Location: Birmingham (minimum 3 days per week in office)
Contract: Until March 2027 (long-term programme)
Hours: 40 per week

Overview

A leading infrastructure delivery team is seeking an experienced Land Coordinator to support a large-scale, complex programme within the Birmingham region. This is a key coordination role acting as the central point of contact for all land-related matters across multiple project interfaces, ensuring issues are effectively directed, escalated, and resolved through the appropriate subject matter experts.

The role requires a strong understanding of land processes, stakeholder coordination, and infrastructure delivery environments, with the ability to manage competing priorities across a high-profile programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for all land-related queries across the Integrated Project Team
• Coordinate and connect relevant subject matter experts to resolve land issues efficiently
• Manage and escalate matters through internal governance routes where required
• Support a wide range of land activities including:
  • Land acquisition and access coordination
  • Notices to Treat and Notices of Entry processes
  • Land handback, disposal, and accommodation works
  • Utility interfaces and stakeholder drainage matters
  • Complaints and escalations linked to land access and rights
• Maintain and distribute land data outputs, including weekly and monthly reporting and GIS-related updates
• Support land board processes and ensure accurate escalation of risks and issues
• Liaise with contractors, land teams, and access liaison officers to ensure alignment across interfaces
• Support business improvement initiatives within land and property functions
• Assist with planning and coordination of complex land handback programmes and stakeholder agreements
• Ensure consistent communication between central, regional, and delivery teams to maintain a unified approach

Additional Workstreams

The successful candidate will also support wider programme activities including:

• Coordination of design decisions linked to land entry and access requirements
• Supporting structured land handback planning across large and complex asset areas
• Reviewing and coordinating changes linked to stakeholder and utility interfaces
• Managing land transition activities within a broader programme delivery structure

Candidate Requirements

• Previous experience in land coordination, estates, infrastructure, utilities, or major construction environments
• Strong understanding of land access, acquisition, and stakeholder engagement processes
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams across complex delivery programmes
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and escalation skills with confidence engaging senior stakeholders
• Good understanding of land-related legal processes (Notices, access rights, land boundaries, etc.) desirable
• Proactive, organised, and able to act as a central coordination hub within a wider delivery team