Countrywide role - Croydon, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Cardiff Fixed term 6 months with a view to making permanent if possible/suitable Whilst reporting directly to an experienced Land Consultant, you will combine office and onsite activities for large-scale infrastructure projects.
These activities will range from undertaking site visits, the printing, preparation and posting of statutory notices and letters, affixing notices onsite and some stakeholder engagement.
The focus of this role and opportunity is to support the team delivering on some of the UK's biggest infrastructure projects.
Candidate Specification Required criteria for the ideal Land Consultant Technician: - Good communication skills and able to liaise with both internal and external stakeholders - Ability in prioritising a busy workload with deadlines - Develop geographical skills, knowledge and understanding - Take the initiative to plan and implement tasks to achieve goals and working effectively within teams.
- Communicate with clarity and enthusiasm to different audiences.
Listen to and accept the value of different views - Achieve intended goals when engaging with colleagues and other stakeholders, independently and in a team - Actively engage in continuing professional development (CPD) necessary to maintain and enhance competence in an area of practice - Communicate effectively and build strong working relationships - Be aware of the context(s) in which you and your organisation use and deliver services and products - Competent in Microsoft packages including MS word and Excel - Motivated and conscientious - Able to work to a high level of accuracy and attention to detail in tasks such as production of documents - Strong team player - Some basic GIS knowledge, preferably ArcGIS, advantageous but not essential - Able to work in a fast-paced environment whilst being under pressure - Full clean driving license and ability to travel, with flexible working arrangements - UK travel and office working essential Responsibilities will include - Data entry into our stakeholder relationship management solution and ensuring data kept up to date and accurate - Assisting with onsite land referencing and engaging with landowners - Landowner identification and liaising with the general public and property owners both onsite and via phone or email - Telephone, post and email support - Assisting our GIS & Mapping team to interpret spatial data and produce Land Ownership and Access Plans - Assisting with the production of statutory notices, access agreements and associated access plans - printing, posting and affixing notices onsite - Working within our consents and engagement team of planners, stakeholder engagement and land and digital/ GIS specialists Start date from January onwards