Head of Land Strategy
Glasgow
Salary from £76,400 per annum, 30% bonus, Car Allowance & Family Health Cover
Flexible & Hybrid Working
Help us create a better future, quicker
Responsibilities
* Responsible for leading a team of experts to define and implement a successful landowner & stakeholder engagement strategy.
* Work closely with the relevant Business Directors to fully understand short, medium and long term Business strategy and the evolution thereof.
* Develop Land delivery strategy working collaboratively with Head of Land Delivery and Head of Estate Management ensuring complete understanding and alignment of Business needs and department delivery.
* Ensure clear understanding and benchmarking of relevant land/property markets to allow fit for purpose land rights strategies to be developed.
* Negotiate and advise on critical, multi-million pound contracts across non-regulated business to deliver the necessary support to meet delivery needs of department.
What you'll be doing
* Lead a team responsible for ensuring robust and proactive stakeholder engagement extending but not limited to large Government agencies and individual landowners.
* Ensure the Business is aware and understanding of current market financial position and trends with robust and clear benchmarking being undertaken through effective engagement with external parties.
* Work across Business at senior level to support financial modelling for new and existing projects to ensure accurate modelling and decision making at outset and through evolution of project.
* Negotiate, manage, and mitigate Business rates obligations across Business currently extending to over £100m per annum.
* Work closely with Business Directors to ensure thorough due diligence undertaken on acquisition opportunities.
* Through excellent relationships and contacts, bring forward marketed and off-market opportunities for acquisition and divestment consideration.
* Develop and own the land strategy for ensuring land rights delivery, protection and financial mitigation across the non-regulated businesses.
* Advise on financial and operational risk ensuring full compliance with all statutory requirements.
* Developing and delivering land strategies which will help deliver Business objectives, meeting and adding to Business Operating plans.
* Work collaboratively across GSUK Management team to deliver best value from any contracting and tendering.
* Pro-actively manage a varied property portfolio, seeking opportunities to work collaboratively with Commercial & Operational GSUK teams.
* Engage with wider Scottish Power stakeholders to advise, guide and ensure value added approach to land.
* Benchmark Business Real Estate delivery to ensure an exemplar portfolio Management and land rights delivery.
* Develop strategy and lead on the divestment of assets from the portfolio ensuring best value but with appropriate consideration to wider Business needs.
What you'll bring
* Educated to degree level in a Real Estate discipline, Member of RICS with demonstrable PQE.
* Experience setting and managing robust land rights strategies for high-profile infrastructure and energy projects across the UK.
* Open, inclusive, and approachable style of management leading collaboration across team, stakeholders and GSUK.
* Detailed understanding of the Energy market with a focus on relevant Business area for the short-, medium- and long-term targets.
* Ability to promote professional standards as well as being a key role model holding a high-profile position across an SP Business.
* Experience working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders including Senior colleagues, Solicitors & External industry peers.
* Ability to work autonomously on high profile, time-sensitive projects.
* Proactive approach to Real Estate strategy with an ability to recognize opportunities for efficiencies and new approaches.
* Strong leadership credentials managing a team of Chartered Surveyors.
* Strong ability to mentor, coach and develop a team of Chartered Surveyors.
What's in it for you
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
Our benefits include:
* 36 days annual leave
* Holiday Purchase
* Share Schemes
* Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
* Technology Vouchers
* Electric Vehicle Schemes
* Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
* Healthcare benefit options
* Life Assurance (4x salary)
* Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
* Employee discounts
Why ScottishPower
ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a leader in wind energy. We are committed to generating energy from renewable resources and investing over £6m every working day to achieve Net Zero.
Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities or long-term conditions.
Due to the level of this position, successful candidates will be required to complete additional background checks.
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