Senior Estates Surveyor – Central Hub - 31527
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Job Description
We’re fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. We welcome flexible working patterns, including compressed hours. Such broad scope of work calls for diverse, multi-skilled teams. Together, we’ll promote sustainable growth, tackle climate change, contribute to nature’s recovery and secure a better future for everyone.
Job Description
We’re fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities for everyone. We welcome flexible working patterns, including compressed hours. Such broad scope of work calls for diverse, multi-skilled teams. Together, we’ll promote sustainable growth, tackle climate change, contribute to nature’s recovery and secure a better future for everyone.
AN ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE OF £4,750 IS OFFERED FOR THIS ROLE, INCREASING THE SALARY TO £57,679 PRO RATA. Please read the Additional Information pack for details about this allowance payment and role.
As a Senior Estates Surveyor, you’ll work collaboratively within project teams as you help to deliver a nationwide £5.4 billion programme of capital flood defence work, including compensation negotiations, land acquisition, and access rights. Your expertise will be applied to manage a diverse land and property portfolio. Extending to 25000ha of commercial and rural property your experience will include property management, valuation and dealing with landlord and tenant issues. As a successful and confident negotiator, you’ll represent our interests with a broad client base.
You’ll hold a portfolio of complex cases, including acting as the Estates lead on the Boston Barrier Scheme, whilst supporting others through the proactive sharing of up-to-date knowledge of current legislation and best practice. You’ll join the Hub leadership team, which helps to manage delivery and reputational risks across England, and while much work is delivered in-house, some projects will require you to work with our suppliers through framework contracts.
Responding to incidents is an important part of what we do, and with this in mind you’ll have an incident role and should be ready to make yourself available to respond or provide business continuity support.
The team
The Estates Team is part of Corporate and National Services and sits in the Strategy, Transformation & Assurance directorate.
The Estates service extends to 130 people, offering professional support for Environment Agency land, property, compensation and valuation matters. Our experienced teams specialise in negotiating access, dealing with compensation claims from land/property owners where they have suffered loss as a consequence of our work.
Experience/skills Required
Please read the Additional Information pack for the full essential and desirable criteria required for this role. Below states the qualifications/memberships and experience required:
- You will hold at least one of the following qualifications/memberships:
- you'll be a fellow of the CAAV (FAAV)
- qualified as a chartered surveyor (MRICS/FRICS) ideally qualified in Land and Resources, Commercial or Rural.
- full and valid driving licence
- significant knowledge and experience of estate management, property acquisition and disposal and resolving complex property issues with competing demands
- show a good working knowledge of leading and advising on property matters within high profile complex cases or projects
- good knowledge of the relevant legislation and government guidance pertaining to the statutory compensation code and compulsory purchase procedures.
You can download the Additional Information pack, which contains some useful information that may help you when applying for this position.
A full UK driving licence is essential to travel to sites and offices across our hubs, some of which are inaccessible by public transport. You'll be provided with a vehicle to carry out this work.
You will be required to attend your hubs office for training during your induction and for team meetings. Otherwise, you have the flexibly to work from home.
If you have any further enquiries about this role or would benefit from an informal discussion, please email RecruitmentEstates@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Interviews are expected to take place via MS Teams on 5th September 2025.
Competence 1
Achieves Results
Description
Sets and delivers high work standards and demonstrates the drive to meet delivery targets. Prioritises and organises tasks and resources to ensure timely achievement of results.
This role will include involvement in delivering our programme of Flood Risk capital projects.
In no more than 250 words, using a specific example, please describe how you have delivered a successful piece of work / project whilst managing a variety of complex caseload. We would like you to briefly describe the piece of work / project and are particularly interested in how you planned and prioritised this alongside other workload. Please also include how you monitored progress and how you knew the outcome was a success.
It is your answer given to this question that will be used for interview selection, so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. You may find it helpful to research the STAR approach and review our EA Capability Dictionary.
Competence 2
Takes Decisions and Solves Problems
Description
Finds and delivers optimal solutions by effectively analysing all the information, probing to develop alternatives and taking sound and timely decisions.
This role is about representing your professional surveying knowledge and expertise in the context of EA business delivery.
In no more than 250 words, using a specific example, please describe how you have worked with clients to understand the issue and present options prior to agreeing the best overall course of action. We are particularly interested in where you have had to work hard to ensure the surveying element is fully understood thereby protecting your client from long term financial and reputational risk.
It is your answer given to this question that will be used for interview selection, so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. You may find it helpful to research the STAR approach and review our EA Capability Dictionary.
Competence 3
Coaches Others
Description
Provides technical leadership that inspires and motivates others, irrespective of seniority, to achieve their professional and personal goals as well as those of the Environment Agency.
Although this role does not have formal line management responsibility, the individual will be key to helping team members continue to develop their professional skills and knowledge to successfully carry out their current roles as well as develop longer term. We also anticipate this role helping other members achieve their chartered status.
In no more than 250 words, please tell us about how you have helped raise the general standard of performance by promoting a positive learning environment and coached / mentored others to develop professionally. What inspiration have you provided to others?
It is your answer given to this question that will be used for interview selection, so ensure you draw out your skills and experience in your response. You may find it helpful to research the STAR approach and review our EA Capability Dictionary.
Competence 4
Technical Skills
Description
This is an unscored question and for information only.
To apply for this role, you must hold one of the following qualifications/memberships. Please confirm which and in what pathway:
- you'll be a fellow of the CAAV (FAAV)
- qualified as a chartered surveyor (MRICS/FRICS) ideally in Land and Resources, Commercial or Rural.
A full UK driving licence is essential to travel to sites and offices across our hubs, some of which are inaccessible by public transport.
Role specific professional membership requirements
You'll be a fellow of the CAAV (FAAV) or be qualified as a chartered surveyor (MRICS/FRICS), ideally in Land & Resources, Commercial or Rural. IMPORTANT: PLEASE STATE WHICH QUALIFICATION/MEMBERSHIP YOU HOLD ON THE APPLICATION FORM.
If you are applying from the Civil Service please note that the Environment Agency is not a part of HM Civil Service and you would not be a Crown Servant in the event of being appointed. Therefore, you will not be eligible for continuous service. For applicants who currently work in local government or other bodies listed in the Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government etc) (Modification) Order 1999, you may be eligible for continuous service for the purpose of calculating any future redundancy payment. If you are unsure of your status then you should contact your own HR Team.
We are fully committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We welcome flexible working patterns for all our vacancies, including job share, so please include clearly any information regarding your preferred working arrangements on your application.
We also have a Guaranteed Interview Policy to support those with a disability who are seeking employment. We have committed to guaranteeing an interview to anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
The Environment Agency, as a Non-Departmental Public Body, is committed to providing value for money and utilises Central Government frameworks and contracts for all external recruitment needs. For this reason, we are unable to engage with the market directly through post, email or phone calls . Should you wish to become a support supplier on one of these frameworks or contracts please visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know for more information.
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#J-18808-Ljbffr- Location:
- Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom
- Salary:
- £60,000 - £80,000
- Job Type:
- FullTime
- Category:
- Engineering