Group Director Land & Property

Job Introduction

The NDA is charged with the mission to clean-up the UK’s earliest nuclear sites sustainably, safely, 

securely and cost-effectively.  We believe that this is both one of the most important, and most challenging, environmental programs in the world.  With the incumbent retiring this year, we need to recruit our next Group Land & Property Director (GDLP). 

To give some scope and scale to the role,  the NDA owns circa 5000 hectares of land and, apart from the 17 Nuclear Licensed Sites (due to increase as we take ownership of EDF’s AGR fleet over the next decade or so), we own agricultural land and buildings, offices, a lake, a lagoon, areas of foreshore, historic gardens, listed buildings, ancient monuments, and nature trails and, in addition to our 18,000+ colleagues, our portfolio is home to otters, bats, natterjack toads, red squirrels, freshwater pearl mussels, and ospreys 

The role

Reporting to the Group CFO and managing a sizeable team, the GDLP will lead on all group Land & Property matters and undertake a key, senior leadership role in the NDA Group.  As ultimate owner of Strategic Outcome 47, you will be responsible for the furthering the mission to ensure that “All NDA land eventually re-used and re-designated”.  This will include:

• Co-creation and progression of the Group Land & Property functional strategy
• Stakeholder management from C-Suite to Community Groups, Operating Companies to devolved administrations, as well as national and local government
• Leading all land and property transactions across the group – including the AGR transfer from EDF
• Developing a group land and property financial and operational reporting framework
• Ensuring that our portfolio is managed in accordance with the Government Functional Standards and our obligations under the Energy Act

.. and much, much more

The Person

We seek a Land & Property Executive with profound operational, commercial and strategic nous, who can lead and inspire a responsive, customer-focused, land and property function who are committed to delivering the very highest standards.   The role requires:

• Chartered membership of RICS
• Successful leadership experience of a complex delivery operation, including a substantial estates and facilities service (energy sector, or a related industry, experience will be highly valued)
• First-class stakeholder management skills, credibility and commercial intelligence 
• Comprehensive understanding of land ownership structures, property law, zoning regulations, and environmental compliance requirements.

For a more detailed role description, please click apply and or contact me – Alex Jordan, (I’m easy to find on LinkedIn) and do read out latest Annual reports & Accounts for further information about our organisation. 

We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included, and able to perform at their best.  At the NDA we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive, and we therefore particularly welcome applications from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBT+ and disabled candidates. We are happy to talk about flexible working.

NDA is a member of the disability confident scheme, when requested we will make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process and we guarantee to interview all candidates who have a disability who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

We are happy to discuss flexible working. We will also make workplace adjustments for disabled employees if these are needed to help them perform at their best in the role, and we are happy to discuss this once a job offer has been made.

Why work at the NDA?