Junior Land & Property Consultant

About the Role

At WSP, there’s nothing we love more than pushing boundaries. Harnessing innovation and sharing insights across our diverse, international team to create a tomorrow’s world that's cleaner, greener and safer. Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation that takes pride in its people and purpose: creating long-lasting solutions to meet the needs of generations to come.

The role is for a Junior Land Consultant to join our growing Land & Property team, which sits as part of a 300 strong Planning Information Management team. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our expanding multidisciplinary service line within the Land & Property team in the delivery of Land acquisition, Land Access, Consents, Statutory Orders, Compensation Agreements and vital landowner management. Our clients develop major highway, rail, energy and water infrastructure, all of which impact privately owned land. You will work as part of a team of Land Consultants assisting in the liaison with landowners that may be affected by development, obtaining the appropriate consent, gaining access and where necessary compensating them for the impact caused by the scheme.

As a Junior Land Consultant, you will gather land information by searching various sources, interviewing landowners and their agents, researching land registry records and examining mapping from various sources and formats including GIS and CAD.  You will gain experience working across a range of consent regimes including Development Consent Order (DCO) and Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) and we will support your professional development with a relevant professional organisation such as Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

What you'd do

• Site visits and meetings to confirm land ownership details and provide scheme updates
• Access agreements, wayleave agreements and all required consents
• Work closely in a team environment with our engineering, environmental, lands and referencing teams
• Creation of records of condition
• Maintaining a concise records of landowner issues and relaying there to project teams
• Assistance with progress reporting of land issues and attending weekly/monthly project and client meetings
• Negotiation of compensation claims
• Liaison with land agents, solicitors and other stakeholders.
• Land acquisition
• Negotiation of other land related agreements

What you'd need

• A degree in geography, property, planning, agriculture or a relevant discipline
• Ability to prioritise your workload in line with client requirements
• Accurate record keeping, written and communication skills
• Willingness to undertake occasional secondments, working directly with our clients
• Enthusiasm for continuous professional development, and professional accreditation
• Full driving licence essential

WSP is looking for a self-motivated individual with a talent for verbal and written communication; a good team player, strong work ethic and an eye for detail, quality and accuracy. You will need to be confident in a public facing role whilst conveying compassion and understanding to the landowner, as well as an ability to diffuse any conflict and tension that may arise. You should be comfortable working with computer equipment.

What you'll get

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP – we can!

WSP recognizes that work is only one part of our lives and making time for the other things in our life is important – be that our families, our friends or ourselves. So, if working from home, working part-time or having flexible start and finish time will help with this let us know as part of your application.

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including 25 days annual leave, pension schemes, life assurance, personal accident cover and paid professional subscriptions, and some not so standard benefits as part of our flexible benefits scheme – so if you would like to hop on a new bike (cycle to work scheme) or thrill the family with your Lego building skills (Discount at Legoland Windsor) – WSP can help!

Be you, be happy - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects and maximizes the contribution individuals can bring to WSP. We recognise the benefits that people with varying backgrounds and experiences can bring. VIBE (our LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group) and our Gender Balance Group work with the business to help ensure we continue to promote the right environment to enable LGBT+ and female employees to reach their full potential, and to ensure we continue to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender confirmation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

In addition we support our people to achieve their personal health and well-being goals through our Thrive programme.

About us

WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services firms providing technical consultancy to the built and natural environment. We believe that for societies to thrive, we must all hold ourselves accountable for tomorrow. For us, that means creating innovative solutions to the challenges the future will bring to the communities and environments where we live and work across the UK.

We are locally dedicated and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, programme and construction management professionals. Our experts design lasting solutions in the property & buildings, transportation & infrastructure, environment, industry, resources (including mining, and oil & gas) and power & energy sectors as well as project delivery and strategic consulting services. And safety and sustainability are embedded in everything that we do.

Please note that WSP reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised closing date.