Land Portfolio Manager

Job Description

Circa £55,000 to £60,000 (Depending on Skills & experience)

Permanent / Full‑time / 37 hours per week (flexible working opportunities available)

Base location can be flexible across the Anglian Water Region

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We’re looking for a commercially minded Land Portfolio Manager to lead Anglian Water’s non-operational land, estate and property activities. This pivotal role manages both high and low value land transactions, oversees estates suppliers, and ensures Anglian Water’s land portfolio delivers long‑term strategic, financial, environmental and regulatory value.

You will act as Anglian Water’s subject matter expert for all land and estate matters, regularly travelling across our region to manage sites, lead negotiations and progress commercial opportunities. With responsibility for surplus land identification, disposals, leasing, telecoms agreements and estates frameworks, you’ll ensure that value, risk and compliance are carefully balanced while enabling sustainable land use, biodiversity outcomes and operational protection.

What you'll be doing

• Identify surplus land (including major holdings such as large estate parcels) and lead end‑to‑end disposal, leasing and commercial exploitation opportunities

• Deliver land deals including sales, leasing, easements, mineral extraction rights and rental agreements

• Act as contractual lead for telecoms providers using Anglian Water assets (e.g., mobile operators on water towers), overseeing leases, approvals and income recovery

• Act as a strong, resilient commercial negotiator able to challenge, say no where needed, and engineer deals balancing value and risk

• Framework manage estates suppliers, ensuring performance, visibility, remediation responsibility and governance standards are met

• Oversee telecoms income rights agreements and supplier performance, including quarterly relationship management

• Provide specialist estate services advice, support planning processes, attend hearings and engage with external bodies where required

• Support biodiversity, land use planning, ecosystem enhancements and environmental obligations across the land portfolio

• Lead visible management of land entry, access, remediation and estates service activities

• Support strategic tax planning relating to land and property transactions

• Travel extensively (typically circa 10k miles per year) to visit sites, suppliers and internal/external stakeholders

• Ensure Health & Safety excellence across all land and site-based activity

What we’re looking for

• Degree‑educated with a background in land, estates or property management

• Highly experienced in land and estates matters, ideally including commercial disposals, valuations, surveys or planning

• Commercially minded with experience delivering large‑value, complex land and property deals

• Strong, confident relationship manager able to influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels

• Experience in framework management, contracts, supplier performance and remediation oversight

• Chartered Surveyor (RICS) desirable but not essential

• Knowledge of planning, engagement processes, surveys and environmental/biodiversity considerations

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across technical and commercial conversations

• Self‑starter with ability to work independently across geographically dispersed sites

• Strong analytical, negotiation and decision‑making skills

Benefits

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
• Flexible working options
• Private health care
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
• Life assurance at eight times your salary
• Annual bonus

• Potential funded car allowance depending on evidenced business mileage
• Personal medical assessments
• Virtual GP service
• Cancer screening
• Financial wellbeing support and salary finance benefits
• Lifestyle Savings including discounts on retail, travel, and utilities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Volunteer days

Inclusion at Anglian Water

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. We’re proud signatories of the Social Mobility Pledge, Race at Work Charter, and Armed Forces Covenant, and we’re a Disability Confident employer.

Closing Date: 29/3/26

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