Client

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My client are a leading UK renewable developer who are looking to expand the current land acquisition team.

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Key Responsibilities Include:

• Liaising with internal Grid and GIS (mapping) teams to assist the Land Managers in overseeing the flow of new grid opportunities from the point of inception through to legal exchange

• Working alongside the company’s retained agents to assist the targeted search for land

• Assisting with initial planning feasibility and financial analysis on sites in conjunction with the project teams where grid opportunities haves been identified

• Reviewing land ownership and tenancy documentation

• Arranging and undertaking site visits  

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with landowners, agents, and consultants

• Recording project data within the company’s GIS system

• Maintaining comprehensive project documentation including keeping project tracker spreadsheets up to date in readiness for weekly and monthly updates to internal stakeholders

• Assisting Land Managers with the negotiation on heads-of-terms for options to lease, options to purchase, easements, wayleaves and AHA surrender agreements

• Liaising with the Company’s solicitors and external consultants on due diligence associated with the projects’ property transactions

• Working with the project teams to understand and stay abreast of the various land, grid, planning and legal constraints

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Qualifications / Skills Sought:

• ​Passionate about renewable energy

• The ability to multitask across multiple projects

• Tenacity, the ability to problem solve and the desire to learn/ask questions

• Strong relationship building skills

• Strong analytic skills

• Persuasive and deal driven

• Educated to degree level (preferably in a property or related discipline)

• Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience of working as a land agent or in a land acquisition-based role

• Full clean drivers’ licence and a car