Head of Land Delivery - SPR
Glasgow
Salary from £68,800 per annum, 30% bonus, Car Allowance & Family Health Cover
Flexible & Hybrid Working
Help us create a better future, quicker
Key Responsibilities
* Responsible for leading a team of experts to deliver specific Business land strategies including multi-million-pound budgeting, negotiation of land rights & risk mitigation to deliver a high standard land delivery and portfolio management for stakeholders.
* Work closely with the relevant Business Directors, other stakeholders & external parties including key Landowners to build & develop high level relationships.
* Comply with all professional standards in Real Estate as well as business specific and regulatory compliance ensuring an independent and fully professional approach to all aspects of land delivery & Real Estate management.
* Negotiate and advise on critical, multi-million-pound land and compensation agreements, working to stakeholder requirements and timescales.
What you'll be doing
* Lead a management team and wider department of professionally qualified Real Estates experts.
* Negotiate, manage and add value to a significant mixed portfolio of operational land and assets.
* Mitigate financial and operational risk ensuring full compliance with all statutory requirements and ensuring any land rights being secured, extended, or re-negotiated are commensurate with market levels.
* Developing and delivering land strategies which will help deliver Business objectives, meeting and adding to Business Operating plans.
* Advising and preventing the potential of multi-million-pound compensation claims across the portfolio.
* Lead and develop a team of Chartered Surveyors to be held accountable for their delivery, ensuring the team has the relevant skills, knowledge, and capability to meet the needs of the commercial, compliance and legal needs in relation to the delivery of an effective land strategy.
* Prepare and challenge project budgets, mitigating any increased costs whilst ensuring full compliance with all legal and compliance across the portfolio and land rights.
* Seek income opportunities across the portfolio to maximise assets for any divestment or short-term income.
* Work collaboratively across the SPR Management team to deliver best value from any contracting and tendering with appropriate consideration given to opportunities to maximise support from 3rd party supply chain to enhance delivery and reduce costs.
* Engagement with wider SPR stakeholders to advise, guide and ensure a value-added approach to land delivery on existing technologies and new propositions which rely on effective land rights.
* Benchmark Business Real Estate delivery to ensure an exemplar portfolio Management and land rights delivery.
* Present and influence at a high level across the Scottish Power organisation including attendance at Boards and key project forums.
* Key role in ensuring representation of SPR Estates across any Business plan submission which will have an impact on land rights delivery and consequential financial requirements.
What you'll bring
* Educated to degree level in a Real Estate discipline, Member of RICS with demonstrable PQE.
* Experience delivering complex land rights 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 particular 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 to develop strategies, objectives, policies, and procedures designed to achieve the highest performance levels for a land & property portfolio.
* Ability to work autonomously on high profile, time-sensitive projects recognizing the need for support and sensitivity where required.
* Proactive approach to Real Estate Management with an ability to recognize opportunities for efficiencies and new approaches.
* Ability to keep abreast of wider market factors that will influence land delivery strategy including growing and developing a network of key contacts to aid such.
* Strong leadership credentials managing a team of Chartered Surveyors with responsibility to develop and execute a Real Estate strategy.
* Strong ability to mentor, coach and develop a team of Chartered Surveyors ensuring the correct allocation of resources to meet an ever-changing workload and demand.
* As Professionally qualified Chartered Surveyors the team must ensure compliance with regulations and standards pertaining to all aspects of the built environment.
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%.
At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow. That's why our benefits include:
* 36 days annual leave
* Holiday Purchase - perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
* Share Schemes
* Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
* Technology Vouchers - save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases
* Electric Vehicle Schemes - to help you transition to green/clean driving
* Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
* Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments
* Life Assurance (4x salary)
* Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support
* Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
Why ScottishPower
ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world's largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we're at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.
Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you'll fit right in.
ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to careers@scottishpower.com.
Due to the level of this position, successful candidates will be required to complete additional background checks and any offer is subject to passing such checks.
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