Rural Surveyor

Savills; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career and Professional Development

25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on;

Life Assurance

Private Medical Scheme

Virtual GP

Global Mobility Scheme

Rewards Platform

Company Pension Scheme

Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave

Job summary

Savills seeks a skilled rural consultancy professional based in Aberdeen to service a diverse client base across Scotland. You will provide valuation and advisory services for farms and estates, with scope to support private clients on access rights and tenancy matters.

Join a leadership-driven team delivering strategic guidance, complex negotiations, and business development across Scotland’s rural sector, with opportunities across Inverness, Perth and other offices.

Responsibilities

• Lead Red Book Valuation and related advisory services for rural and prime assets across Scotland
• Advise private clients on access and rights issues
• Provide strategic guidance for agricultural landlords and tenants
• Identify opportunities to win new business and develop service lines
• Demonstrate leadership in complex projects and negotiations
• Showcase advanced project management and stakeholder coordination

Job description

Role Overview

Clients come to us, because we are committed to the business of the countryside. Whatever the type of property, whether a farm or estate each of our experienced experts has a specialism relating to our clients’ needs. You will ideally be based out of our Aberdeen office, though you could be partially based in Inverness and Perth offices.

Key responsibilities

• Red Book Valuation for all purposes, including tax and trust advice, loan security, financial reporting and expert witness for a wide range of rural and prime assets across Scotland
• Advising mainly private clients in relation to access and rights issues
• Provision of strategic advice for agricultural landlords and tenant including rent reviews, tenancy relinquishments and assignments
• Identifying opportunities for new business
• Capability as expert witness
• High level negotiations and ability to deal with contentious disputes
• Shows leadership qualities in multi-disciplinary jobs or complicated projects
• Advanced project management skills
• Enhanced development of network of intermediaries and referrers of business
• Thought leadership and innovative approach to winning new business and developing new service lines

What we offer you

• Career and Professional Development
• 25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Scheme
• Virtual GP
• Global Mobility Scheme
• Rewards Platform
• Company Pension Scheme
• Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave

Find out more about Savills offer

Team Overview

The successful candidate will join our Scotland Rural Consultancy Team, working alongside colleagues based in our Perth, Edinburgh, Inverness and Dumfries offices. We provide both strategic and day-to-day advice to a diverse range of clients across the rural sector.

Recruitment agencies

Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.

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