📍 Location: Peterborough (Hybrid) 💰 Salary: Up to £80k, Market Need cash for car allowance + Excellent Benefits 📆 Contract: Permanent Help Shape the Future of Water Infrastructure! At Anglian Water’s @one Alliance, we’re more than just an alliance—we’re an industry-leading collaboration of eight partners and an extended supply chain delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. As we gear up for AMP8, our biggest and most ambitious programme yet, we’re looking for a Land Lead to drive land access and acquisition strategies, ensuring we build a better environment and make a real difference. This is an exciting opportunity to play a critical role in delivering large-scale infrastructure projects while shaping the way we engage with landowners and key stakeholders. What You’ll Be Doing As our new Land Lead, you’ll be at the forefront of securing land access and acquisition to enable our delivery teams to succeed. Reporting to the Enabling Manager, you will: ✅ Lead Land Access & Acquisition – Manage external land agency activities, including forecasting, valuation, and negotiations. ✅ Engage with Landowners – Build strong relationships with regional landowners to secure approvals efficiently. ✅ Develop Land Strategies – Support the implementation of nature-based solutions in collaboration with environmental teams. ✅ Enhance Digital & Geospatial Systems – Drive the development of digital interfaces for tracking land access data. ✅ Manage Supply Chain Partners – Oversee land agency partners and ensure an effective procurement strategy. What You’ll Bring 🔹 Expertise in Land Access & Acquisition – Strong experience in negotiating land access and acquisitions under statutory powers. 🔹 Technical Knowledge – In-depth understanding of land rights, property law, and acquisition processes. 🔹 Stakeholder Engagement – Ability to build and maintain relationships with landowners, regulators, and internal teams. 🔹 Digital & Geospatial Skills – A keen interest in leveraging digital tools to streamline land access data. 🔹 Professional Accreditation – MRICS or AssocRICS qualification (or working towards one) is highly desirable. Why Join Us? 🌍 Be Part of Something Bigger – Work on industry-leading projects that impact millions of customers. 🚀 Career Growth & Development – We invest in your growth with training, mentorship, and progression opportunities. 🤝 Collaborative & Inclusive Culture – Work alongside top industry professionals in a supportive environment. 💧 Sustainability at Heart – Play a key role in delivering nature-based solutions and environmental initiatives. What’s in it for You? 💰 Annual bonus scheme 🏥 Private healthcare 💼 Competitive pension (up to 6% company contribution) 🌴 26 days leave + Bank Holidays (with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays) ⚖ Flexible benefits to support your well-being and lifestyle 🛡 Life cover (8x your salary) & personal accident cover (up to 5x your salary) Ready to Make an Impact? If you’re a passionate land specialist looking to take on a key leadership role in a fast-paced, innovative, and purpose-driven environment, we’d love to hear from you! 📩 Apply today and be part of the future at @one Alliance! Closing date: 14 March 2025 We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process. If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date. If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK. Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.