Dio - Rural Surveyor

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

- 261791**Salary**:

- £33,830-
**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

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

- Estates
- Surveying**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 5Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Longmoor, Folkestone, Sandhurst, Westdown Camp Tilshead, CatterickAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and care for the Defence Estate? DIO enables Defence to live, work, train and deploy, all with sustainability in mind. From net carbon zero accommodations to runways for the F35 fighter jets; our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe

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

The Rural Surveyor role will work within a team of dedicated property professional supporting Senior Estate surveyors with the delivery of estate management tasks and advise associated with the management of 12,000 ha of lowland heathland, agricultural land and woodland primarily freehold retained by the MOD for military training.

**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**:
**Main responsibilities**:

- Daily input into the management of the MOD Training Areas and Ranges in primarily in Surrey, Northeast Hampshire, Kent, Sussex, Salisbury Plain and Yorkshire.
- Daily contact with DIO colleagues managing the provision of military training as well as the property management team and delivery contractor.
- Responding to enquiries from tenants and authorised users and the public.
- Managing and working with both internal and external stakeholders such as Natural England, Defra, County Wildlife Trusts, property developers, adjoining landowners, local authorities, utility companies and the general public.
- Tasks to include managing the tenanted estate, agricultural and commercial agreements. site inspections, third party easements and wayleaves, conservation management, disposals, management of public access, Income generation, management of short-term casual use license agreements and ad hoc use of the estate.
- Attend face to face and online meetings as required with colleagues, contractors, military authority.

The role will involve regular travel within their respective region and occasionally UK wide for meetings and/or site inspections. If travelling outside 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.

**Essential Membership Requirements**

**Desirable Experience & Skills**
- Working in a Defence environment.
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Full membership of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV).

**Environmental Factors / 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**:
**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

- Government