detail and ability to identify solutions to resolve legal, property and/or operational issues
- Valid UK driving licence is essential for this role
- AssocRICS or willing to work towards this qualification
What we offer
- A competitive starting salary of £40,359.00 per annum
- Up to 10% bonus
- 25 days holiday per year, plus 8 days bank holiday, plus 2 half days (Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve)
- SSP for first 7 calendar days then occupational sick pay
- A generous stakeholder 5/10 pension scheme
- Flexible benefits and salary sacrifice options... from discounts on a variety of UK attractions, gym membership, restaurant discounts, experience days...and exclusive NGN discounts and much more!
- An array of fantastic family- friendly policies such as 6 weeks' paternity leave (for eligible employees) and 6 months' full pay for employees on maternity leave (for eligible employees), as well as shared parental leave and many more
We are ... Northern Gas Networks. We deliver gas to 2.7 million homes and businesses in the North East, Northern Cumbria and much of Yorkshire. That's around 6.7million individual customers. We don't generate or sell the gas, but we transport it to homes and businesses in our region through a vast network of underground pipes. In fact, we own and maintain more than 37,000km of gas pipes - enough to stretch from Leeds to Sydney and back again. We cover large cities like Newcastle, Sunderland, Leeds, York, Hull, and Bradford, and our work extends to rural areas like North Yorkshire and Cumbria.
Our Values are at the heart of what we do. In addition to your key responsibilities, you will incorporate these into the daily life of your role. We are ... Trailblazing, Empowered, Heartfelt, Community Focused, Intellectually Curious and most of all we are Happy!
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion culture at NGN is embedded in everything that we do. We will be delighted to hear from a diverse range of applicants, so we can continue to grow our great team of people. We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant, helping ex-services personnel back into employment, as well as being members of WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) and we are committed to delivering our ‘Opportunity Action Plan' having signed the Social Mobility Pledge campaign, whereby we will establish our business as a ‘force for good' in the communities that we serve.
Next Steps. Please apply by clicking apply and uploading your CV. We love to see how your experience and skills are transferable to this role so please ensure these are all included in your application. Once the advert has closed, we will be contact within one week to let you know if you have progressed to the next stage. We are looking to hold interviews for this role throughout September. We look forward to receiving your application for the role.
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