Associate Building Surveyor

Natural Resources Wales; Llandovery; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental organization seeks candidates for a placement role in Land Management based in Llandovery, United Kingdom. This position is ideal for individuals pursuing or recently completing a graduate qualification in RICS accredited rural estate management. The role involves supporting various operational teams and offers flexible working arrangements. Applicants must demonstrate strong communication skills, ICT proficiency, and a commitment to personal development. Opportunities for mentoring and project involvement are extensive, contributing significantly to career growth in land management.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Mentoring opportunities

Diverse team environment

Qualifications

• Completed graduate qualification (within 18 months) in rural estate management or similar.
• Understanding of rural land management disciplines.
• Full UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Develop good working relationships internally and externally.
• Deliver work plans contributing to business planning.
• Assist in managing operational contracts.

Skills

Good written and verbal skills

Good inter-personal skills

Strong ICT skills

Excellent customer service skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Graduate qualification in RICS accredited rural estate management

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Job description

Overview

This is a placement role for individuals who are sitting their university/college final exams in spring/summer 2026 or have recently (within the last 18 months) gained a post graduate qualification in an RICS accredited qualification in rural estate management or a similar discipline. The role will provide support to NRW across Land Management, Forest Operations and wider operational teams. The purpose of the graduate trainee programme is to develop the practical experience, knowledge and skills to establish your career in the land management sector. You will work closely with and be mentored by the Senior Specialist Surveyor, Land Management Team Leader and their Specialist Advisors. As an organisation we support flexible working. You will be contracted to an NRW office within the place base / location above and a suitable hybrid working pattern will be agreed on appointment. Any regular face to face meetings or training will be planned in advance.

Responsibilities

• Develop good working relationships internally and externally, participating in external meetings with other members of the team.
• Deliver work plans, and agreed actions to contribute to business planning.
• Participate in NRW technical groups.
• Contribute towards the team's delegated responsibility for delivery of work programmes such as:
• Assisting in the management and supervision of operational contracts.
• Assisting in the management of financial, legal and operational matters arising from the management of land and assets.
• Maintaining GIS data.
• Carrying out site visits and surveys.
• Assisting with the creation of documents of a technical nature.
• Plan and deliver work related to forest regulations.
• Have responsibility for direct delivery of delegated aspects of programmes.
• Interact with peers in NRW to promote consistent industry and specialist subject practices.
• Shadow more senior members of staff, both within and outside your direct team, to understand the breadth of work undertaken by NRW.
• Undertake health and safety duties and responsibilities appropriate to the post.
• Be committed to Natural Resources Wales Equal Opportunities and Diversity Policy, together with an understanding of how it operates within the responsibilities of the post.
• Be committed to your own development through the effective use of your personal development plan (known as Sgwrs).
• Any other reasonable duties requested commensurate with the grade of this role.

Qualifications and Experience

• A graduate qualification (completed within 18 months of the job advert) in an RICS accredited qualification in a rural estate management related course (essential).
• Good understanding of working in rural land management disciplines.
• Good written and verbal skills and the ability to communicate confidently, with excellent customer service skills.
• Good inter-personal skills with the ability to work under pressure using your own initiative in order to meet tight deadlines.
• Strong ICT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Full UK driving licence.

Application

In your application and interview you will be asked to demonstrate the following skills and experience using the STAR method.

About the Location

This is an opportunity to join NRW's Land Management team for Mid-South working primarily from Llandovery. The team area extends from Cardigan up to Aberystwyth in the west and over to Hay on Wye in the east. The area covers most of Ceredigion and South Powys, including Bannau Brycheiniog National Park. The NRW estate in Mid-South ranges from up to 30,000 Ha of productive forest blocks to National Nature Reserves covering in excess of 3,000 Ha to numerous flood risk management assets, plus other various rural assets.

NRW Roles and Responsibilities

• Adviser: principal adviser to Welsh Government, and adviser to industry and the wider public and voluntary sector, and communicator about issues relating to the environment and its natural resources.
• Regulator: protecting people and the environment including marine, forest and waste industries, and prosecuting those who breach the regulations that we are responsible for.
• Designator: for Sites of Special Scientific Interest – areas of particular value for their wildlife or geology, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), and National Parks, as well as declaring National Nature Reserves.
• Responder: to some 9,000 reported environmental incidents a year as a Category 1 emergency responder.
• Statutory consultee: to some 9,000 planning applications a year.
• Manager/Operator: managing seven per cent of Wales' land area including woodlands, National Nature Reserves, water and flood defences, and operating our visitor centres, recreation facilities, hatcheries and a laboratory.
• Partner, Educator and Enabler: key collaborator with the public, private and voluntary sectors, providing grant aid, and helping a wide range of people use the environment as a learning resource; acting as a catalyst for others' work.
• Evidence gatherer: monitoring our environment, commissioning and undertaking research, developing our knowledge, and being a public records body.
• Employer: of almost 1,900 staff, as well as supporting other employment through contract work.