Registration and Title Management Lead

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HS2
London
Salary: £Competitive
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As a Registration and Title Management Lead at HS2, you will be required to perform the intelligent client role and lead the delivery of Land Registration and Titles Management including an HS2 Titles Management System, for all interests in land acquired by the HS2 scheme under Act powers, by third party land transfer, or under private treaty transactions.
About the role:
  • Lead the development of policy, processes, and systems for the registration of land acquired for the HS2 scheme. Including: land acquired under the compulsory purchase powers, by transfer (i.e. Network Rail, Transport for London and other railways property transfers), and land and property acquired by agreement
  • Direct the production and recording of all title registration documentation for land and property acquired and occupied for the HS2 Scheme, including freehold, leasehold and licences. Manage an up to date geographical asset database of HS2 land and property assets (including titles, rights granted, restrictions/burdens, liabilities and obligations) linked and indexed to legal deeds, licences and agreements. Ensure robustness of the system in dealing with all Land Registry matters, boundary issues relating to HS2 scheme land, and applications for possessory title claims
  • Lead the development of a strategy for railway land transfers with major land owners including Network Rail, Transport for London, Train Operating Companies and Freight Operating Companies. Represent the HS2 Team in advising Department for Transport and ILA in formulation of the strategy for pooling of railway land, and for inter-governmental transfers of railway land
  • Define and be responsible for adoption of HS2 policy for the registration of land, and for development of a HS2 Titles Management System. Obtain all necessary governance and approvals for implementation of the Titles Management System
  • Develop detailed procedures, systems and user manuals for the management and application of land and property registrations. Working closely with Land Registry, ILA, Department for Transport, and Legal prepare advice and technical guidance to drive development, implementation and maintenance of solutions for all land registration and Titles Management System matters
  • Agree a strategy for development of a GIS based HS2 Titles Management System for land acquired by the HS2 scheme. Champion the Title Management System, deliver governance and secure all necessary approvals with Department for Transport, ILA, Legal, and Land and Property. Ensure the Title Management System has capability for accurate recording of all future land transactions, disposals (under the HS2 Land Disposal Policy), and for demolitions on HS2 acquired land.
 
About You:
  • Strong organisational and programme management skills
  • Demonstrable experience of developing and maintaining strong working relations with multiple stakeholders
  • Knowledge of land registration and titles management including HMLR Practice Guides and working practices
  • Understanding of land assembly activities and compulsory purchase including relevant statutes and established practices
  • Understanding of compulsory purchase powers including relevant statutes and established practices
  • Experience of land registration including land referencing and assembly
  • Experience of compiling and analysing data using Excel (or equivalent), GIS and database reporting tools
  • Experience of operating within a project/programme environment
  • Managing external suppliers including setting clear deliverables and KPIs
It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
About Us:
High Speed 2 (HS2) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.
HS2 Ltd is a safety critical organisation with safety being one of our core values. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to the HS2 ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.
Closing date: 1 April 2018.

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