Rural Surveyor

**Role Overview**

An opening has arisen for a Rural Surveyor to support an expanding and busy Estate Management team. The team provides core management and consultancy services in the rural, agricultural and residential sectors across the East Midlands. With a unique and varied workload, the role requires someone proactive and who wishes to make a difference to the team. The team are involved in a wide variety of work across the East Midlands including land management, landlord & tenant, farm and estate strategic reviews. We are committed to taking on the right person who is aspirational and wants to develop their career to the next level providing advice to clients on a number of land management aspects.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Delivery of management services for farms and estates
- Landlord & Tenant: lease negotiations, rent reviews, lease renewals, negotiated lease surrenders
- Consultancy advice, including strategic reviews of rural businesses
- Involvement in natural capital, diversification, and other specialist areas
- Compulsory Purchase and Utility work: experience dealing with claims and processes arising from utility works

**Key Skills**
- MRICS
- Experience of land management operations at a day-to-day level
- A team player
- Focussed on delivering results
- Proactive and problem solving attitude
- Organised and driven

**Team Overview**

The Estate Management department in Peterborough is a fast-paced 10 strong department with staff at all grades from Director through to graduates and administrative support within a multi-disciplined office of 130 staff. Our Peterborough management team work with, institutional clients such as charities and pension funds, local authorities and corporate owners as well as private landowners and farmers on all aspects of rural land agency. Working from the modern office in the centre of Peterborough allows the team to cover a wide geographic area and to work in varying land types and within a diverse and dynamic office which includes colleagues covering Commercial Agency, Planning, Development, Valuations, Architecture & Building Surveying and Commercial Property Management. Due to the varying land types and clients it provides for a varied and enjoyable role covering many aspects of land management. Savills culture is one of trust and respect, teamwork and collaboration. Our teams and our clients benefit when we work together, listening to and learning from each other. Above all, we value the motivation of our people. This is evidenced by our wellbeing offer, our capability to facilitate flexible working and our support to enjoy a healthy work life balance.

The Peterborough office has a reputation for having a collegiate and flat structure and departments work very closely together with both large and small projects. With over 600 rural staff working across 30 UK offices, Savills can claim one of the largest rural teams in the UK. The Rural & Projects team and the region is very well supported by a wide knowledge base, resources and research within the national and international Savills network. Savills are market leaders in our training schemes with continued career development and training to further develop personal and business knowledge. Additional to the fantastic training opportunities, there will also be opportunities to be part of national committees regarding business development and future development.

**Management Responsibilities**

1. Set clear objectives and mange performance accordingly
2. Conduct regular 121’s and appraisals
3. Provide equal opportunities to all, supporting career development
4. Role model professional behaviours
5. Deliver exceptional recruitment experiences, in line with company strategy

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