Property Agreements Specialist

Property Agreements Specialist

About the opportunity

As the Property Agreements Specialist reporting into the Property Agreements Manager, you will provide senior level support to the Inland Rail property agreements function across projects within NSW and Queensland facilitating delivery of a corridor of land that helps to make Inland Rail a reality. This role involves ensuring all contractual rights and obligations are understood and complied with, managing commercial risks, leading negotiations, and maintaining compliance with legal standards.

Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Provide senior level professional support to the Property Agreements Manager in the delivery of targeted outcomes for the Property acquisition program.
• Support at a senior level, the program of land acquisition contracts and agreements – including resourcing, program management, strategy and governance.
• Assist in implementing the agreed delivery mechanisms spelt out in the program property acquisition strategy, supporting management strategies.
• Facilitate and operationally support strong outcomes focused, partnering relationships with State agencies for the acquisition of land.
• Assist in the development of procedures to achieve equitable outcomes, value for money and facilitate good governance, ensuring that matters of probity and any potential conflict of interest are actively managed and controlled.
• Implement and operationally support procedures that directly contribute to honest, ethical and productive relationships with affected landholders and that enhance ARTC / IR’s social licence to operate.
• Provide instruction and senior level guidance within a team of approx. 8-10 professional staff, as well as service delivery contractors.
• Lead the preparation and delivery of required information packages supporting land acquisition outcomes to the satisfaction of relevant state agencies, internal and external stakeholders.
• Directly negotiate with internal and external stakeholders to reach agreement on the conditions and terms of purchase of property.

About You

The successful candidate will demonstrate a diverse set of skills and qualities, including the ability to influence and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders, have a depth of knowledge of property and conveyancing laws and the ability to problem solve and resolve stakeholder issues with empathy.

• Tertiary qualified (degree qualification in technical, legal, conveyancing, property or other relevant discipline)
• Knowledge of and experience in real estate contracting, negotiations for land acquisition and/or compulsory acquisition of land.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• High level interpersonal skills and empathy for stakeholder issues.
• Highly developed problem resolution skills with experience in relationship management.
• Working knowledge of contracts law.
• Strong risk management experience with an ability to assist in evaluating identified risks/opportunities and development of agreed strategies and management plans to mitigate risk.

Desirable Selection Criteria

• Experience in the development and delivery of major infrastructure projects through a program of works model or functional matrix organisational structure.
• Extensive knowledge of Project Management and Procurement.

About Inland Rail

Inland Rail Pty Ltd is delivering a 1,600km freight line that is transforming how goods are moved around Australia. When fully operational, Inland Rail will connect Melbourne to Brisbane via regional Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. As one of the largest infrastructure projects in Australia, Inland Rail is helping to address the nation’s future freight needs and meet the demands of our growing population. Delivering Inland Rail will help shift more goods onto rail which means safer, less congested roads and fewer emissions and a more resilient and sustainable national freight network.

What you’ll be joining

• You will join one of the largest infrastructure programs in Australia.
• This project will generate thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in local investment, boosting regional economies and communities right along the alignment.
• Inland Rail is proud to have over 40% female representation, and we would like to see these numbers grow.
• Inland Rail is an Agile working environment in our State-of-the Art office embracing flexible working conditions.

Our Organisation and Culture

The values that drive us and the work we deliver in the program incorporate Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.  We welcome like-minded individuals who value our culture.

At Inland Rail, we celebrate, support, and thrive on attracting people from all horizons and walks of life for the benefit of our employees, our program, and our community. Inland Rail is proud to be an equal opportunity and an affirmative action employer. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to submit their details to us.

All employment is decided based on suitability to the role, cultural fit, merit, and business needs.

Apply Now

If this opportunity sounds like the challenge you have been looking for please apply online today.

As part of the application process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment criminal history, reference and medical checks, including drug and alcohol testing. Inland Rail is a drug and alcohol-free working environment.

Please note that applications are reviewed from point of advertising so don’t delay your application.