Graduate Land Manager

3 weeks ago

Glasgow, United Kingdom Downing Full time

About Downing

If you want to know about the requirements for this role, read on for all the relevant information.

Downing is a fast growing, entrepreneurial investment manager headquartered in the City of London, with four offices across the UK and Sweden and over 200 members of staff.

We invest for return while caring about the world. Downing has a structured and thorough approach to integrating sustainability, stewardship and governance into all that we do.

At a company level, we are driven by our ESG strategy and obligations as a net zero carbon asset manager. This is underpinned by our commitment as a certified B Corporation, in which we are dedicated to the 'triple bottom line' of people, planet and profit.

At an investment level, ESG factors are assessed when looking at every opportunity. Then, through active ownership, we consider sustainability risk and the opportunities to improve.

We monitor ESG performance and consistently look to improve through various responsible investment policies and by being active signatories to several industry frameworks, including UNPRI, UKSIF, ICGN, IIGCC and the UK Stewardship Code. We see contributing to policy advocacy as a core investor duty.

Diversity is important to us, and we see the benefits that having a team with a range of backgrounds and perspectives can bring. We are bold and ambitious, straightforward and we support each other. These core values are vital to everything we do - from the businesses we invest in, to the people we hire.

About the team

Downing Renewable Developments (DRD) is a 22-strong renewable development and delivery business, responsible for identifying suitable renewable energy project opportunities and then undertaking the required grid connection, land agreement and planning processes to obtain successfully developed projects.Following the development phase of the projects, they will then be delivered using our in-house team and then operated long term.

Our initial activities were focussed on the UK, where we have a c.6GW pipeline of opportunities in the solar, wind and battery sectors. Following this we established Swedish and Finnish development teams to undertake project development activities in the Nordic region.

Role and responsibilities

The role is to join our growing team in Glasgow to lead in securing the necessary land agreements to support the development and delivery of high-quality renewable energy projects (predominantly wind, solar and storage).

In particular, the role-holder will be expected to lead activities such as identifying and engaging with potential landowners, undertaking initial feasibility assessments, negotiating Heads of Terms and then leading preparation and registration of land agreements including leases, options, wayleaves and letters of authority including instructing and managing the necessary legal support. Additionally, the role-holder will be required to mentor and manage more junior team members.

Key responsibilities will be leading the internal land function, team management, reporting, managing networks of land agents and legal support and engaging with other disciplines such as planning and engineering teams.

The role-holder is anticipated to have a wide contact network, a real desire to succeed and be able to work autonomously and propose innovative solutions to problems.

Key skills and experience

The ideal candidate will have the following:
Land / Legal / Planning Qualification (degree level as a minimum).
Minimum of 5-years experience within the renewable energy industry on Project Management, particularly working on solar PV, battery storage and onshore wind projects
RICS qualification
Experience of undertaking land assembly and responsibility for land budgets
Experience of managing agents and legal support to prepare and conclude land agreements
An understanding of planning and consenting processes.
Experience of contract preparation and managing and negotiating tender processes (including consultancy services).
Experience of managing project stakeholders including regulators, statutory consultees and local communities.
Experience of managing project teams and budgets
An ability to translate technical detail into commercial impact.
An ability to manage several project tasks at once and be able to plan and prioritise project workload.

Personal Profile

Passionate about what you do

- you are always happy to roll up your sleeves.
Team player

- have fun We do our best to cultivate an open, honest, hard-working but fun culture at Downing.
Customer oriented

- you are approachable, friendly and professional whilst working diligently. Nothing is too much trouble.
Assertive and focus on execution

- you make things happen.
Eloquent

- you can explain complex things in simple, relevant terms, and in good English.

Additional details

All candidates must be eligible to work in the UK or have a working visa.

We endeavour to reply to all individual applicants and will provide feedback for any candidates that reach the interview stage.

Please note, we are committed to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.

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