Transmission Land Officer (Policy)

Covering Central and Southern Scotland

Salary from 53280 to 66000 (dependant on experience)

Full time / Permanent / Hybrid

Closing Date: 01/06/2025

Help us create a better future quicker

At Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN) securing appropriate land rights through voluntary and statutory processes is essential to delivering our transmission and distribution network expansion across Scotland England and Wales. With a strong focus on pipeline growth through 2030 and beyond the Land & Planning Team plays a crucial role in developing regulatory frameworks and policies that enable efficient land rights acquisition from landowners or government entities.

What Youll Be Doing

Working closely with the Land Solutions Policy & Performance Manager and supporting the Head of Land & Planning you will take responsibility for:

• Identifying developing and coordinating responses to national land rights legislation and guidance.

• Managing internal land policies and procedures ensuring a streamlined approach across the Land & Planning team.

• Aligning SPENs land rights strategy with business objectives and regulatory requirements.

• Developing engagement strategies to influence key stakeholders and legislative reforms.

• Overseeing statutory land reform processes ensuring consistency across SPENs transmission and distribution license areas.

• Acting as a bridge between internal stakeholders and national land policy discussions.

• Coordinating external workstreams and managing internal processes to ensure timely compliance.

• Assisting in the creation of briefings and reports for senior leadership supporting decisionmaking at the highest level.

What Youll Bring

• Strong experience in project management preferably within the utility sector.

• Indepth knowledge of the Electricity Act and transmission/distribution networks including overhead lines underground cables and substations.

• Advanced expertise in land policy including agricultural & forestry practices property law land valuations and the Compensation Code.

• Understanding of Energy Networks policies procedures and regulatory frameworks including health & safety planning and environmental legislation (e.g. Town & Country Planning Act & Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations).

• Proven experience negotiating largescale land agreements balancing financial regulatory and operational priorities.

• Strategic problemsolving skills capable of addressing complex policy and legislative challenges.

• Ability to manage highprofile stakeholder relationships influencing regulatory reforms and policy direction.

• Sound planning and analytical skills anticipating potential challenges and developing solutions.

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

• Commercial awareness IT literacy and customer service expertise.

• Experience with SAP GIS and Salesforce systems.

Minimum Requirements

• Fluent spoken & written English.

• UK Driving Licence.

• Relevant experience in land surveying planning property rural agricultural or utility sectors (either in project delivery or a policy context).

• Candidates with demonstrable experience and key skills will be considered even if they do not meet all listed criteria.

Whats in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme well double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower we believe its the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your familys wellbeing save for your future and take personal steps for climate action our benefits are designed to help you do just that so that you have everything you need to take care of your world today and tomorrow. Thats why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday purchase perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme

• Payroll giving and charity matched funding

• Technology Vouchers save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes

• Count us in pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change

• Electric Vehicle Schemes to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

• Options to purchase dental insurance private medical insurance health cash plan and annual health assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping leisure restaurant and gym discounts and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group one of the worlds largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that makeup the transmission network connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. Its a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotlands ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And were taking it very seriously. Were investing >5.5 billion into our transmission network directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals in a global organisation.

Inclusion diversity and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values they bring us together into a stronger more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a largescale business like ours so whatever your background youll fit right in.

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