Land Acquisition Adviser at Renaissance African Energy Company – Port Harcourt, Rivers

Renaissance African Energy Company is recruiting a full-time Land Acquisition Adviser in Port Harcourt to secure lawful land and surface rights for energy projects.

Role overview

• Verify claimant identity and land ownership, assess affected assets, prepare compensation proposals and support dispute resolution.
• Lead low-value land acquisition cases with a defensible acquisition value below US$200,000 per case and support work across Niger Delta locations.
• Apply the company’s land acquisition guidance, the Land Use Act 2004, Petroleum Industry Act 2021 and IFC Performance Standard 5.

Responsibilities

• Establish ownership and title from customary evidence, documents, possession, acts of ownership and evidence from adjacent land.
• Organise pre-field engagements and consent meetings, undertake land and surface rights verification and confirm boundaries and asset records.
• Document crops, trees, structures and other affected assets using field sheets, GPS evidence and photographs.
• Prepare valuation and assessment records and present authorised compensation proposals to the Land Compensation Board.
• Manage grievances, boundary disputes and alternative dispute resolution, collaborating with Legal on litigation, evidence and expert witness testimony.
• Secure transaction documents, claimant consent and digital field records and maintain the approved land information archive.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Estate Management, Surveying, Geography, Law, Social Sciences or a related field.
• At least five years’ experience in land acquisition, valuation, estate surveying, customary tenure or community field verification.
• Experience working with Niger Delta host communities and proving land claims, title and asset ownership.
• Ability to prepare compensation board submissions and support litigation or dispute resolution.
• Knowledge of customary tenure, land acquisition law, valuation and asset assessment, GIS/GPS tools, reporting and secure data handling.
• Progress towards NIESV or ESVARBON professional registration is an advantage.
• Readiness to travel to remote, swamp or forest locations and manage multiple cases.