Rural Surveyor

NATIONAL TRUST; Ambleside; Hybrid; GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as a Rural Surveyor, managing a diverse let estate portfolio. You'll engage in sustainable land management practices while working collaboratively with a professional team, delivering projects, and providing expert advice on rural properties across Cumbria and North Lancashire.

Benefits

Substantial pension scheme up to 10% basic salary

Free entry to National Trust places

Rental deposit loan scheme

Season ticket loan

EV car lease scheme

Perks at work discounts

Holiday allowance up to 32 days

Flexible working options

Employee assistance programme

Free parking at most Trust places

Qualifications

• Knowledge of land use, agriculture, asset, and land management.
• Experience in environmental issues and sustainable development.
• Ability to analyze and resolve rural surveying problems.

Responsibilities

• Manage residential and commercial lease negotiations.
• Oversee agricultural tenancies and agri-environment schemes.
• Deliver advice on woodland management and access rights.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Consulting skills

Teamwork

Education

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors membership

Job description

We’re looking for a Rural Surveyor to help us manage our diverse let estate portfolio across Cumbria and North Lancashire. Supporting the Estate Manager, you’ll mainly be looking after the Central and East Lakes portfolio.

Joining our team, you’ll take on interesting rural surveying work that’ll help us to deliver sustainable land and property management, for everyone, for ever.

This role looks after some rural properties, some with very limited access via public transport. You'll be required to travel to different locations across the portfolio, sometimes at short notice, please keep this in mind when applying.

Salary – i.r.o. £42,000 per annum

What it's like to work here

You’ll be part of a very busy and highly professional team consisting of Estate Managers, Rural Surveyors, Building Surveyors and Supervisors, and Lettings and Estate Management Officers.

Working together and with our tenants, the team manages our let estate asset that underpin our national rental income which is essential to the delivery of our conservation work. You’ll have an interesting variety of wok in amazing locations, no two days are the same. You’ll support day to day operations, deliver projects and offer advice within your team and beyond.

One of our biggest priorities is to create a resilient, natural environment for people and nature. We have ambitious plans to create a resilient, natural environment for people and nature and you’ll play a key part in making this happen.

As this role covers Cumbria and North Lancashire, your contractual place of work will be the nearest National Trust consultancy office to your home within the region. Our hybrid working policy means you can balance office and home working with site visits and meetings at other National Trust places. We’ll talk about this in more detail at interview, but you should expect to be at a National Trust site for 40–60% of your working week.

What you'll be doing

Working within our structured governance framework, you’ll be a champion of best practice. You’ll provide insightful advice, considerate relationship management and forward thinking in managing and conserving our land and buildings.

You’ll be involved in delivering a range of work, including residential and commercial lease negotiations, management of agricultural tenancies and agri-environment schemes, woodland management, access rights and boundary disputes, work with restrictive covenants and occasional acquisitions and disposals.

Who we're looking for

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Are a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• Have knowledge of land use, agriculture, asset and land management
• Have working knowledge and experience in environmental issues, conservation, sustainable development and approaches to regenerative farming
• Verbal and written communication skills including influencing and negotiation
• Proven ability to analyse, interpret and resolve rural surveying problems using technical knowledge and implementing workable solutions
• Demonstratable consulting skills - listening, building trust and acting to deliver a high-quality service
• A team player who enjoys working in a collaborative environment

The package

The National Trust has the motto ‘For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• EV car lease scheme
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most Trust places