Land and Property Surveyor

Sheffield City Council; South Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield City Council seeks a motivated Land and Property Surveyor to lead on various projects, including acquisition, disposal, and valuations. Candidates must possess an MRICS qualification and have significant experience working within the public sector. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary and numerous benefits, including flexible working arrangements and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working

Training and development opportunities

Pension plan

Good working conditions

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in valuation.
• Experience in a complex organization with public/private stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience in collaborative environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead on projects involving acquisition, disposal and valuation work.
• Provide professional advice on complex property issues.
• Negotiate and collaborate across different service areas.

Skills

Negotiation

Commercial acumen

IT skills

Communication

Education

MRICS qualification

Job description

REQ003358 - Land and Property Surveyor

Closing date: 30/06/2025

Grade 9 £45,718 - £49,764

Property Services is looking to recruit a motivated MRICS Valuation / Development Surveyor, with a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience.

The successful candidate will lead on a broad range of projects involving acquisition, disposal and valuation work, maximising the value of our property holdings and proactively supporting the delivery of the Council's vision for inclusive growth.

Preferably a Registered Valuer, you will be professionally competent in carrying out valuations for a variety of purposes including purchase and sale, development appraisal and viability assessments, insurance and financial accounting.

You will have experience of working within a complex organisation, dealing with a wide variety of public/private and third sector stakeholders. Experience of working in a political environment and a client facing role would be an advantage.

You will have well developed negotiation skills, strong commercial acumen and a proven track record of innovative thinking and providing holistic property solutions.

Importantly, you will have a strong customer focus and be able to act as a professional adviser to a range of clients on complex and contentious property issues. Demonstrable experience in collaborating with and influencing colleagues across different Service areas to achieve better outcomes is essential.

To be successful you will also have excellent communication and IT skills; good planning and organising skills and a full driving licence.

As a Sheffield City Council employee, you will enjoy many benefits including flexible working, training and development opportunities, pension and good working conditions.

There's never been a more challenging or interesting time to be in local government. If you are driven to deliver successful and innovative solutions for a forward thinking public sector organisation and possess the relevant skills and track record, then we look forward to hearing from you.

This will be Hyrbird and office based working.

Interviews: w/c 7^th July 2025

Please note this post is not for a building surveyor or quantity surveyor.

Informal enquires James Dibaj 0114 2735778

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.