Dio - Senior Estate Surveyor

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 262598**Salary**:

- £41,000-
**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Defence Infrastructure Organisation - COO - Estates - South**Type of role**:

- Estates**Working pattern**:

- Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Sandhurst, AndoverAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and play a key role in keeping our country safe through caring for the Defence estate and those that depend on it? DIO manages the Defence estate - one of the UK’s largest and most diverse property portfolios - enabling the armed forces and Defence civilians to live, work, train and deploy. From net carbon zero accommodation to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe

**Job description**:
**The Role**

The Senior Estate Surveyor role is part of a team of 13 dedicated property professionals implementing government property policy, providing advice and property related services to Military Leads for all property related issues. Based at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst with a focus on the MOD estate in London and the Southeast.

The role is part time and forms part of a job share for 21 hours per week which will be worked over a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

DIO Business Area - Estates
The Defence estate is one of the largest landholdings in the UK and covers an estimated 1.8% of the UK land mass (200,000+ ha). This is complemented by a significant UK Defence presence overseas.
If you are a suitably qualified property professional who would be interested in working client-side with Military colleagues on one of the largest estates in the country and/or across an extensive overseas portfolio, and you are motivated by the prospect of working on a diverse range of exciting, interesting and often-challenging projects of National interest in support of the UK Defence Mission, then the DIO Estates Team is for you

Estates are the in-house real estate team within the DIO (part of the UK Ministry of Defence) supporting infrastructure needs across a high-profile Public Estate. We acquire, manage, safeguard and dispose of Defence real estate. Our unique customer knowledge and insight of the Defence Estate enables our in-house team of property professionals to provide in-depth advice to our Military customers.

**The Team**

**About DIO**

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**Person specification**:
The responsibilities of the role will include:

- Provide professional Estate Management advice and support to MOD establishments primarily within SE England and London and support to other UK defence projects.
- Working with a team of surveyors and property professionals within DIO advising and supporting the military in the management of the MOD estate.
- Commercial lease issues for a range of uses, renewals, rent reviews, successions, tenant’s improvements, compensation claims, valuations, wayleaves, easements and licences.
- Stakeholder engagement: liaising with other government departments, Government Property Agency, Natural England, English Heritage, local councils and our landlords and tenants.
- Contribute to national projects as required, such as carbon sequestration, solar power, telecoms, relocation programmes.
- Disposals of surplus MOD property including service family accommodation.

The role will involve regular travel within London and the Southeast and occasionally UK wide for meetings and/or site inspections. If travelling outside of your base location for duty reasons, you will have access to hire cars, rail tickets and overnight accommodation. You can also claim 45 pence per mile should you choose to use your own vehicle for business travel.

All employees work in accordance with the established DIO approach to hybrid working (an informal, non-contractual arrangement, blending attendance in the office or on-site and working remotely) and will be provided with IT equipment, desk and chair to facilitate remote working and any other equipment needed for you to undertake your role.

**Desirable Experience & Skills**
- Working in a Defence environment.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

**Environmental Hazards associated with the Post**

**Licences**:

- A full driving licence: Post holders will be required to travel to the sites covered by the post on a regular basis and some sites are difficult to access via public transport.**Qualifications**:

- Essential Qualification: RICS accredited Degree OR qualification**Memberships**:

- Essential Membership: Full membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS/FRICS).**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills dur