The Property Surveyor is responsible for providing support to MetroLink’s Land and Property leadership team, manage Junior Property Surveyors, and ensure compliance with MetroLink policies. The role holder supports land acquisition processes for the MetroLink project, including consent preparation, statutory powers utilisation, and negotiations. The role holder liaises with stakeholders, manages Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) compensation claims, and implements procedures for land data management. The Surveyor collaborates with the project team to ensure seamless transition to construction, ensuring data security and compliance.
Principal Accountabilities
• Provide support to the MetroLink Head of Land and Property Services and the MetroLink Land and Property Delivery Lead, MetroLink Strategic Advisor / CPO Lead and the Senior Property Surveyors with undertaking their duties.
• Manage and mentor the Land and Property Junior Property Surveyors and conduct performance reviews.
• Provide guidance and direction to the Land and Property Junior Property Surveyors to support the achievement and delivery of the project objectives.
• Ensure compliance with all MetroLink and relevant corporate policies and procedures and those of the National Transport Authority (NTA) and other key stakeholders where necessary.
• Support the management of the end-to-end land acquisition processes across the MetroLink project (and other projects identified above) including managing and supporting the Consenting Phase activities; Delivery Phase activities; and Alternative sources of funding and financing activities. • Support the preparation of consent documents.
• Support the utilisation of statutory powers and other available mechanisms to acquire land (CPO).
• Support the negotiation of Heads of Terms to secure land for projects in a timely fashion utilising the appropriate mechanism.
• Support liaising with landowners’ land agents, legal representatives, planning authorities, key stakeholders, and contractors.
• Support the management and settling of CPO compensation claims to achieve land transfer of the relevant property interest.
• Implement processes and procedures for MetroLink in preparation for the award and exercise of Enforceable Railway Order powers. This is to include implementing the requirements of the Property Acquisitions and statutory notice systems to manage land and property data to facilitate all necessary land and rights acquisition by negotiation and through compulsory powers in collaboration with the project team. This shall be carried out in order to provide a seamless transition to the construction phase of the project, with a legacy of the necessary data to operate and maintain the infrastructure assets thereafter.
• Coordinate and closely collaborate with the project team providing the data management team with weekly updates populated by the Surveyor directly into the digitalised land and property data management system, and other Land Acquisition / financial management systems once they are deployed. The task shall take due consideration of compliance, data security, GDPR and user requirements, including those of external third parties.
• Promote an equitable, inclusive and collaborative workplace.
• Perform additional tasks, activities or other duties as may be required or assigned as part of the role throughout the project.
All the divisions within TII have inter-dependent responsibilities and close cooperation, collaboration and teamwork are required across the whole organisation to meet tight deadlines.
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
Character
Each candidate must be of good character.
Health
A candidate for and any person holding the role must be fully competent and capable of undertaking duties attached to the role and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
Experience
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the property sector with specific expertise in land sales & acquisitions.
• Strong knowledge of the property market, landlord & tenant law, the planning system, valuation methodologies and procedures and property surveying. • Experience of property markets and specialised property valuations and appraisals and agency functions.
• A general understanding of the obligations on public sector organisations in acquiring land and property through the CPO process
• A proven track record of supporting success in land acquisitions, property valuations and development appraisals.
• Experience with development land and valuation, development land sales and acquisitions.
• Experience with valuations of properties and commercial assets.
• Experience with undertaking feasibility studies and valuations on development land, commercial and residential assets.
Skills
• Ability to manage teams and to communicate effectively across all levels. An ability to develop and foster good working relationships with stakeholders both internal and external to MetroLink.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent people skills and ability to influence and communicate with stakeholders.
• Experience of successful engagement with a wide range of external stakeholders.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail with strong multitasking capabilities.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and prioritise tasks effectively.
• Strong computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong commercial acumen, numeracy, and critical analysis skills.
• Self-motivated and dynamic individual able to work individually, or as part of a team.
• Ability to demonstrate a good understanding of, or the ability to quickly learn, the public sector working environment.
• Ability to drive and commit to Public Service values.
Formal Education Qualifications
• A recognised third level qualification (NFQ Level 8 or equivalent) in a relevant area such as Property Economics; Estate/Land Management; Property Studies; Town and Country Planning; Agri-business, or equivalent.
Professional Memberships
• Registered Valuer is desirable.
• Full membership of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (general practice division) with the designation MSCSI and / or the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors with the designation MRICS and /or the Chartered Auctioneers and Estate Agents’ Institute / Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers with the designation MIPAV is required.
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