Junior Land Consultant 12 month FTC

Junior Land Consultant

We are the largest and most successful Land business supporting infrastructure development in the UK and Ireland, with 300+ specialist professional colleagues consisting of land consultants, property specialists, project managers and utility and topographical surveyors. We have the widest portfolio of projects available in our industry, offering unrivalled opportunities to both develop and diversify careers, working on some of the most exciting and challenging projects across the whole of the UK and Ireland.

Our clients rely on us to deliver the essential land elements of their infrastructure projects and we enjoy a hard earned reputation of success. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of this success, delivering land referencing, land acquisition, land access, formal consents, statutory orders and landowner engagement across all infrastructure sectors and making a positive impact on the economy and communities these projects serve.

Responsibilities

• As Junior Land Consultant, you will be directly supporting the wider team in the identification of landowners, occupiers and other parties that hold a legal interest in land, through research and interpretation of a variety of information.
• You will also support our teams in the delivery of land access, landowner engagement, stakeholder engagement, and supporting projects through to the consenting stages/statutory processes.
• Work closely with our 300+ land colleagues across the UK, Ireland and India delivering land services on a variety of high profile projects across the energy, highways, rail, water, local government and aviation sectors.
• We actively support people in achieving professional accreditations and have Chartered Geographers (CGeog), Chartered Town Planners (RTPI) and Chartered Surveyors (AssocRICS and MRICS) who can support your career progression.
• This role will report to a Consultant/Senior Land Consultant.
• Participation in our CPD accredited Land Academy. Full training will be provided combined with learning on the job as part of our projects.
• Support the wider team in the identification of legal interests in land, through desktop research which includes but is not limited to, land registry title interpretation, companies' details checks and address validations.
• Contribute to the Land delivery and success of high profile infrastructure projects across the UK and Ireland.
• Interpret and process incoming documents, such as questionnaires and access licences from landowners to support the delivery of land access.
• UK and Ireland travel, with some opportunities to travel further afield.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate

• Recently graduated with a degree in Geography, Land/Estate Management, Agriculture or another relevant discipline and/or experience that has provided you with an understanding of land use and ownership.
• Experience of desktop researching and problem solving, so that you can apply your skills to the process of identifying landowners/occupiers, land interests and rights in land.
• The role will require visits to sites as part of a team, to speak with landowners and stakeholders. This may involve periods staying away from home (accommodation and expenses are provided).
• Good communication and organisational skills, with experience in managing data.
• Proficient at reading and using maps and in interrogating datasets.
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills, and comfortable in being able to write and articulate your findings.
• Experience using MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams).
• The ability to travel effectively to various sites/locations is a necessary function of this role.

The role is based in our Leeds or Newcastle offices, with the flexibility of hybrid working between one of these locations and from home. The candidate will ideally be located within North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, County Durham, Teesside, Tyne and Wear or North Lincolnshire.