Land Development Support Officer x 3

About the role

Land Development Support Officer x 3 (North, Central, South)

Location: Home Based (with office hubs in Leeds, Warwick and London)

Great Britain’s electricity infrastructure is undergoing an ambitious, exciting and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, greener system, one that protects the planet and serves generations to come.

As a Land Development Support Officer, you'll work as part of a team supporting the delivery of land rights, through the Use of NGET Land Process, for third party customers in England and Wales. You'll be part of a team providing a land rights service for National Grid. This will be in accordance with current legislation and guidance, best practice and procedure, to ensure National Grid adheres to its licence obligations.  

There’s never been a better time to work in energy. It’s a time of opportunity and transformation as we strive to provide a greener, cleaner energy system for the country. We’re looking for people with the skills and enthusiasm to help deliver for our customers today and build an energy network that’s fit for the future. In return we can offer you the chance to make a real impact at work. Please view our video to learn more about what it is like to work in our teams.

In this role you can enjoy our hybrid working from office and home. You'll be flexible to travelling to offices and project sites as required.  

Key accountabilities

• Support in the delivery of new land rights – leases/easements/Interface agreements for third party customers.
• Work with the supply chain on the disposal of land rights by adhering to the Use of NGET Land Process in a transparent, credible, consistent and economic way.  
• Develop relationships and understand operational needs of the business to mitigate any concerns in relation to disposing of land rights.
• Support Land Development Managers to get customer land rights agreed through the Use of NGET Land Process by gathering relevant technical, environmental and other relevant stakeholder information and reporting outcomes to support decision making.
• Support Land Development Managers by building relationships with potential customers, tenants and purchasers.
• Ensuring relevant internal records are kept up to date including customer tracker database, SharePoint, LANDCLAN (GIS mapping system) and Power BI reporting.
• Support Land Development Managers in the preparation of Site Strategies to inform business decision making around delivering new infrastructure, customer land rights and property management outcomes.

About you

What we do isn’t just important – it’s essential. That’s why we look to recruit current – or potential – experts in their field. In this case, we’re looking for someone who has:

• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and communication skills to ensure effective engagement with all relevant stakeholders.  
• Some experience and/or knowledge of how to deliver land rights for third parties.
• Some experience in working collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams of internal staff and external firms to support delivery (engineering, legal etc.).
• Some experience (or willingness to learn) of project management and contract management.
• Good communication and organisation skills.
• Some experience in land discussions with third party customers.  
• Experience in producing high quality report writing through presenting detailed information in a clear and accessible way.
• Basic understanding of the electricity transmission system.
• Desirable - degree qualified (or equivalent) in a related discipline and/or working towards AssocRICS or MRICS.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £42,000 - £48,000 – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

About us

National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is a Business Unit created to propel our grid forward to deliver in 5 years, what has been achieved in the previous 30. By 2030 we aim to have 17 new major infrastructure projects live across England, Scotland and Wales. 

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people. 

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via The Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home-grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future. 

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More information

This role closes on 3 August 2025 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. Interviews to be held week commencing 18 and 25 August.