Rural Surveyor

NATIONAL TRUST; Dorking; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected conservation organization in the UK is seeking a Rural Practice Chartered Surveyor to manage land and buildings across London and Surrey. The successful candidate will be pivotal in delivering property management and rural surveying, supporting tenancies and conservation efforts. You will work in an innovative environment with a hybrid work model, and contribute to significant projects while enjoying a range of benefits including a substantial pension scheme and flexible working options.

Benefits

Substantial pension scheme of up to 10%

Free entry to National Trust places

Rental deposit loan scheme

Season ticket loan

EV car lease scheme

Gym membership discounts

Holiday allowance up to 32 days plus a purchase scheme

Flexible working options

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Member of RICS with strong knowledge of land management and environmental issues.
• Ability to resolve rural surveying problems using technical knowledge.
• Strong consulting skills to provide high-quality service.

Responsibilities

• Support residential and commercial lettings and agricultural tenancies.
• Manage woodland and access rights; handle boundary disputes.
• Deliver insightful advice and stakeholder management.

Skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Knowledge of land management and conservation

Analytical problem solving

Teamwork and collaboration

Influencing and negotiation

Education

Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Job description

We’re looking for a Rural Practice Chartered Surveyor to work in the Estate Management team covering the beautiful areas of London & Surrey.

You’ll be working with the Estate Management team who look after our portfolio of let land and buildings across London and Surrey. That team is a dedicated property management team, including a mixture of estate managers, building surveyors, estate management officers and residential lettings officers.

You will have strong technical skills, an innovative and client focused approach to property management and an affinity for the conservation objectives of the National Trust.

The salary range for this role is £42,000-45,000 pro rata dependent on experience.

What it's like to work here

Reporting to the Senior Estate Manager you’ll be working across a variety of beautiful estates including Polesden Lacey, Hatchlands Park, Osterley and Morden as well as the countryside properties of Surrey Hills, River Wey and Surrey Landscapes.

As this role covers the London and Surrey regions, your contractual place of work will Polesden Lacey. 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. We’re supportive of hybrid working; with time split between home, property offices and some time each week.

As part of the team, you’ll take on interesting rural surveying work that will shape the future of the UK’s biggest private landowner and the properties it owns and looks after.

What you'll be doing

You'll be involved in delivering a range of work, which on a day-to-day basis might include supporting residential and commercial lettings; management of agricultural tenancies and Agri-environment schemes; woodland management; access rights and boundary disputes; work with restrictive covenants; valuations; and occasional acquisitions and disposals. Whilst working with our structured governance framework, we need you to be an effective and convincing champion of best practice.

As part of the Estate Management team, you'll bring a range of skills to ensure we safeguard and effectively manage our built assets and interests in land and build on the relationships we have with our tenants. You'll provide insightful advice, and considerate stakeholder management, and have forward thinking approaches to managing and conserving our land and buildings.

Who we're looking for

• A member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Knowledge of land use, agriculture, asset management, land management, environmental issues, conservation and sustainable development and understand how that translates to National Trust Strategy
• Strong verbal and written communication skills including influencing and negotiation
• The ability to analyse, interpret and resolve rural surveying problems using technical knowledge to implement workable solutions
• Strong demonstrable consulting skills of listening, building trust and acting to deliver a high‑quality service
• The ability to work as part of a team to achieve the best results, demonstrating best practice and sharing ideas and thinking

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